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From Easter with Laurence & Megan
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From Moroccan Anti Atlas, 2023
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From Avoriaz Skiing with the Muppets
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From Barnard Castle Cycling
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From Cheeky Chamonix Ski
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From Black Forest New Year
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From Xmas 2022
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From Lundy 2022
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From Cap Blanc-Nez
Author: Pete
Founder of Sterling Adventures!
Thankfully the long Easter weekend was blessed with a brilliant sunny forecast, perfect for our visiting nephew, Laurence, and his girlfriend, Megan, to see some of the best the Lake District has to offer…
I was last in Morocco three years ago, leaving just days before Morocco (followed by most of the world) locked down to fight Covid-19. So three years on, almost to the week, it was absolutely brilliant to get back to this fantastic climbing area.
After the poor snow conditions at New Year we were concerned what might await us in Avoriaz for our ski trip with the Muppets… We needn’t have worried so much … loads of snow fell in January, and a week of consistently low temperature (approx -10C throughout the day) ensured our week based in the …
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 …
After the Black Forest we swung by Chamonix hoping for a little more snow. Alas, while there was more snow thanks to the higher altitude it wasn’t that great. Especially considering the €54 each lift pass pricing. You might have thought that with such poor conditions they’d have had an offer on?
We’d hoped to be able to do some skiing in the Black Forest with our friends Rebecca and Mathias. But the weather was more like spring or autumn than winter … glorious blue skies, dry leaves on the ground instead of fluffy snow, and T-shirt wearing temperatures!
Hopefully Covid isolation, lockdowns, etc. are finally just a memory … back to normal with a big family Xmas dinner! Yum Yum!
Lundy is a special place – an island about three miles long and half a mile wide stuck out in the Bristol Channel about 20 miles off the Devonshire coastline; surrounded on all sides by sea cliffs and a marine wildlife sanctuary; an important sea bird (inc. the eponymous puffin) breeding location; isolated with no …
One final instalment to the Chamonix ’22 trip and the journey home – back when Ian and I went out to France in June we stopped in a super cheap hotel in Calais the night before our early ferry back to Dover. We ate dinner in a simple bar in town and noted that the …
