We were both pretty tired from yesterday’s dancing and the previous day’s hike, so we took time not to rush things too much this morning. Cottage Pancakes gave a good start to what became a productive and social day. Sinead, Sam and Oscar were visiting from Ireland and were due to meet up with us… Read more

A wet Sunday made for perfect conditions for some expedition planning at The Cottage. Over the next five months I’ve got quite a lot of trips in the pipeline, all of which require a decent amount of planing and logistics. To counteract the time spent hunched over the computer, I had a good session in… Read more

Today’s expedition training involved a morning in the Cabin looking at different cultures, and local etiquette while travelling overseas. The hat is from a Pakistani mountain Porter, the Jebella was given to me from our muleteer in the Atlas mountains, and we drank customary Moroccan mint tea from glasses Clare and I bought in the… Read more

Took a quick trip down to Fort Martin to say ‘Happy New Year’, as I’d had to postpone my usual January visit. After a late Sunday night, I headed off down the M6 on Monday morning, stopping only briefly for a brew en-route… We had a good walk around the ‘wetlands’ area of the village… Read more