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Rollin’ Down the 40

The times in this might seem a bit weird, I wrote all this at different times, some of it on the bus, some it afterwards so it’s a bit jumbled, so you’ll have to bear with me… After a couple of weeks travelling round the Lake District, I decided it...

The Benvenue

Unrelated to my travels but it’s my blog etc etc. Got this mail from my Dad this morning, one of many tales of derring-do in the family: My Great Grandad James Jago (born in Ireland in the 1840s and a Sandgate coastguard) was in the Hythe boat which sank during...

Lost & Found

Things I’ve lost here iPod (sniff) Oakley ski hat El Chalten fleecy hat (bought to replace above item) all sense of time and what day it is 3 shower gels a right glove a shoe Things I’ve found here 300 pesos in my jeans (was mine but I’d forgotten...

How Low Can You Go?

I’d been umming and ahhing about going to Ushuaia. Having spoken to people who’d been there, the impression I’d got was that pretty much the only reason to go there was to say you’d been there. It makes a pretty big deal of being the...

Tired & Exhausted

Regular readers of this blog, both of you, know that there are some beautiful cities in Argentina. Some I’ve been to (Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Salta) and some I’m yet to visit (Mendoza, Cordoba, Rosario). I must let you into a secret however, there are...