Leaving has an excitement all its own: a heightened energy awakens me to an attention to detail that I might … More

Indications that we were getting tired became obvious by this point; I chose for a quiet day when L. went … More

A trifecta of good travel includes the decisions of food, accommodations and wheels. How to eat, how to sleep, and … More

Purely by coincidence, we visited King Arthur’s fabled Avalon on the 19th and then Stonehenge on the 20th, the two … More

A 6-mile nature walk around the city, into the hills and across fields beckoned me the second day of our … More

We met in the kitchen around 1 am for midnight snack intermission and spoke briefly about the next day’s itinerary. … More

Workaway schedules are approximate at best, and are often in tune with the weather forecast rather than a calendar. Although … More

Or, Everything you always wanted to know about composting toilets (but we’re too afraid to ask). On a rare, partly … More

Wrapped in a woolen blanket, I’m hunkered down in my caravan after a morning and a half afternoon of sawing … More

Now that the bull had been safely returned, scythe practice could start in earnest. After a delicious porridge – my … More