From (Not Really) Making New Ground
From Whitworth Upstream
From Soaked!
From Land of Monasteries
From Weekend Without Plans
From Biking black forrest at its best!
From My first day of Mountain Rescue team training...
From Corse adventures with baby - Ile de la Beaute
From more Observations from Underground

(Not Really) Making New Ground

Thursday, 9th August 2012

Having found a muddy chamber yesterday we dived in through to Whitworth series with only one O-ring related incident which was quickly sorted.

Whitworth Upstream

Thursday, 9th August 2012

Having had to walk away from the upstream sump in the Whitworth series in Torca La Vaca when we ran out of time on our previous visit to the Matienzo area both Jim and I were keen to return.

Soaked!

Tuesday, 7th August 2012

The miserable wet summer weather continues, but with optimism and hope winning the battle over wisdom Richard and I headed out to Gouther Crag in Swindale at the weekend.

Land of Monasteries

Monday, 6th August 2012

As long as nice summer weather lasts I'm not wasting my time during the weekends. During my drive home from my previous weekend trip I noticed an interesting looking gorge and I decided to come back here to check it out. Then I found out that the area has several Orthodox monasteries worth visiting, one of them even part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

Weekend Without Plans

Monday, 30th July 2012

Once I work in Romania for a year I have the chance to travel around the country...

Biking black forrest at its best!

Sunday, 29th July 2012

For years I was always hoping to do one of the black forrests finest single trail bike rides – the “Kandel ridgeway”: 1500 meter in hight, 50 kilometers (40% single trails) long and a pure 1.000 meters in height downhill on a very panoramic and challenging single trail in one piece. Finally this year after …

My first day of Mountain Rescue team training…

Sunday, 29th July 2012

Today was my first full day of training with the Kendal Mountain Rescue Team.

Corse adventures with baby – Ile de la Beaute

Sunday, 29th July 2012

5 weeks of parental leave together. But what to do with a 9 month old baby that we can all three enjoy? Daddy likes hiking and mountain biking, mummy also climbing and Paula would love to play at the beach enjoying the sand and water. So we are looking for a spot with great hiking, …

more Observations from Underground

Tuesday, 17th July 2012

I was just a little worried with the description of the proposed mine trip. The “bridge of death”, and a dingy that kept deflating had me very close to going for a walk above ground. But Pete’s enthusiasm “it’ll be a great adventure!!” finally won me over.

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