Went exploring today to a whole new area of the island. Mt Teide is the highest mountain of the Island; an old volcano and major tourist attraction. I went to the summit on my previous trip to Tenerife some 17 years ago, but this time, my attention had been placed on the quirky volcanic crags… Read more

Happy New Year! And what happier a way to start things off than under a deep blue sky! We were moving on to the next phase of our trip today, and leaving behind our lovely Appartment in ‘Portal H’. But not before taking our first swim and snorkel of the year, in the crystal clear… Read more

What a year it’s been! 2015 started out in New Zealand and our mountain lifestyle has seen us climbing, skiing and surfing right across the world, to finish here in Tenerife. As far as ‘cool years’ go, going from New Zealand to Fiji, to California, to Scotland, to The Dolomites (twice), to Austria, to Ireland… Read more

A full packed day of Tenerife action again today, with a morning in the surf and then finishing with some excellent climbing! The waves at Playa las Americas were much bigger than we’d expected. Eventually we realised that they measure the wave height here in meters not feet, so what we thought would be a… Read more

An amazing day of trad climbing in a lost world style valley! With no other climbers around and hidden in a remote feeling area, we felt like explorers in Jurassic Park. But first, we tested out the waters by the house with a little early morning swimming.  Despite appearances suggesting otherwise, it was certainly cold… Read more

There was a Christmas Tree Cactus at the farm near today’s climbing venue!  We started straight out of bed with a dip in the swimming pool this morning. It was pretty nippy in there to be honest, but seeing how we never normally have the chance to do such things, we thought we should take… Read more