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Category: restless spinster

Posted in off the road restless spinster soulsearching

A certain slant of light

My goodness me, it’s been nine whole months since I flew back to London from Japan. This was not my plan. I was supposed to be in Mexico by now….

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Emily Chappell
Posted in on the road people restless spinster

On holiday

Project Moderation ended up being a roaring success. (Though I am uncomfortably aware that the only way I could finally manage to achieve moderation was by turning it into something…

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in people Q&A restless spinster

Where are all the women?

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of lunching with Rob Lilwall (famous for Cycling Home From Siberia) and his wife Christine. (In true Chappell style, I forgot to take photos.)…

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in off the road restless spinster

O brave new world, That has such women in’t

Women need to get in touch with who they are as women and quit eyeballing what belongs to men. (Comment on Telegraph article about female judo contestants.) Oh yes, there is…

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in off the road restless spinster soulsearching

The loneliness of the long distance

Most of the time I don’t even think about what it means to be a woman on the road. I mean, it’s not as if I have to wake up…

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in restless spinster

Out of the wild

Halfway across Qinghai, sensing that I had a cold coming on, I decided to give myself an early night, bought some cake, pitched my tent in a sunny spot between…

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in off the road people restless spinster soulsearching Uncategorized

A reassuring update

Since I posted last night, I’ve received a great deal of sound advice and wisdom from a great many people. (Thank you.) And perhaps I should have realized that, after…

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Emily Chappell
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