The pre-trip list that has nothing to do with packing
The bag is the easy part. You can pack a bag in an hour on the night before and it will be fine.…
Keeping a car for fifteen years: what it actually takes
Cars that reach very high mileage rarely got there by luck. Somebody did dull things on schedule and dealt with small problems while…
The long-haul routine that beats most of the tricks people swear by
Jet lag is not tiredness. You can be jet lagged and wide awake, which is the version that wakes you at three in…
Walking with children and dogs, and keeping both of them enjoying it
Children and dogs have one important thing in common on a walk: they will not tell you when something is going wrong. A…
How to stay found in hill fog, and what to do when you aren't
Navigation goes wrong slowly. Almost nobody takes one dramatic wrong turn. What happens is that you stop paying attention on an obvious path…