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Spoiler Warning! The Song Of Achilles is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad from the point of view of Patroclus. Miller’s take on the famous Poem engages the reader to be fully invested in the untold love story between Achilles and Patroclus as they grow up together and eventually live out the 10-year Trojan war,
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Key Stats šLocation: Hampstead Heath Men’s Pond š”Water Temperature: 6.4Ā°C ā°ļø Time in the water: ~4.5mins The Story Whilst paying Ā£4.25 to swim in a pond feels like a painfully commercialised version of wild swimming, I am lucky to live near Hampstead Heath Ponds. It is certainly not the same as swimming in the sea…
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This blog post is the third in a four-part series covering a journey bikepacking through Belgium. If you havenāt read the first three posts check them out here: Day 4 & 5: To Brussels and Back As the sun rose above the horizon, the sky was set ablaze with a pink hue in the north…
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This blog post is the third in a four-part series covering a journey bikepacking through Belgium. If you havenāt read the first and second posts check them out here: Day 3 – Ghent Despite a fun evening, the night was bitterly cold. Foolishly I did not dry down the inner pod of my tent, which…
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This blog post is the second in a four part series covering a journey bikepacking through Belgium. If you haven’t read the first post read it here: Bruges After a uneasy sleep, we woke up at 6am and quickly pack away signs of our inhabitation. My friend was keen to make some breakfast before we…
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Packed with our tents, sleeping bags and enough warm clothes to get us through the worst possible weather, we set our sights on Brussels and planned our route to the Belgian capital. We made our way, via train, ferry and bicycle, out of London, across the channel and through France.
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A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to stand in the presence of a true adventurer. I attended a talk in London hosted by the Scientific Exploration Society. The speaker was Lucy Shepherd, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a professional adventurer. At the age of 29, Lucy has done more adventures…
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The recent uptake in so-called “wild swimming” in the last few years has been phenomenal. Whilst I appreciate that my adventure-filtered newsfeed will be susceptible to a disproportionate amount of noise on the topic unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are likely to have come across the term. As someone who has grown…
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Key Stats šLocation: Nicholaston Beach, Gower. Wales. š”Sea Temperature:~15.4Ā°C (seatemperature.info) ā°ļø Time in the water: ~20mins (estimate) The Story I was back in my home country Wales this weekend and had managed to find time to go and explore my old stomping grounds. The Gower is where I spent a big chunk of my childhood.…