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Its all nearly over now! Will be home in a week :s Had good fun in Pokhara for the last few days, chilled out, walked up to the world peace pagoda and went paragliding which was awesome, think i'll be taking lessons when I get home! Off to a trance party in the hills tonight and then heading down to Kathmandu, I'm being guided on a 2 day big wall climb which should kick ass, I get back from there with 3hrs to spare before my flight home. Then its 4hrs sleep and up for work haha! See ya all shortly xx... read more

Back down in Pokhara from the Safari now. Was brilliant, saw loads of cool animals etc and it was good n hot :) Going to spend a few lazy days before the return to Kathmndu now, probably do some paragliding and sit about next to the lake. See you all in a few days!... read more

Hey everyone, I'm good, in Manang, will be going over the thorong la in 2 days. Having a blast, internet is stupidly expensive though so can't write more. Will be in touch when I get to Pokhara in 9 days or so. :D :D... read more

Well, flight number one is over, I'm in Doha airport, which is basically an empty white box with lots of food places I can't use as I have no local currency! (Save the change I got from 5USD I spent in the duty free) Having fun though and met a few randoms - a guy from Manchester who was at BOOM fest last year, a funny french girl, and a californian who will be on my flight to Kathmandu :) Waiting around like this is always strange. I've been heading back into the duty free in stages, grabbing cans of pepsi or buying chocolate bars for later. Gradually getting rid of the last of the local currency before I board the next flight. I like watching the people come and go, trying to predict where they ... read more

I woke early in the morning. The heating in the Youth Hostel, following the 2 freezing tent-bound nights previous, had made for a clammy sleep. I moved quietly, trying not to disturb John in the bunk opposite. He awoke as I was finishing my packing and we went down together to get breakfast. Often I find the food at Youth Hostels to be fairly unappetising, but once again the Keswick cooked breakfast impressed. As started on my second plate of fried bread, egg and beans I glanced out of the window at the grey drizzle outside, eternally grateful I was not making my breakfast myself outside. I chatted idly to John, the topics ranging from his raging endorsement for a certain camp-stove (an MSR JetBoil for the interested) to my predicament lost in the fells the ... read more

Regrets. Sometimes the only way is to soldier on through. It’s a cold, damp, dark morning and about now is when the first bout of regret always hits. 24 hours and I'll be on my way, cramped into a brightly lit train speeding up the northern mainline. For now though I’m sat comfortable and warm; protected from the harsh outdoors by the double-glazed trappings of an easy life. Until yesterday it was all excitement, to be back in the mountains, to explore new ground, to work towards a goal for no other reason than to see if I’m capable. One of the main draws of camping and trekking to me is the immediacy of your existence, the way that worries for your future or your past, the greater picture of your life, are all replaced by ... read more

This morning I woke up to the sound of my phone alarm. Usually when this happens in a tent I'm straight up, what with hard floors and shiver-inducing temperatures not being the best pre-requisites to a good lie in. Not so today. The combination of a new tent, down sleeping bag and fancy self-inflating mattress (back when ah were a laddie, we didn't get any o that fancy crap!) has created the perfect early morning relaxation environment. Only time will tell if its a good thing, or if it will just turn me fat and lazy. As a sign of things to come, I snoozed the alarm for a half hour. I pulled myself out of the tent at about 7am to see that I wasn't the only person out and about on Ambleside football pitch ... read more