Thank You! 2023
As the year draws to a close, I find myself feeling incredibly fortunate for the lessons I have learned and the friends I have met. Thus, in an effort to preserve these experiences, I would like to reflect on my top-five most memorable moments of 2023:
Ice-bathing in Derwent Water’s February chill with Elsa and friends.
Bikepacking the Lôn Cambria with Bruin in the least Welsh weather possible: unrelenting sunshine.
Wild Camping alone in a sand dune on Berneray, Outer Hebrides.
Listening to - the legend that is - Peter MacAskill sing Morag of Dunvegan in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye.
Being asked to recite one of my poems in the elevator of my university by a lady I had never met; and responding with by necessity.
It is often too easy to become complacent with a sub-satisfactory existence. And so, I write this here, as a reminder for myself: to continue seeking such experiences as these, experiences that inspire me and cultivate positive changes within me. Why? Because these are the moments that make it all worthwhile.
I wish you all the very best in 2024. With love,
J x
Sunrise in Machynlleth - Lôn Cambria