Packing in the stress
My dad once told me that if you fail to prepare, you are preparing to fail. And whilst I feel like I have gone through every possible thing to get ready for this backpacking trip, I can’t help but think I have forgotten something. I’m the type of person who will resist buying something, then when I finally do, I will make use for years to come until my hoodie is in threads and my shoes become more like slippers. This meant that some purchases were definitely a necessity and I just had to accept that budget backpacking is not for free! Take boots for example, I have had the same ones since DofE nearly 4 years ago and my feet are starting to pay for it a little. This trip has been a push to finally get some new gear because the last thing I want to be, in a foreign country, is unprepared. The dread of forgetting my food on a DofE trip back in year 10 (having left it on the staircase at home) and surviving off flapjacks, is not an experience I intend to repeat! The influencers ...