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Entries by Simon Heyes
Introducing Appenzell – Home To Some Of Most Scenic Alpine Scenery In The Swiss Alps
There are – truly – a few places I’ve visited where I’ve REALLY wanted to come back and shout about my experience and share it with you all. But there are very few that, despite wanting to tell you all about it, I also want to keep it a secret. Hiking in the Swiss Alps […]
An Update On Life & Social Media
Hi everyone, hope you’re keeping well! Apologies for the silent treatment of late. This blog has had to take a back seat of late, which I’m a little sad about, but hopefully after reading this post you’ll appreciate why 🙂 Important stuff first – the blog is going nowhere, and I still love blogging, I […]
Osprey Talon 22 Backpack – Review
As you may have seen from my last backpack blog post, I am a bit of a backpack whore. I have many different bags, for many different purposes, and love everyone. And I especially love Osprey packs. I’ve used them on 6-month round the world trips, weekend expeditions and more. My current day sack is […]
What To Pack For A Lake District Walking Holiday
The Lake District is my favourite place in the UK to hike. Situated in the North West of England, and around a 2 hour drive from Manchester, the Lake District is Englands’s largest National Park, and second largest in the UK. Filled with amazing scenery, glistening lakes, majestic mountains and sweeping valleys, it is well […]
Review: The Oxwich Bay Hotel, South Wales
I spent most of my life believing – with some certainty – that the now demolished Ponsmere Hotel in Perranporth was the closest hotel to a beach in the UK. It was called the ‘hotel on the beach’, after all. A few have come close, but none could beat the cliff side views over the […]
Are Instagram & Social Media Ruining Humanity?
It’s very, very rare I write rants on this blog, but this one is long overdue. A couple of years ago I wrote a post about why my blog and social media had been pretty quiet. The main reason for that post – in summary – was due to how false and inauthentic the influencer […]
A Long Weekend Skiing In Alpe d’Huez
This years ski holiday saw me venture to the sunny* slopes of Alpe d’Huez, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Up until last year, I have skied for at least once a week, every year since 2002. Aside from getting married, a big honeymoon to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and a big ski holiday back […]
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