So after Abdamame, I went to the other side of Abdamame (the name alludes me, Zarour?). It was a long walk away. So we went in Norris, it was a bumpy sickly ride. There was much groping on Alys’s part. I also remember losing the feeling in my legs. Got quite far along the track […]
The Cow and the Horse I walked, walked, walked. I then walked, walked and walked. I met a farmer who was excited to see me. I spoke in bad French with some English, he spoke in Berber with some Arabic thrown in there. Surprisingly we understood each other and he pointed me in sort of […]
Having not written anything for a long while, I’d thought I rectify this by publishing this erudite repartee. Only joking! First I shall cover the epic adventure that was Morocco. Where to start? For me the work for Morocco began months before the trip. The Medical School instantly saw my elective request as perfectly reasonable (yay!), […]
“Shit, there’s a tree in the road!” Dave exclaimed as we were driving to the YHA Coniston Coppermines. As well as tree roots growing into the roads around Lake Windermere, the roads were very twisty; we realised that if there was a sharp bend sign that meant the bend was actually less than 90º, otherwise […]
Nice and simple evening peaks trip right? Not on Wednesday 25th January. Rosie, Tom1, Sam Goodyear and I arrived at about 5ish. Got changed in the lovely winter temperature and me and Rosie split off to find the Knotlow entrance. We found the main shaft, walked round the field for about 10 minutes before finding […]