We had a designated ‘holiday’ today. I’m more often than not working on a Bank Holiday, so we made sure that we were both ‘off-screen’ for the duration of VE Day. We spent the day tootling around The Cottage grounds, fixing, painting, weeding and generally, taking things slowly. After finishing our ‘broadcast’ yesterday, I took Read more

I’ve had a good time over the last few weeks, looking back over some past climbs and adventures as part of an interview I’ve done with Tim Mueller. ‘Talks with Tim”, was a bit like being on Desert Island Discs, having to think about favorite climbing days and routes, but it was fun to reminisce, Read more

The last few evenings have been absolutly magic. There’s not been a cloud in the sky and the sunsets have been tremendous. This evening, after a tip-off from our neighbour, we set out to explore some local footpaths to see where they went and discovered a beautiful old oak woodland, filled with bluebell and apple Read more

It’s been over a week since we ventured up the valley and although there was a strong headwind, we both decided that we fancied the additional challenge. We went up the old road as it’s still closed to traffic at the moment. It felt good to be working the legs. The descent down the A5 Read more

Another busy day online, then a productive evening working up a hunger in the log gym in the evening sun. It’s warm enough still to be eating back outside, so we had pre-dinner drinks over a game of chess. Despite some heroic moves from my lamas, the Spaniards still took down the Incas. I got Read more

I’m rather getting used to having ‘Sundays’ as a day of rest. Well, obviously, I mean a day off work, rather than an actual day of resting. We’d made a pact yesterday to leave the laptops logged off to ensure a bit of digital downtime for our eyes and brains. We took our time getting Read more