Rush Hour on Highway 93

Wednesday, 27th February 2013 by
Hardly the M6Hardly the M6 ...

More

Not-Only-Hitchhikers’ Guide to Budapest

Thursday, 31st January 2013 by
12  _IGP3575 1024I have planned it for a while to photograph Budapest’s lights and sights in the night. Few days before and later on New Year’s Eve I managed to take some night walks to the Danube with my friends and take some nice photos. First we took a few shots of the new National Theatre with [...]

More

Bangkok

Monday, 14th January 2013 by
The Reclining Buddha - Wat PhoWe decided we couldn’t go all the way to Thailand without spending some time in Bangkok. We only had one full day so the night before, with the help of Tripomatic, we planned our route that would take in several of the “must see” sights plus some other interesting locations along the route…

More

Climbing in Railay, Thailand

Sunday, 13th January 2013 by
The view of Railay.  Ton Sai is on the left and Railay West on the right.I’ve thought about a climbing adventure to Thailand for years, but I’ve always been a bit nervous about taking the trip. I’d heard it was hot, hard, and getting more and more touristy, but I’d also heard it’s amazing, beautiful, and the Thai people are lovely … “the land of a thousand smiles”.

More

Running on Kinder

Sunday, 13th January 2013 by
Hoar frost on the fence on Rushup EdgeRichard had deadlines to meet this weekend, so I’ve been out and about enjoying the chilly weather! On Saturday I cycled with the Tamworth Road and Mountain Cycle Club from Fazeley. Incredibly, within 15 minutes of cycling, we rode along some roads that were completely new to me. Thankfully it was a steady ride and [...]

More

The Blog’s 7 Year Itch?

Friday, 28th December 2012 by
After another year of enthusiastic blogging here's my annual round up of a few personal favourite reports from the past twelve months. It's never easy picking out the highlights, so feel free to chastise me for missing yours. I hope these highlights help us all celebrate the blog's seventh birthday...

More

Antarctic Demolition

Tuesday, 25th December 2012 by
Penguins at Windy BayAs ever the start of the Halley season started with the long journey from London to Cape Town and then the flights to Antarctica. We boarded the usual Russian Ilyshun which lands on an ice runway and then did the 5 hour flight from Novo to Halley in a Basler aircraft.

More

Hair Cut…

Friday, 23rd November 2012 by
Kendal town centre - it's just 4,662 miles to Everest!I got my hair cut today at lunch time in Kendal

More