Author: hannahmitchellwrites
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Do something good, feel somewhat better.
I’ve been feeling a bit melancholic lately. Actually, I’ll just own it, I’ve been downright miserable. Everything has just been a bit ‘black holey’ these last few weeks. I think I can attribute most of it to not being able to do the outdoor things I love the most, thus distracting myself from the absolutely…
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FOMO in the age of COVID
It’s been pretty hard navigating the nuances of lockdown legislation with regard to outdoor exercise this time around. This post started as an Instagram caption, but sort of snowballed, so I decided it might be better placed on my blog for those with a stronger stomach for rambling. Following on from a number of posts…
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Embracing the Incomplete
Why have I been so hesitant to speak my mind lately? It doesn’t usually trouble me! Recently my blog posts haven’t made it any further than my drafts folder. Having taken up a substantial chunk of my ‘free time’ to write (a commodity which has felt rather scarce of late), these posts languish in linguistic…
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Save the Olive Branch – a climber’s sanctuary in the Spanish sun.
Any climber lucky enough to have visited the illustrious limestone landscapes of Andalusia will know of El Chorro, and most will have at one time or another visited the Olive Branch. For those who know, this little climber’s haven run by down-to-earth expats Mel and Gary Byrne, and an evolving team of super-psyched volunteers needs…
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Reasons to Run – an ode to an old flame.
My day began with the disconcerting discovery that having foolishly left my running shoes directly on top of the radiator after a particularly soggy ascent the previous day, one innersole had warped entirely and detached from the shoe. In addition to the already split toe box and holes in either side, this didn’t really seem…
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