One hundred and six days since leaving the UK, a trio of Pelicans waved us off the Californian beach and back onto a London bound flight. How did we dream all this up – and then make it happen? And how did it go by so quickly? I really have no idea… We wanted to Read more

Such a day! Our last full one in California. With so many sights, sounds and spectacles to soak up. To make sure that stamina levels were up to the task, we took good care to leave the hotel fuelled up with another all American breakfast. Venice Beach Boardwalk was the first point of call. And Read more

Tourist beach day and a bit of cleaning up.. Having had a forced stay in a hotel last night, we were at least able to take advantage of the inclusive breakfast. The crown jewel of which was this pancake machine which continually produced pancakes from an internal conveyer belt. After a full load up of Read more

The ‘Mason Research Machine’ has done us proud again, by discovering the little known Californian climbing gem that is Black Wall in Sespe Gorge. One hundred meters of near vertical sandstone trad climbing. With a walk in time of less than one minute! Fabulous stuff! To get there, we started with a scenic drive along Read more

Back into Californian road trip mode today as we drove south down the west coast along an area of coastline called Bug Sur. There was a slight misty haze as we set off from Monteray, but the skies continue to remain blue. Our first stop (of many) was at the Piffer State Park, where we’d Read more

The far reaching range of our experiences continues today! In the last week we’ve been high on rock faces, seen super city skylines, stayed in a tent, on a sofa and in a luxury hotel. This morning started off on the famous old Santa Cruz beach Boardwalk. Actually, it started of with a very relaxing Read more