The Road Back To Health
As mentioned in a previous post, on 1st May 2022 I injured my knee and the subsequent healing of that injury brought virtually all my physical activity to a screeching halt. From the activity when the injury occurred through to…
North Coast 500 Virtual Challenge
The North Coast 500 is a touring route 516 miles (approximately 825km) long around the northern coasts of Scotland. The official length is the 516 miles. The Conqueror Virtual Challenges also has a challenge called the North Coast 500, which…
Apollo Bay Holiday
Between 5th and 16th September Rebecca had her study break, and I had annual leave booked. In the weeks, even months, leading up to those dates we didn’t know where we would go for our twice yearly holiday, but Rebecca…
Home On The Range
For approximately the last 50 years, the family ‘homestead’ has been a house and around 2 acres of land, perched on the side of a hill overlooking the Puffing Billy tourist railway line, in Selby, Victoria. My oldest memories of…
Rundownunder Virtual Challenge Update
Since the last Rundownunder challenge update, I’ve traversed outback Queensland and finally made it into the Northern Territory. 1st February 2022 – Kynuna “Kynuna was established as a teamsters’ camp at a supply point for the nearby Kynuna pastoral station,…
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A Very Outdoor Month
Late March 2022 was the time of a “wife and me” holiday – the first such holiday after the last of our progeny departed the nest. The destination was Mitta Mitta, a place I had stayed at twice before. Mitta…
In Memoriam – Donald Richard Stanford
(This is adapted from the Life Sketch presented at his Memorial Service at Ferntree Gully Seventh-day Adventist Church on Thursday 31st March 2022, with some extra recollections of my own and my brother Callum added.) Donald Richard (Pa Don) Stanford:…
St. Francis Way Virtual Challenge
The start of 2022 meant the start of another Conqueror’s Virtual Challenge. On 1st January 2022, I started the challenge, and allowed myself 10 weeks to complete it. The challenge is 503km / 312 miles long which means I have…
Rundown Under Virtual Challenge Update
As I haven’t posted an update on my progress on the Run Down Under Virtual Challenge since April, and as 2021 has now now finished, it seemed like a good idea to do an end of year update for that…
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The Camino De Santiago Completed
Following on from the previous post about Camino De Santiago virtual fitness challenge, on 8th October 2021 I reached the 60% completed point of the challenge. The next postcard was only a couple of days away at that point. 10th…