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This was our first trip away to the Peak District (camping as well!) so we were crossing our fingers for good weather. It was windy when we got there but the tent went up and stayed up just fine, unlike some of the others about the campsite. Our first

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, October 04, 2009

France

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 12, 2009

German New Year

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Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 29, 2009

America 09

Another visit to America, this time the second stop off after Salt Lake City was New York for a few days. We visited most of the usual attractions which I imagine have been covered in detail in other blogs, so won't go into detail here. On the first

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 19, 2009

Germany

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Library Court Reunion

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, June 03, 2008

America

As part of a conference trip we were traveling through Salt Lake City in Utah so we took the chance to spend half a day there, before carrying on up into the mountains. Our half day there was a Sunday morning - not the best time to look round town a

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Scottish New Year

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, December 30, 2007

Edinburgh

Most Recent Entry: Monday, December 10, 2007

Rome

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Alps

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Italy

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 01, 2007

Pennine Way (Operation Rolling Thunder)

This trip started as an idea of The 2 Wills and Helen, roped into it were James (our medic), Dave and myself. The Pennine Way is a long distance path travelling along the Pennines, starting in the Dark Peak and finishing just inside Scotland. We wer...

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 29, 2006

A week in Skye: Scotland 2006

It was an early day out today as Chicks had chartered the Bella Jane to take us to the other side of the Cuillin Ridge. We took the coastal route to the base of Sgurr nan Stri across the 'bad step' scramble. The trek up Stri was hard work as the clo...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, July 21, 2006

Climbing in Coniston

Gary and I went climbing in the Lake District on Dow Crags near the town of Coniston... We parked up the camper van the night before a mile or two from the crags so the next morning there wasn't much of a rush to get up early - the weather was also ...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Long weekend in Snowdonia

As it had rained the day before and during the night we treated ourselves to a lie in. 8am get up and breakfast for a 10am start - very relaxed. By the time we got walking the sun had come out and started to dry us off as we walked down to Nant Peris w

Most Recent Entry: Monday, June 26, 2006

Camping in the Peaks

As preparation for the forthcoming Pennine Way (often refered to as Operation Rolling Thunder) me and the two Wills (Payling and Grainger) set off to the Peak District for two nights wild camping. After arriving in Edale we made a fast ascent onto t...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Fudan University, China

On our final day of the this trip out of Shanghai we visited the Shaanxi histroy museum, meant to be one of the best museums in China. The collection has pieces that are up to 4000 years old. Afterwards we visited the Big Goose Pagoda which you coul...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 03, 2006

Lakes Weekend

Exams (or coursework really) were over so Gary managed to talk me into going to Coniston for the weekend arranged by Clive-O. After a pint or two of Guinness in the Ark I happily snoozed the journey away until our mid way stop in Shelf (Halifax) where ...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, January 21, 2006

Scotland 2005

For this years trip, organised by Phil, we stayed in a hunters lodge in the north-west highlands. We had great weather for the whole week as Britain was going through a heat wave. The first day took us up the Forcan Ridge for some scrambling and a g...