Not exactly prime conditions in the Alps this morning. A strong wind was blowing up the high street of St Véran threatening to take the table and chairs from the balcony when we drew back the curtains and the sky was lead grey. Given the conditions, we’d decided go make a leisurely start, so began Read more

Another fine day ski touring just down the valley from St Veran. The guys had sourced some local knowledge about a nice little day tour that began just a short drive away by the little hamlet of Prats Hauts. It started off up a small track through the forest, where we saw some black squirrels! Read more

So after a bit of rock climbing down in Provence, we are now living up at what claims to be the highest village in the Alps. Saint Veran in the Queyras National Park, sits at just over 2000m at the far end of an very long and winding road. The good thing about this is Read more

Happy Easter from France! We’ve just spent a few days rock climbing above the village of Orpierre in the south of France. We arrived on a beautiful warm day in Marsaille. From there it’s less that two hours drive north to the cliffs of our choice – on the way we also passed plenty of Read more

Cold and clear today. I never normally take my camera or phone when out for a run, but the mountains were looking so good, I wanted to get some snaps as I made my way up the Nant Ffrancon Valley this afternoon. It’s super nice to be able to run here straight from the front Read more

I was in the throws of a very productive expedition planning session on the computer this morning, when I received a text asking if I fancied going climbing. My initial response was no way, I’m in the zone here and have got tonnes to do, but then after a few minutes, I replied again saying Read more