Month: December 2010

Happy Hogmanay!

Friday, 31st December 2010

A glipse of sunshine: Rachel crossing an old fenceline in the hills above Glenfinnan.

A winter holiday in Fort William...

The Ice Axe on the Hill Top by Mr Peacock?

Friday, 31st December 2010

At breakfast this morning, Mr Peacock, Colonel Mustard, and Miss Scarlet found the grizzled remains of the savaged Christmas cake on the kitchen floor. This was obviously not going to be an open and shut case...

Skiing nightmare, Christmas 2010

Thursday, 30th December 2010

It’s the other stuff that wasn’t so much fun. The week before Christmas I found myself sitting in an aeroplane at Manchester airport for 2 1/2 hours, with frozen WCs and no water for hot drinks, while it was deiced sufficiently to take off. We thought we were lucky to be on one of the …

Halley 6 : On The Ice

Thursday, 30th December 2010

After the difficulties of pushing through the sea ice, we finally made it to the Antarctic continent on Christmas Day...

Blog: Birthday #5

Tuesday, 28th December 2010

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 highlights of the 2010 blogging year...

Another White Lakeland Xmas

Sunday, 26th December 2010

The glorious winter weather held on for Xmas...

Nearly there!!

Friday, 24th December 2010

The last week has been a slow journey of winding our way through the sea ice of the Weddell Sea, occasionally getting stuck for between 15 minutes and 8 hours at a time.