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  • Blog: Birthday #5 14 views Yet another year of adventuring is drawing closed. But, spring isn't that far away and the rock climbing shoes can come out again soon! For now though, here are my ...
  • How many flags does Cumbria have?! 11 views Today is Cumbria Day, hoorah! And amongst the noise that brings is a mini-celebration that accompanies the Cumbrian flag coming to Westminster... But seeing that made me think it was ...
  • Gilmore’s Groin – A Woman’s Perspective: Diagnosis 6 views There is very little, if any, information about Gilmore's Groin in women on the web, so I am writing this to help address that. It all started with an ache ...
  • Sunny Scrambles in New Zealand 5 views I've been lucky enough to get a whole month off work, so here I am in New Zealand! I've had a few days of running, mountain biking, rock climbing and ...
  • Rachel under the falls in Cirque du Grand Marchet. Seven days in the Parc National de la Vanoise 5 views A seven day tour of the Vanoise glaciers. Views, widlife and food! What more could we want?
  • Border Hiking in Periyar Tiger Reserve 4 views On Sunday we woke to rain, which didn’t bode well for our ‘rest day’, a 15km trek in the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Fortunately the rain was warm, but it soon ...
  • The Cirque of the Unclimbables 4 views The much anticipated flight from Inconnu Lodge to Glacier Lake was fantastic! Although the weather was far from perfect - we flew through, or round, a number of storms. It's ...
  • Scottish Canoeing – Balquhidder 4 views We've been looking forward to the multi-day canoeing trip in Scotland with our friends Paul and Lisa for ages. We'd planned the trip back in February and this past weekend ...
  • Emergency Services SMS Registration 4 views Did you know that in the UK you can use your mobile phone's SMS text messaging to summon help from the emergency services?
  • VW California Leisure Battery Replacement 4 views It wasn't a very difficult job in the end, but with the help of this detailed walk-through of the process to replace the leisure batteries in a VW California the ...
  • Death Trail 4 views A new nature trail („educational trail” in Hungarian mirror-translation) was opened recently in the neighbourhood of our village so we thought we could check it out on Saturday afternoon.
  • Gouffre Berger 3 views At -1122m the Gouffre Berger was regarded as the deepest cave in the world until 1963, it is still the 28th deepest known cave and the 4th deepest in the ...