Lunch at Stow on the Wold

2015 has been a busy year for the Riches clan, not only did I move, but my sister got her first graduate job and followed me down south and my parents moved for the first time in nearly 25 years from our family home to the Worcester countryside. So what better way to celebrate a brilliant year than a new Christmas tradition with yearly lunch in the Cotswolds. (more…)

Last Minute Outdoors Christmas Presents

One thing I’ll admit I’m good at is Christmas shopping. I have a shopping addiction, I love spending and I love treating the people I care about. I tend to start early in the year and finish by November time; the weeks leading up to Christmas day are when I buy bonus stocking fillers. (more…)

Last Minute Outdoorsy Halloween Costumes

If you’re anything like me, you tend to leave Halloween and fancy dress costumes until the last minute. Then queue the running round like a mad-man trying to find a decent and convincing costume on a budget. Here are a few of what I believe to be simple but convincing costumes for those that love the outdoors. You could always gore any of these ideas up to be a zombie _____ or a vampire _______…

Sorry I haven’t been posting much, between moving back down south and working over the summer it’s been chaotic!

I was working at V Festival and Reading Festival between moving back down south and helping my sister settle in down here. I will be posting soon about my 33 mile cycle around the New Forest :)

Waking bright and early on my makeshift massage bed for the night, I felt like a person again. (more…)

Following the highs and lows of my wanders around Cornwall, when I needed that extra drive to push me to my next destination, I would spend 30 minutes walking with my earphones in and music playing to take my mind off my aching feet. This is my ‘summer’ playlist that never fails to make me smile and remotivate me. (more…)

It felt like the world was against me. I finally found an ATM machine only for it to be out of order and the petrol station to request a ten-pound minimum spend for cash back. Ten-pound I didn’t have. (more…)

I woke up to another day with no clue where I was going to end up, a phone with no battery and only my own company. Freedom washed over me like I had never felt. It was refreshing. I couldn’t even tell you what time it was. (more…)

I’ve entered a competition on behalf of Melanoma UK in order to win £10,000 for the charity from Mountain Warehouse. (more…)

Charity Trek

Following the success of my recent adventures around Cornwall, I’ve decided to part-take in a charity trek this August. (more…)

I promise I will type up and finish the rest of the posts from my backpacking trip but as of right now I’ve been awake for 28 hours and feel too mentally drained to focus on anything since I’m only a third of the way through my journey today.

Stranded in the middle of nowhere on my own, with no phone signal, I’ve never felt so hopeless. (more…)

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