Category Archives: India

22
Jun
2010

Top 10 bits of kit for a long walk

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Posted in Expeditions, India, Kit, Lists
10 of the best bits of kit that I took to India. 1. Orthotic insoles and trainers Profeet and Mizuno Wave Inspire 5 £149 (insoles and fitting), £68 / 252 grams (shoe) I used to associate long distance running and walking with inevitable injuries and pain. No longer. Since I began using Profeet’s orthotic insoles I have had no [...]

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15
Jun
2010

Kit selection for a walk across India

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Posted in India, Kit, Writing
The night train thunders past. The vibrations shake the ground I am lying on through my small inflatable mattress. My head rests on my rucsack. From the darkness I snatch glimpses into the brightly lit carriages. As suddenly as it arrived, the train is gone. The darkness and the silence it leaves behind feel more [...]

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09
Mar
2010

A Short Walk through India

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Posted in India, Travel
I realised yesterday that I had never got round to recounting my walk across India on the blog. I had never heard of the Kaveri River until I decided to walk across India. I could only squeeze a 6-week trip into my calendar so I cast my eye southwards down India’s triangular shape until I reached [...]

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09
Oct
2009

Photo Friday: Urine pass is prohibited at this place

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Posted in India, Photo Friday
One of India’s wonderful roadside signposts that helped the kilometres pass less painfully during my recent walk through India.
23
Mar
2009

Walking across India

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Posted in Expeditions, India, Travel
The river Kaveri is one of the 5 great holy rivers of India, revered by pilgrims for centuries. From its source amongst the coffee and cardoman plantations in the cool hills of the Western Ghats, the river flows 500 miles across southern India towards the hot plains of Tamil Nadu and the Bay of Bengal. I [...]

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