Tag: over 50
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Neilson Messini Review: An Honest Week in the Peloponnese, With Every Price
A self-funded Neilson Messini review from October 2026: what £2,040 for two actually bought, which four nights dinner is included, the sailing, the climate tax nobody mentions, and the two tavernas worth…
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Four Days of Data Said the Beetroot Was Making Me Worse. A Month Said Nothing Happened.
The washout data from my beetroot trial. Four days suggested my blood pressure was 4 mmHg lower off the shots. Then 710 readings across a full month said otherwise.
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The Place I Nearly Did Not Tell You About: Bod Petryal, Clocaenog Forest
Bod Petryal is a free car park, a lake and three waymarked trails in Clocaenog Forest, forty minutes from Buckley and fifty from Chester. I had never heard of it. Here is…
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The Cefni Reservoir Walk, and the Railway Nobody Ever Took Up
Three and three quarter flat miles around Llyn Cefni near Llangefni, with a mothballed Victorian railway still sitting in the undergrowth and a reservoir that was built around it.
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The Highest Number on My Allergy Test Was the Wrong Answer
I spent six weeks working out which allergy test was actually worth doing, and about two minutes doing it. Here is what 300 allergens told me, including the result that was a…
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I Took Beetroot Shots for 33 Days. My Blood Pressure Did Not Move.
I pre-registered a beetroot blood pressure trial, set the threshold before I started, and logged 824 readings across 33 days. The answer was zero change. Here are the numbers, and the limits…
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How Crawling Down Crib Goch Led Me to a Climbing Wall in Queensferry
This post contains affiliate links, marked where they appear, to gear I’ve bought with my own money and use every week. If you buy through them I may earn a small commission…
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How We’re Going to Score Dog-Friendly Campsites From Now On
It is 3am and I have four browser tabs open comparing how different websites decide what counts as a “dog-friendly” campsite. The honest answer, after an hour of digging, is that mostly…
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Lake Vyrnwy: The Welsh Reservoir With a Drowned Village Underneath It
No affiliate links in this one. Just a stop on the way home. It is 3am, a few nights after we got back, and I am reading about a Victorian water company…
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Henstent Park: The Most Dog-Friendly Campsite We’ve Found
Henstent Park in the Tanat Valley, Powys: the most dog-friendly campsite we’ve stayed at. Riverside pitch, off-lead field, dog-friendly pub and cafe nearby.