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  • Blog: Birthday #5 29 views
    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 ...
  • World Wide Adventure Venues 18 views
  • Mosedale 10 views
    Inspired by Anna and Ian's running excellence, and always aiming to keep our fitness levels up for greater adventures in the Alps, we thought we'd go for a run on ...
  • Family Adventures – Ullswater & Big BBQ 9 views
    Laurence and Beth visited us for a week of glorious sunny Lakeland weather... Laetitia was busy getting ready for the big family BBQ later in the week, so I went ...
  • 18 miles running on a zebra 7 views
    A very black and white stripey zebra
  • Lakeland Letterboxes 7 views
    The various lists of Lakeland Letterboxes on the web are of extremely variable quality and often have very out of date or dissimilar clues (even more so than I'm sure ...
  • An Imperial vs. Metric Rant 7 views
    I don't understand imperial measurements: and typically the Americans add extra levels of screwiness! First, as a nation, there's the simple fact that they insist on using imperial measures at ...
  • Central Gully, Great End 6 views
    With the fantastic freezing conditions in the Lakes currently, as well as allowing for some surprising Lakeland skiing, there was also an opportunity for a super fast solo ascent of ...
  • The Cirque of the Unclimbables 6 views
    The much anticipated flight from Inconnu Lodge to Glacier Lake was fantastic! Although the weather was far from perfect - we flew through, or round, a number of storms. It's ...
  • BMW 3 Series, Run Flat Tyres… 5 views
    BMW have whole heartedly adopted run-flat tyres across their range (except M cars). The benefits of these tyres seem to boil down to a solitary point; that is, if you ...
  • Snakes & Ladders 5 views
    After a couple days of sunny rock climbing on Anglesey the weather changed to rain - and so, having a willing partner, I finally got to explore the feared Snakes ...
  • Cromhall Dive 5 views
    As the weather had destroyed any chance of getting any interesting caving done over the weekend myself and Andy headed off to a flooded quarry in Cromhall, Gloucestershire...