Month: February 2011
After being stopped by an inconveniently shaped rock on our last visit to Buxton Water aven Jim and I returned to the top of the aven with sculpture in mind.
Spending a weekend with Andy and Sabiene at Arthur’s, I was motivated up a mountain by the knowledge that when we got back champagne and chocolate cake were on the menu. (These were to celebrate Sabiene’s last day at work – though sadly she will be starting a new job very soon.) Typical Scottish weather, …
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 dry. So, we decided to do a scramble...
As the summer season draws to a close, with only 15 days before we board the Shackleton to sail back to the Falklands, it's all systems go to get the build as far on as possible...
A party of six Wayfarers joined Smiler's CC meet to Rjukan this week...
We got a postcard from Antarctica today!
We’re in Chamonix for a long weekend. We planned to meet up with some friends I had made while I was working in Nottingham. They are here for a long weekend skiing trip and we thought it would be great to catch up with them and maybe go for a ski tour together. We all …
Back in December we were ready to run the national junior team orienteering competition of the year, the Yvette Baker Trophy Final. Qualifying orienteering teams from around the country had competed in local rounds to win their chance to compete in the final of this premier competition. And then it snowed (a lot). We cancelled …
Sorry, no photos!!