Time alone
Summit of Glaramara in gusts in excess of 80mph I spend a lot of time walking and running in the hills with friends and I value the camaraderie and bonhomie this brings. However it dawned on my this summer that I very rarely spend prolonged periods in nature by myself. I therefore made an effort to have three periods alone in the mountains. This blog is an opportunity for me to reflect on how it felt to have time alone. In the spring I formulated vague plans to drive to the Italian Alps alone in my van. However it quickly became clear that because of commitments at home this would not be possible. Instead I planned three separate solo trips for three or four days each to the Lake District. I'm not going to go into detail about where I stayed and even where I walked because that is not the purpose of this blog. I want to focus on how the expeditions felt. I was slightly disappointed how uncomfortable I was with silence while alone in the huts I was staying in. I almost consta...