What a haze of a day. Boxing Day passed by quickly this year! There was a cool view of Santa Cruz from the glass elevator on the side of our hotel in the morning. I like arriving into places in the dark as the next morning, you are never quite sure what it will look… Read more

Another Happy Christmas on the move… Last year we were celebrating somewhere over the Atlantic, this time, after a Christmas breakfast at The Fort, we enjoyed our turkey and cranberry on the flight down the coast of Africa to the Canary Isles. Heathrow was as quiet as you might expect and all the BA workers… Read more

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