From Bluebird K7 Returns to Coniston Water
From Staveley Santa Ride
From Stonesty South Crag
From Dollywaggon Pike Ski Tour
From English Skiing
From Barnard Castle Cycling
From A wet day in Lakeland exploring slate quarries and 'shrooming
From Ease Gill & Dave's Birthday at Greenclose
From Couple of Days of Work & a Big "Pikey Dodging" Cycle Ride

Bluebird K7 Returns to Coniston Water

Thursday, 14th May 2026

Last Monday was a big day for the story of Bluebird – the iconic water speed record jet engined boat returned to Consiton Water to be re-floated there for the first time since the fateful 1967 crash that killed Donald Cambell. Laetitia and I thought we’d make the trip to Coniston to witness this small …

Staveley Santa Ride

Monday, 29th December 2025

I was on my own at this year’s Staveley Santa Dash…

Stonesty South Crag

Monday, 23rd June 2025

Steve wanted to go to Stonesty Crag as he hadn’t been there before. I had been to Stonesty Summit Crag before and so I knew the walk up from Moasdale was a very tough and steep trek! But my warning wasn’t enough to put him off, so off we headed…

Dollywaggon Pike Ski Tour

Sunday, 12th January 2025

Before the weather warms up (and rains) on Monday, Laetitia and I grabbed one more ski adventure on our local hills…

English Skiing

Thursday, 9th January 2025

Who’d have thought skiing in England could be worthwhile?

Barnard Castle Cycling

Sunday, 22nd January 2023

We needed to get our eyes tested so we headed off to Barnard Castle with Andy & Astrid Saxby and Nigel & Kath Hooker. It turned out that we could all see fine! Surprising really, considering how utterly bloody freezing it was on the bikes, how knackered our un-used to hiking legs were from a …

A wet day in Lakeland exploring slate quarries and ‘shrooming

Thursday, 30th August 2018

The forecast of a dry day on the Bank Holiday Monday was more than little optimistic. It was wet!

Ease Gill & Dave’s Birthday at Greenclose

Monday, 20th August 2018

On Saturday Pete and I had a fantastic trip (with Dave, Toby, Matt, and Tony) underground to help celebrate Dave’s Birthday. The trip was through the Ease Gill system from County Pot to Lancaster Hole.

Couple of Days of Work & a Big “Pikey Dodging” Cycle Ride

Tuesday, 5th June 2018

The weekend was dominated by two days of work, but at least it was fun work – mostly gorge bashing with super exciting big jumps in to pools of lovely cool Lakeland water…