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Category Archives: PCT

PCT Video

June 18, 2019by followingthearrows 25 Comments

*** New, improved and shorter *** 2,650 miles (4,264 km) – 160 days – 5 pairs of shoes – 1 mamma bear & 2 cubs – too many snakes to […]

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PCT, Video Gallery

Bushwalk Australia – PCT article

June 8, 2017by followingthearrows 4 Comments

The awesome folks over at Bushwalk Australia magazine got in touch and asked me to write a little something about my PCT experience, and lo and behold, here it is […]

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PCTA 2016 Photo Contest… Say what?!

May 1, 2016by followingthearrows 20 Comments

I really thought (sadly) that I had written my last post about the PCT and then this magic email appeared in my inbox yesterday… And completely made my day, week […]

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PCT

Post PCT reflections

February 17, 2016by followingthearrows 12 Comments

It’s now February 2016 and I finished hiking the PCT 5 months ago… Seriously, 5 months has passed already?! More than any other hike, the PCT affected me. There’s been […]

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PCT

PCT – A mental vs physical challenge 

February 5, 2016by followingthearrows 22 Comments

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I was thinking it during my Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike last year and I’ve […]

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PCT

PCT Resupply – Part 5 – What I did and what I would do next time

January 23, 2016by followingthearrows 25 Comments

I flew from London to San Diego 6 days before my start date, hoping this would give me enough time to buy and post resupply boxes, sort out a bounce […]

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PCT

PCT Resupply – Part 4 – “Bounce box” and “bouncing” a box

January 14, 2016by followingthearrows 10 Comments

It’s time to answer the following questions: What is a bounce box? What do you put in a bounce box? Box or bucket as your bounce box? Do you need […]

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PCT

PCT Resupply – Part 3 – Making a shopping list

January 14, 2016by followingthearrows 4 Comments

Now we’ve covered the pro’s and con’s of posting boxes and what to put inside them, it’s time to make a shopping list.   Resupply – Part 3 – Making […]

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PCT

PCT Resupply – Part 2 – What to put in your resupply box

January 9, 2016by followingthearrows 7 Comments

Now that you know how to post packages, it’s time to figure out what to post. Resupply – Part 2 – What to put in your resupply box Food – breakfast, […]

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PCT Resupply – Part 1 – Posting packages

January 6, 2016by followingthearrows 6 Comments

I read Yogi’s PCT guidebook and numerous blogs about other people’s resupply strategies and found it all completely overwhelming… so much so that it was only the night before I […]

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Hatenashi settlement, Kohechi trail, Kumano Kodo 🇯🇵 📷
Arlington Row cottages in Bibury, Cotswolds⁠ 🇬🇧 📷
Vibrant pink orchids at the Kew Gardens Orchid Festival 🇬🇧 📷
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Venice 🇮🇹 📷
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Sunset in Murano 🇮🇹 📷
One of the angels watching over the tomb of Queen Katherine Parr (Henry VIII's 6th wife) in St Mary's Chapel, Sudeley Castle⁠ 🇬🇧 📷
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High tide in St Mark’s Square, Venice 🇮🇹 📷
Crocuses are starting to bloom 😊
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City 📷 🇲🇽
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A gondola called ‘Lotty’ 📷 🇮🇹
Orchids in black and white
Happy New Year (this one includes Big Ben on the left, in all its scaffolding glory) 🥳🇬🇧🎆
Happy New Year from London (I joined the thousands of ticket-less folks on Lambeth bridge for this free view) 🥳 🇬🇧 🎇
Sunset in Burano 📷 🇮🇹
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The incredible El Capricho in Comillas. Designed by Gaudi to be used as a summer villa, it was built between 1883-1885 and is covered in sunflower shaped tiles 📷 🇪🇸

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