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  • Kungsleden (‘The King’s Trail’) – Ready

    A 470km adventure through Swedish Arctic wilderness Earlier this year my blog ’Kungsleden (’The King’s Trail’) – Vision’ outlined the dream to do this epic trail and what it might involve. The plan is to do this with my friend Cammie, long-time running buddy. We have subsequently spent time training and equipping ourselves for this task.…

  • Time to Plant

    Early spring in Sweden I spent some time helping a relative to plant 150 trees. It was a refreshing experience doing something new for the first time. As you get older it is not absolutely vital to focus on novel experiences. However it’s also not healthy to have an attitude that the world has nothing…

  • Life Lessons from Åstol

    In praise of the quiet and the small. We live in a world where over half of mankind live in cities. This is set to increase to 70% by 2050. It seems fewer of us nowadays know what it is like to live in small, quiet communities. Recently my wife and I spent some weeks…

  • Pay Attention 

    You know it when you experience it. Someone is listening to you. They may not say much but you know they are investing their time in you. Their occasional comments, prompts or interested questions make you feel valued. That your story, your unique experience is worth hearing. As a young man living overseas it was…

  • Friendship

    It was all so unexpected. I called Peter in early October last year to see if he wanted to go for a walk and coffee. After some small talk he said in an almost matter-of-fact way that he was speaking from a hospital bed. He had been given a devastating cancer diagnosis and was urgently…

  • Kungsleden (‘The King’s Trail’) – Vision

    A 470km adventure through Swedish Arctic wilderness For some years now I have been dreaming about exploring the wild, remote expanse of the far north of Sweden. I came to hear of ‘Kunglseden’ – a famous trail in the region. Translated as ‘The King’s Trail’ it has grown and become established over the past 100…

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