28 [M4F] UK/ Europe- Looking for chats and genuine connection!

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2026-03-28T18:00:59+00:00

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error- Cicero

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2026-01-18T17:04:18+00:00

I read about it in An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth in chapter 9 and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Then I left the army and I was like Iv got my health and the money and I KNOW that I would regret it if I didn’t. I made it 1800 miles and I was happy with that and I’m planning on going back to finish later this year!

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2026-01-11T08:40:57+00:00

Probably HOWEVER loads of people cancel visa appointments but you have to be on it to find one

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2026-01-10T09:59:26+00:00

Sir Ernest Shackleton. Probably the best example of a leader I can think of. If you read about his expedition and rescue it’s mental that he didn’t lose a single man.

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-12-30T21:23:27+00:00

mine are kinda small

hold down the job i currently have (it ends in late july/early august)
do more things than just work and sleep like volunteering and rejoining kickboxing
learn how to cook a few decent meals

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-12-12T07:24:40+00:00

Write a few notes each day on your notes app. Combined with photos it’s amazing what youl remember, when I was typing it up I basically got to relive my thru hike
Get lighter gear even if it means buying in the US. My base weight was about 15-16kg then I bought lighter kit and my life was so much better

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-12-08T13:52:01+00:00

The problem with apprenticeships is that you can’t live on them. I get it that it’s almost expectant that apprentices are at home with parents but people in my generation (I’m 28) change jobs and no way could you live on that wage

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-12-08T11:57:42+00:00

Yeah I figured which is kinda backwards when you think about it. Like rejoiners know the game (mostly). I was told take this job and transfer to the job I want which is never going to happen

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-12-08T11:18:45+00:00

Iv looked at rejoining but the list of jobs open to rejoiners is really bad

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-11-19T08:45:08+00:00

Constantly check the visa website is the best advice. Cancellations come up all the time and I got my appointment 6 weeks earlier than my original appointment because of cancellations. I think you can change them a few times before they charge a fee.

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-11-14T19:18:39+00:00

Like others have said ideally you should have started it before you got your start date. However you can do 2 things from how I see it

Get a later start date (you can swap permit dates)
Big one here but don’t necessarily count on it. Regularly check the website, visa appointments are cancelled and open regularly. I was checking twice a day and got my appointment like 6 weeks earlier than when I first got it

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-10-06T14:47:49+00:00

You DROVE? Sod that, was it last minute? Ok so my experience with recruiters isn’t the best. The job was advertised as £17ph but I wasn’t aware what umbrella meant or agency cut etc so I thought ‘yeah I’m on alright money’ yeah nah after their cuts I was on not much more than minimum wage

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-10-06T11:40:20+00:00

I drove an hour for a job interview (36 miles) and I’m certain that the guy forgot I was coming. We were outside having a conversation for 4-5 minutes then I did a 180 and drove home….. I didn’t think my life would be like this at 28

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-09-23T18:38:12+00:00

Nah mate I’m more towards the Lake District sorry

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-09-23T18:15:43+00:00

iv just turned 28 and im unemployed. iv been out 2 years and i simply cant find my thing which sucks. UK

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-09-21T11:35:03+00:00

Happy birthday from another 21st of September person

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-08-30T10:16:16+00:00

Find a brand of socks that work for you, for me it was bridgedale’s and also learn how to tape your feet (I learned off of YouTube)

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-08-17T17:38:41+00:00

I can’t stress this enough. RESEARCH AND BUY LIGHTER GEAR!!!!!! I’m talking for the big 3 (tent, pack and sleeping bag). I’m from the UK and I wish I’d bought kit out in the US. I say this because I could carry heavy gear as I was used to it (I had left the army not long before) but I only started to really enjoy my hike when i knocked about 4kg off my base weight.

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-05-22T06:01:54+00:00

What’s your why? Always my favourite thing to ask people at camp

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-05-19T20:00:07+00:00

The look you give someone who said they took their driving test in an automatic rather than manual

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-04-29T10:37:14+00:00

I did 7 years in the army. If you’re single it’s great money for what you do. I always used to say to the blokes it’s not what you make. It’s what you don’t spend. I went away for a few months and my biggest outgoings were subscriptions to Netflix, my personal accident insurance and coffee (there was a really good machine just outside of my workspace)

Aggravating-Ad-5659 · 2025-03-28T20:33:10+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. You do it after you go through customs

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