adventure - travel - vanlife
In January 2015 we spent a month backpacking staying in hostels or guesthouses, with a couple of nights in a tent while in Torres del Paine. We could easily have stayed for six months so our month trip was rather intense with no more than a couple of days in Read More …
The far north-west of Scotland had so far eluded me. Assynt, in particular, with the majestic hulk of Suilven rising proudly amongst a patchwork of lochs was a place I’d long since dreamt of exploring. Last summer, after having just purchased a Z-Pro Flash FL200 inflatable canoe I hatched a plan Read More …
You can’t manage what you can’t measure is one of my work mantras, and so it should be true when considering how to lighten my backpacking load. Un-packing from my Lakes trip I decided to grab the kitchen scales and for the first time weigh my gear in a Read More …
NeoAir – having to revert to using my old Thermarest Prolite last weekend reminded me a) how comfortable and warm the Neo Air is and b) that I still need to repair it after it mysteriously developed a 1 inch rip/cut it. Ok, its a little narrow and there extra Read More …
Southend Airport?!? There was incredulity in my voice as my fellow chaps advised they’d booked their flight to Krakow. Our annual boys weekend cum pilgrimage to the mountains was fast approaching and this years destination were the Tatra Mountains, straddling Poland and Slovakia. The main highlight was to be Orla Read More …
Sometimes it takes a while to truly appreciate things and so it has been with my Osprey Mutant pack. Like a trusty old pair of boots the Mutant has been my default go-to pack for the past two years. Whether its backpacking through Vietnam or Cuba, wildcamping in Wales, scaling Read More …
Cuba (Jan 13) – a two-week backpacking trip See Flickr album here Havana down to Trinidad on the south coast then up via Santa Clara to Cayo Guillemo a small island on the north coast and the famous beach at Playa Pillar. Then headed west via Havana to the tobacco plantations Read More …
I’m rather embarrassed that it’s taken almost a year to write up my trip to Vietnam last New Year, but I’ve finally managed it, just in time before the next New Year! It was a last minute decision. New Year engenders an expectation of doing something, of being somewhere, pulled Read More …
It’s been such a great summer in London what with the Queen’s Jubilee, the Olympics and Paralympics and a host of other supporting events that have combined to make such a great atmosphere. I’ve uploaded a few of my favourite photos taken over in and around London over the summer Read More …
The annual boys weekend in Europe took a turn with the invite list this year being extended to newcomers including…shock/horror a girl! Phillipa, one of our climbing buddies, had dared to invade the sanctity of the previously all-male crew. After Switzerland and the Tour de Wildhorn last year it was Read More …