Author: Pete
Founder of Sterling Adventures!
Lakes Staycation
In these times when we are all becoming that much more aware of our carbon footprints it has to be right to limit the number of flights we take right? Well we think so. But of course we are fortunate to live in a world-class tourist destination! The weather wasn’t perfect, which was a bit …
Skiing and avoiding Covid
We always reckon February is the best month to ski in the Alps … it has perhaps the best chance of fresh powder and soft snow, slightly longer days, and a fair chance of sunshine kissed weather! However, we last skied in France in February 2020, just before the Covid pandemic took the world into …
Leonidio – under new Covid-19 restrictions …
Back in September we got super excited at the prospect of our first foreign travel trip since the Covid pandemic brought travel to its knees, and we’d booked ourselves on our first post-lockdown trip abroad … to the Moroccan Anti-Atlas mountains in early December for 10 days of glorious trad climbing before Xmas. Then, with …
Kendal Mountain Festival 2021
Coniston Coppermines
Great Glen Canoe Trail
Scottish West Coast Staycation
One positive, if such thing makes any sense, from Covid-19 is that many people have discovered just how amazing parts of the UK are! Is there really any need to fly to far flung parts for our holidays every year? Well, I guess climbers always knew this as we spend every weekend, holiday day, etc. …
A Cornish Lockdown Release
Well, thanks to Covid 19 it’s a over a year since we’ve managed to get away. But everything comes to an end and true enough a gradual relaxation of lockdown rules has finally allowed us to venture away from our base in the Lakes… Sure, we are fortunate enough to live in the Lake District …