At Fort Martin today for our traditional pre-Chrismas celebrations. Nipped into town to catch up with Paulo and on the way managed a sneaky coffee in this funky bar by the market place. Dudley put up a brave struggle at the impromptu Martin’s Chess Championship, but blew his claim to the title in the last Read more

It was back on the road again early this morning!… After some seriously slow moving traffic, we made it, many hours later, to Fort Martin in time for lunch with the London crew. It felt good to be back under some blue skies, even if it wasn’t very warm. Had a bit of pre-Christmas, Christmas Read more

It dried up a bit today in Snowdonia. But not for long! After a bit of sorting, we went for a final indoor climbing session of the year at the beacon along with a whole bunch of friends. So many in fact, that It was one of those afternoons where I probably ended up chatting Read more

The effects of travelling, climbing, working and socialising across the United Kingdom over the last few weeks has started to take its toll! From mountaineering in the Scottish Highlands to trekking in the Wicklow mountains of Ireland and quite a few places in between, it’s been an excellently crazy time.  Today, it was time to Read more

The Dublin experience! It’s hard to sum up what we’ve done today! It’s been diverse, sociable, mountainous, urban, relaxing, energetic and a whole lot of fun with some brilliant people. We started off with a brisk hike in Glendalough, which is a beautiful area just south of the city. Daragh and Katrina, having (literally) just Read more

You’d think I done enough travelling recently, but today we were up well before the sun and off to catch the slow ferry to Ireland! It was a rough crossing, but thankfully we  felt no ill effects. In fact I slept for most of the journey. From Dublin Port, we got a bus then a Read more