Mostly harmless.

Thin water and interesting times. A different kind of blog. Making future plans. Title photograph : unknown boat but i … More

Released from treatment.

No more boats/no more hero’s. Privilege and resentment. Blog time : it’s late November 2020 and a cold, crisp autumn … More

A hiking post. The High Sierra mountains The Utah Canyons. A great big layer cake. Georgraphically and even geologically the … More

A hiking post. Title photograph not mine…Alabama Hills, California. In the desert, water is life (Edward Abbey). One way of … More

Part 2 of my mountain fit/fit for mountain series. The not so very gentle art of the ‘ruck’. Blog time … More

Mountain fit….fit for mountain. Specific and general fitness training for hiking. In this section i want to talk about the … More

Synchronicity 1 and 2. Proceed with caution. Then step on the gas. Blog time : It’s June 2020 and still … More

The old guy’s 12 rules for life hiking. Rule no 1. Walk ! Also : my new facebook page for … More

Post 2 in the Opsimath series. Words without meaning. The new Puritans. Those naughty ‘N’ words. My new facebook group … More

An Opsimath post. The food pyramid. The low fat paradigm. Is everything we knew about food totally wrong ?. I … More