Hi there
We dreamed of walking from London to Cape Town, and crossing the Sahara with camels. For four years we dreamed and planned and thought we wouldn´t be able to afford it. Finally we remortgaged the house, sold everything we could, and set off. One year later we have finished the first stage of the walk, are in the process of buying camels for the next, and I have written a book which looks like it will actually get published, so we have made a start in making the trip pay for us. Far, far more importantly, we are both the happiest we have ever been, and for the first time in our lives have time to devote to the things we really believe are important - like photography and writing, which we never really had time to do before we left. I have learned two new languages and seen and done things I could never have dreamed of. For every time I had a doubt before I left, I have thanked my stars ten times over that we took the plunge and just went; I never want to live another day looking out of a city building at grey concrete and wondering what the real world is doing whilst I am working in something I hate. There is some Confucian proverb which goes along the lines of: He who travels learns more than he who lives long, and I could not agree more. I have lived and learned more this year than in the thirty before it - who gives a shit if we NEVER have a house again? It´s up for sale now and if the rest of life is spent in a tent I will still just be glad that we did this.
No regrets in this life.


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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time

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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time