“So, how are you feeling about your big sailing adventure?” That’s the question I’ve been getting as the countdown to the start date of the big sail around Great Britain gets closer – just nine sleeps now! And my answer? Excited but scared. Excited because of the challenge and the adventure and all the cool … Continue reading How to take a leap into the Great Unknown
Author: katrinamegget
My three big fears of sailing around Great Britain
Four months with my partner Mark on a small boat, sailing approximately 2,000 miles clockwise around the coast of Great Britain. Think wildlife, cute coves, spectacular sunrises and stunning sunsets, picture postcard views of the dramatic British coast, four months off work. What’s there to worry about? And this is where I take my rose-tinted … Continue reading My three big fears of sailing around Great Britain
Sailing round Great Britain route
It's getting real now! Under three weeks until my partner Mark and I set off sailing clockwise around Great Britain. This is a map of the tentative route but subject to change, depending on weather, tides, time. Putting it down on paper is when it starts to feel real. It's no longer up in your … Continue reading Sailing round Great Britain route
Adventure alert: I’m going to sail around Great Britain
I’ve spent no more than a handful of days in a sailing boat. I don’t know if I will get seasick. I forget my port from my starboard. And the toilet is a bucket with a toilet seat. Yet from May 1st 2022, this will be my life for four months onboard a 28 foot … Continue reading Adventure alert: I’m going to sail around Great Britain
Say NO MORE to domestic violence
I am one of the one in three women who have experienced sexual assault or domestic violence at some point in their lives. In my case it was emotional abuse for eight years. I was so naïve and vulnerable and he was so masterful that I didn’t even realise what was happening to me. Slowly … Continue reading Say NO MORE to domestic violence
Volcano number 24: The Munro volcano
It’s late September 2020. I’m in Scotland and I’m about to climb my first Munro – a Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet (914.4m), of which there are 282. It also happens to be a volcano and the UK’s highest mountain. Ben Nevis stands at a glorious 4,411 feet (1,345m) and is beautifully imposing. It is … Continue reading Volcano number 24: The Munro volcano
Volcano number 23: The private volcano
April 2020 was spent in a yellow motel room in the small tourist town Te Anau in New Zealand. That first Covid lockdown put paid to my #WalkNZ adventure – just seven days from the finish line in Bluff. Once things opened up in New Zealand, and the rest of the world was still on … Continue reading Volcano number 23: The private volcano
Learning to sail – the baptism-by-fire way
I can count on one hand the number of times I have been on a sailboat – and that’s with chopping two of my fingers off. I know nothing about boats. I can’t remember port from starboard, stern from bow, gybe from tact (opps I mean tack). I have no idea if I get seasick. … Continue reading Learning to sail – the baptism-by-fire way
Ten things I learnt walking Hadrian’s Wall Path
A couple of weeks ago, I trod the Hadrian’s Wall Path in northern England from the east coast to the west coast. All 135km (84 miles) of it, walked in six days, passing through two cities, Newcastle and Carlisle, and following sections of ancient wall that had been built some 2,000 years ago to keep … Continue reading Ten things I learnt walking Hadrian’s Wall Path
Days 72-80 of #WalkNZ Part 2 – The arrival of winter, the Takitimu mountains and coronavirus
We left Queenstown early but not early enough to miss hearing that the tourist city had its first coronavirus case. I couldn’t get into the mountains and away from people fast enough. And so my boyfriend and I headed for the New Zealand wilderness, moving further south, getting closer to the finish line. But there … Continue reading Days 72-80 of #WalkNZ Part 2 – The arrival of winter, the Takitimu mountains and coronavirus