I think it’s important to frequently review your life; how you’ve been spending your time, and your achievements in the past, and what your dreams and aspirations are for the future. The changing of the year provides a convenient opportunity to do this. I don’t however think a public blog is the best place to […]
nostalgia
Not returning to Camp in 2015 (probably)
I don’t mean to be melodramatic when I say that the decision whether or not to go back to Long Point Camp in 2015 has been one of the most difficult dilemmas I’ve faced. I can quite easily say that the 5 months I’ve spent in America over the past year and a half have […]
Closing thoughts on the Ranch
It’s now been about two weeks since I was on the ranch, which has given me plenty of time to reflect on the time I spent there (mainly thinking that I’d love to go back), and makes it a good time to write a review for my first ‘Workaway’ placement. I did not want to […]
Life on the Ranch: Part 4 (The last ride jinx)
If you haven’t read part 1 yet, why not start there? So, it finally happened. I fell off a horse. On my last day of riding. When I’ve been skiing, I, alongside my mates have celebrated ‘backflip Friday’, Friday being the last day of our tour. Having skied (comparatively) safely at the start of the […]
Life on the Ranch – Part 3
If you haven’t read part 1 yet, why not start there? My eyes are fully adjusted but still, I struggle to see. The shadowy dark outlines of those in front of me only just visible. I can just barely see bushes and shrubs lining the path on either side. The sky is cloudless, pin-pricked and […]
Life on the Ranch – Part 2
If you haven’t read part 1 yet, why not start there? Life is sloooow here. Calm. Peaceful. Serene. All these words apply. It is a great way of living. The past few days on the ranch have remained very relaxed. Even now, when there are guests on the ranch, taking them out on […]
Life on the Ranch – Part 1
After a short two day delay, I eventually arrived on the ranch yesterday morning. My Workaway host, Alice, picked me up from the city of Buffalo which is around a 40 minute drive, so I was very grateful for that, and on the drive back she took me for breakfast – I hadn’t even arrived […]
The cowboy transformation
Since camp has finished I’ve been travelling around America for a few days with friends, and am having a great time, but, this Saturday I’ll be leaving them to go work on a horse ranch for a few weeks. So, how did I arrange this work back in England? The secret is… Workaway. […]
Approaching the end of an era
As of today, there is less than a month left of my university career. In other words, I will soon no longer be able to call myself a ‘student’ but instead ‘unemployed’ – my brother, soon to start university, is only too happy to remind me this. Frequently. Instead, I like to tell him I […]
Camp 2014!!
So I got back in from an afternoon’s kayaking to discover that I had been accepted to work at camp again this summer. I’d made the decision to reapply, and even been asked by Long Point Camp to do so, so it came as no surprise. While I wasn’t speechless, or find myself jumping around […]