Sterling Adventures

We were up to visit Fiona's Parents & Sister for their 56th & 30th wedding anniversaries but we managaed to get a climb of Little Chamonix in as well...

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Geoge Band gives a fascinating account of his part in the first successful attempt on Everest in 1953

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The weather forecast for the weekend looked great on Tuesday. Every day since then it has deteriorated and opening the curtains this morning revealed the truth, it had - grey and damp. Not the best weather for the adventure Jon and I had planned...

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To re-use a famous catch phrase - "and now for something completely different". Check out this "nice" cat...

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Quiet fells, wind, rain, sun shine and a dog for company...

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Having finally got back through the monsoon of the midlands, Chris and Sarah persuaded Jon, Anna and me to head up to High Crag, Buttermere.

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Grabbing some Cornish good weather before the long dark winter... Well, that was the plan for our trip to Cornwall, staying at the CC's Bosigran hut, the Count House...

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Since last weeks disappointment we had found out from the land owner that in the week before our previous dive attempt a farmer further up the valley had sprayed the bracken in his fields. In light of this information we now assume that it was the chemical that had stained the water...

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