The Appalachian Trail (AT) is one of 3 long distance works in North America going from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin, Maine and has been on my mind since I found my adventurous spirit 3 years ago. Whilst it isn't possible to walk the whole trail currently, I still wondered what it would be like. So it was time to tick off another entry on the bucket list, well at least a bit of it. Whilst on a trip with friends in Yosemite and also other friends in Denmark

Final day hiked 11.5 miles from Woodys Gap to Neels Gap. A tough hike over Jadis mountain Turkey mountain Big Cedar and finally Blood Mountain 4461ft elevation. #appalachiantrail #usa

A ridiculous hard day 14 miles over rough terrain in the rain. Got to Woodys Gap in the descending mist to see this #appalachiantrail #usa

OH what ever happened to the woman's AT Peru Hiking Team. Oh they are walking off over there. SPLITTERS. Bit cold last night so doing the rest on my own. Big babies. #appalachiantrail #usa

Walked about 11 miles. Did the approach trail an started the first couple miles of AT. Currently camped on Springer Mountain. Bit cold. The start of the approach trail. The top of Amacalola Falls The official start on top of Springer Mountain The view from Springer Mountain #appalachiantrail #usa

Big country is a favourite of mine, the landscape not the band, sorry showing my age there. So I was delighted when 2 friends from a previous hike in Yellowstone Mark and Maria emailed me and said they were going on 2 hikes back to back in Yosemite. Did I want to come? The answer well of course was yes. So a plan started to emerge. Both of the hikes were 5 day, 4 night hikes around the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite. I was glad we were avoiding the crowds in the more

I have longed to go to Yellowstone National Park USA for a very long time. There are many National Parks in the USA that are on my list, but Yellowstone has to be in the top 3. So finally I decided to go in September 2016. I had booked it a long time ago and used the 9 months to prepare. Walking and camping for 6 days outdoors when you use a CPAP machine at night for breathing and carrying 6 days of batteries is no easy task especially for my size and fitness level so the p