4 years ago
What’s The Point?
To understand the point of anything in our lives (including this blog) we must find some way of understanding the point of everything. That’s difficult when the universe appears to have no deeper meaning, and our lives no special purpose.
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5 years ago
Do Not Neglect the Mountains – A Letter From the Future
Some timeless advice and wisdom found in a letter from my 80-year-old self to me, written one year ago and completely forgotten about, until now…
A year ago I attended …
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5 years ago
Spiritual Spelunking and the Search for Meaning
When I was about 20 and writing about my early explorations of the world and my ideas about life – earnest, ill informed, occasionally interesting but protected from any serious …
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5 years ago
The Perseid Meteor Shower from the UK’s Only Dark Sky Reserve
Few things are as simple and yet powerful as sleeping outside under the stars. I would compare it to meditation, but it’s far simpler than that. All you have to …
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5 years ago
The First Time I Lived in a Van
There was a story in the Guardian this week about a physics student from Canada who lived in a tent while studying for a Masters at Manchester University. He pitched …
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5 years ago
Summer Solstice Microadventure Challenge 2015
Aviemore to Linn of Dee – a fantastic 24 hour microadventure in the Cairngorms with wild camping, wild swimming and plenty of wildlife too!
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5 years ago
Dose of Awesome #3
The choicest morsels from my digital explorations. In this Dose: Bears Ears, Maria Popova On Being, and an unusual case for a basic (citizens) income in the face of the next tech revolution.
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5 years ago
The Power of the Ever-Expanding Goal Horizon
THE EDINBURGH MARATHON FESTIVAL
The photo above was taken as I (and many others) were finishing the half marathon at this years Edinburgh Marathon Festival. The determination (and pain) on …
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5 years ago
My Awesome Standing Desk Ikea Hack
WHY YOU NEED TO GET OFF YOUR ASS AND DANCE! (OR, ER, STAND, AT LEAST)
We seem to be raising a lot of idiots these days, and since the idea …
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5 years ago
Idealism, the Mountain, and Post-Election Blues
From a remote mountaintop in Borneo to the UK general election – I confront my need to fight for change in the face of forces we can’t control
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