Laos Big Brother Mouse, Luang Prabang
Practising English with Lao students, meeting Dawn, and the stories that inspired the Nam Ou trip.
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Stories from the road
Travel, culture and mental health. Wrong turns, kind strangers, and keeping going anyway.
- Laos
Taiwan From the back of the pack to the podium
Hashing in the heat, running marathons as a group, and why we cheer for whoever is at the back.
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Taiwan I'd found my people. Again.
Leaving Buriram for Kaohsiung alone, a birthday in a random bar, and a community twelve months later.
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UK An Aviator special: hashing in the UK
Cheltenham & Cotswold Hash: 60+ runners, our own Red Arrows show, and three countries in three weeks.
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Thailand Fantastic people make a place feel like home
Back in Southeast and East Asia after the Nam Ou, catching up with everyone from 21 to 25.
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Laos Muang Khua to Nong Khiaw
80+ km down the Nam Ou, and countless lessons.
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Laos Three days down the Nam Ou
Kayaking the Nam Ou River in northern Laos with no clear plan: a village of 52 people, an abandoned settlement, and nearly 70 km so far.
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Laos Into the unknown on the Nam Ou
Training is done. Seven dams, seven quiet lakes, no maps for the villages, and a river that decides the pace.
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Mental health One of the most defining years yet
Looking back on 2025: moving countries, a breakup, a podium, a first marathon and choosing to begin again.
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UK Taking my landlord to court
Representing myself at university, winning a rent reduction, and what integrity means.
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