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Year: 2013

A Trip to the Isle of Man

Friday, 6th September 2013

A couple of weeks ago we visited my sister and her family in the Isle of Man. It’s lovely visiting the Isle of Man because it feels like you go back in time. It’s very quiet and very relaxed. But not content to go back just a decade or so, the Isle of Man held …

Cheserys … again!

Monday, 2nd September 2013

After yesterday’s adventures on the BrÃ©vent today was Laetitia’s choice of venue (of course this had nothing to do with my arms and fingers being knackered). Initially we thought we’d head up to another multi-pitch route in the Aiguille Rouge, but when we left the apartment we immediately saw the whole of the higher Aiguille …

WordPress Mapping Plugin

Sunday, 1st September 2013

The WordPress Google Mapping Plugin allows your site to show locations using Google mapping, showcase featured images from your geo-located posts, present GPX tracks, GPX elevation graphs, record a country against your posts, and much much more… I like to think this mapping plugin is amongst the very best available for WordPress. But don’t take …

Poeme a Lou & the UTMB

Saturday, 31st August 2013

I have no idea why, but we always seem to be in Chamonix on the weekend of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. Of course this is never a bad thing as the atmosphere in Chamonix while the event is on is electric.

A Hot Welsh Bank Holiday

Wednesday, 28th August 2013

The weather forecast for the bank holiday weekend was quite variable. But that – as usual – seemed to just be the forecasters generalising for the rest of us what those in the south-east would experience! :angry: Whereas the north-west looked like it would have great summer weather. On a bank holiday!!

Landmannalaugar: The Icelandic Interior

Monday, 26th August 2013

Hot springs on the way back to Landmannalaugar.

Three days in the beautiful Landmannalaugar mountains...

Hiking over Fimmvorthuhals Pass

Saturday, 24th August 2013

Looking across the fresh lava flow to Magni, one of the new craters on Eyjafjallajokull.

A glorious two day walk across a mountain pass between two volcanoes...

More wet adventures in Iceland

Wednesday, 21st August 2013

Sight-seeing around Iceland continued for another day, this time with visits to the Skaftafell National Park and then to JÃ¶kulsÃ¡rlÃ³n. We arrived at Skaftafell to rain and fog and ‘enjoyed’ a very damp meal of sweet and sour noodles with about 50 other people under a very crowded shelter. The next morning we awoke to …

Highest Summits

Wednesday, 21st August 2013

Comparison of heights of the highest mountains on Earth, by CMG Lee

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30