Into The Wild – Film Review

By Julia Doherty | March 16, 2018

Wow!  This film is based on a true story and it certainly made me feel incredibly emotional as I watched this young man go through so many changes in his life. It reminded me a bit of the film “The Way” which started with a guy in his early 20’s who decided that a conventional…

Read More

Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found

By Julia Doherty | January 25, 2018

Julie and I visited the Adventure Show in London last weekend.  The show was not that exciting.  It was rather like a show for adventure travel agents and was not what I was expecting.  I think I was expecting lots of interesting talks, many gear stalls with lots of new and exciting adventure gadgets to explore. …

Read More

The Last Englishman by Keith Foskett

By Julia Doherty | January 19, 2018 |
The Last Englishman by Keith Foskett

A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail After reading Keith’s previous book which talked about his journey along the Camino, I quickly became a Keith Foskett (or Fozzie to his readers) fan.  He writes from the heart, and you can also see the characters that he chats about in real life on his YouTube…

Read More

Overweight, Undertrained and Terrified: A Camino Diary

By Julia Doherty | January 4, 2018
Overweight, Undertrained and Terrified

by Connor O Donoghue Over the next coming weeks and months, you will start to see a variety of book, gear, film and podcast reviews on this website.  I have read many books on the subjects of hiking, wellbeing and mindfulness so I will log my reviews here on the blog. Official blurb:- This is…

Read More

The Journey in Between – Book Review

By Julia Doherty | December 18, 2017

The Story of a Thru-Hiking Adventure on El Camino de Santiago by Keith Foskett     If you have read any of Kieth Foskett’s aka “Fozzie” books or seen any of his YouTube videos then you will appreciate his complete honesty.  After returning from my solo Camino trip in October 2017 I was keen to relive…

Read More