An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything
Year: 2007
ADSL Speed Test
ISPs are short selling us (or at least hiding behind the term "up to")! Do you think you have an "up to" 2mbs broadband service from your ISP? Fact is, you probably don't...
Doom’s Retreat
In the back end of the Devils Arse show cave (formally known as Peak Cavern) lies Doom’s Retreat. Reached by diving through Ink Sump it has been the site of a great deal of digging effort by several teams of diggers over many years. Each group has been drawn into the project by the loud …
Surprise
Terry and Chris went out to the RLH hut in Langdale on spec of reasonable weather today. And amazingly bumped into Dave and Fiona, members of the Aylesbury climbing club who happened to be having a meet there!!!!
Sailing on the Mersey
Nick’s got a big boat. A very lovely big boat. And today he let me and Pete come on board and help crew for a race on the Mersey. There were 10 of us all together. Every one had a job, but as we were complete novices me and Pete were given rail crew – …
You mean you go without a guide?
We don’t class ourselves as novice cavers anymore, so we thought we should take a trip underground on our own. Rachel knows half of Oxlow Cavern pretty well, having been there several times to dig, so we thought we’d go and discover the other half. We set out about 1pm in rain and wind. Happily …
Lovely Limestone
First Snow in Chamonix
It will probably have melted by the time you get to look 🙁 at this webcam from Place Balmat, but today there has been some fresh snow in Chamonix centre, and the forecast says there’ll be more overnight! Obviously it snows in Chamonix’s high mountains all year, but it gets quite exciting when the first …
Mechanical Mayhem
