Generally I avoid novels based on existing IPs as they are often cheap cash-in jobs, but there seem to be some decent writers attached to these books so I'm tempted to give them a go. Anyone got any recommendations?
I've never been to a tattoo convention, but the small city I live in has been hosting one for the last four or five years. I was just looking online, and I see that this year it falls on my weekend off, and there's a crazy cheap early bird offer on the tickets, so I grabbed myself one without having a clear plan of what I hope to get out of it. What SHOULD I hope to get out of it? Or, to put it another way, what is the point of tattoo conventions?
A lot of people are going to want to recommend Monk and Robot - and they'd be right to! - but I've read that, loved it and want more.
Hello, team. I'm all booked in to do the WHW the first week of October, and I just wanted to run my plans past you to see if I've missed anything obvious.
I'm doing it over 7 days, travelling home on day 8. I'm not camping - to reduce pack weight. I'm booked in to bunkhouses and hostels most of the way, with a couple of nicer hotels in the mix too.
This is my first walk longer than two days. I'm a walker and a runner, but am also 50 and a big lad, so I'm slightly concerned about the level of the challenge - reading online it's pretty 50/50 between "surprisingly easy" and "surprisingly hard".
Things I'm unsure about:
- My plan is to do it in good quality trail runners. Gone back and forth on this, but I just find them much more comfortable. If I was running the route - same weather, same terrain - I wouldn't dream of wearing walking boots, so when the only difference is the speed I'm going, trail runners seem like a reasonable choice, and experience tells me I'll be more comfortable.
- I'm planning on taking a 30l pack. No tent, no sleeping bag, so I should be able to do with a small, light pack, right?
- Hiking poles. I've never used them before, so I wasn't planning on using them here. Mistake?
- I live in the North West of England, so to save a day I was planning to get an early train to land me in Mingavie at about midday, then walk to Drymen by teatime. Realistic?
Thanks for your help, and all the great posts I've already got so much guidance from.