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From New York
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From Shawangunks
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From Solar Panels
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From French Misadventures 2023
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From Pabbay
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From Easter with Laurence & Megan
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From Moroccan Anti Atlas, 2023
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From Avoriaz Skiing with the Muppets
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From Barnard Castle Cycling
Author: Pete
Founder of Sterling Adventures!
Part of my interest in visiting the Gunks for climbing was also the possibility of seeing perhaps the most famous city in the world, New York…
The Shawangunks, or just plain “Gunks” to us climbers, have been on my list of places to go and visit for many years. And so, when Laetitia asked back in March, “Where would you like to go in the autumn for some rock climbing action to get away from typical Lakeland wetness?”, it took me …
Recently we had solar panels installed by Solarfast, and I have to say they are pretty darn good! I was sceptical about the true value of the investment beforehand … can it really pay for itself? But in the end we went for it based on the hope of trying to “do our bit” for …
Our summer jollies to the Alps this year had mixed results…
We’ve been looking forward to and fearing our trip to Pabbay, a remote and uninhabited tiny island off Scotland in the Bishop Isles, in varyingly different amounts for some time…
Thankfully the long Easter weekend was blessed with a brilliant sunny forecast, perfect for our visiting nephew, Laurence, and his girlfriend, Megan, to see some of the best the Lake District has to offer…
I was last in Morocco three years ago, leaving just days before Morocco (followed by most of the world) locked down to fight Covid-19. So three years on, almost to the week, it was absolutely brilliant to get back to this fantastic climbing area.
After the poor snow conditions at New Year we were concerned what might await us in Avoriaz for our ski trip with the Muppets… We needn’t have worried so much … loads of snow fell in January, and a week of consistently low temperature (approx -10C throughout the day) ensured our week based in the …
We needed to get our eyes tested so we headed off to Barnard Castle with Andy & Astrid Saxby and Nigel & Kath Hooker. It turned out that we could all see fine! Surprising really, considering how utterly bloody freezing it was on the bikes, how knackered our un-used to hiking legs were from a …
