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Blog: Birthday #5 11 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?! 7 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 ...
Sunny Scrambles in New Zealand 6 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 ...- Gouffre Berger 5 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 ...
- More Canadian Rockies Spring Skiing 4 views
Today Bev, Rob MacKenzie and I skied to a subsidiary summit (2820 m) of Crowfoot Mountain, which is located immediately east of the Wapta Icefields...
- Jack’s Rake Langdale 3 views
For once the weather forecast was correct - Sunday turned out dry with a little sunshine peaking between the clouds...
Dent du Geant 3 views
Awesome! Crowded! Scary! Knackering! Do I need to say more? Awesome: the Dent du Geant is an awesome peak (4012m) that only gives up its summit to climbers. There is ...- Ben Nevis, Zero Gully 3 views
Terry and I travelled up to the Scottish Highlands this weekend having heard about the almost perfect conditions on Ben Nevis, and adding in the continuing 'bon temps' forecast, we ...
- A run around Dalmahoy hotel 3 views
Stuck up near Edinburgh with work (which - BTW - sucks! 😉 ) I've been looking for ways to occupy myself and take advantage of the long Scottish summer evenings ...
VW California Leisure Battery Replacement 3 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 ...- Raven Crag, Yewdale, Scrambling 2 views
The rain stopped sometime in the middle of the night, but by the time we got up the atmosphere was still decidedly damp. We knew even Pavey Ark would be ...
Shawangunks 2 views
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 ...