Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
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Having an adventure on holiday is such a subjective notion. The skydivers who recently completed the first ever parachute jump over Mount Everest spent 15 years planning and $24000 each to get their adventure kicks. Personally, I am a bit less extreme. My first big travel adventure was in my early twenties, when I went [...]
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Tags: aquacity, coasteering, connemara, crete flowers, cryotherapy, delphi mountain lodge, goodleaf, ingrid wagner, morocco, people and places, preseli, responsible travel, sea kayaking, slovakia, treeclimbing, volunteering, walking, weaving, women adventure, wwoof
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
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(first published in the column, My Life in Travel, The Observer, 8 March 2009) Interview with Paul McCathie, recreational tree climber, Goodleaf Tree Climbing Adventures, Isle of Wight I started climbing trees after a gap year travelling. I came home to my native New Zealand in search of a ‘real job’, saw an advert for [...]
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Tags: goodleaf, isle of wight, treeclimbing
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Monday, August 13th, 2007
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People find solace in different places. For some the sea provides the necessary force to sweep away the pressures of everyday life. Others escape to the remoteness and anonymity of islands, where comforts are close, but reality is kept a boat ride away. I find tranquillity in trees. I spent my childhood climbing up [...]
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Tags: bewilderwood, bodging, cherry wood project, forest holidays, go ape, goodleaf, kadirs tree houses, le var, MIghty Oak, national trust, responsible travel, tree climbing
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
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Gone are the purple rinses, the Isle of Wight is the new black. Or should I say green. It surfs, it sculpts, it sings, and it’s shouts sustainability. It was also the guts of a hundred quid to go there by car ferry on the weekend I wanted to travel, which certainly encouraged me to [...]
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Tags: ethical tourism, goodleaf, green tourism, isle of wight, responsible tourism, treeclimbing, vintage vacations
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