My trusty Escort Van (aka The Cessner) is officially up for sale as of today. Having put out a teaser a few weeks back, I’ve been inundated with offers from interested parties and hopefully by this time next week, a new owner will have been found. As I was tidying up and starting to clear Read more

There were some sleepy heads in the hut this morning, with myself included! Slushy rain was beating on the windows as we ate breakfast and tried to psych up for another day in the hills. To their credit, everyone in the group pitched in to get the hut tidied and us out in a reasonable Read more

5am alarm call this morning. Thankfully there was a full moon shining and a hard frost on the ground, indicating that getting up early was going to be worth the effort! The excitement of an Alpine Start soon spread through the hut and we were all breakfasted and gunning to go within the hour. A Read more

After a fairly frantic morning of unpacking and re-packing, I’ve made it upto the Lake District with a keen bunch of lads for some mountain walking. The hope was for some winter action, but there’s only been a few snow flurries so far…  We left Wales this afternoon. The task of feeding the crew also Read more

What a hectic week! It started off at Fort Martin where I was visiting the Martin Clan. It was straight to work in the morning shifting a few logs in the gardens and doing a few jobs around the place. Managed to get a nice bit of fireside chat time with the Lady of the Read more

An article that I’d written for Mountain Training and UKHillwalking.com got published today! It’s about getting ready for winter in the mountains – click the link to read it.. http://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/page.php?id=6826 I’m currently down in the flatlands of Northamptonshire on a flying visit to Fort Martin. I’ve also managed squeeze in a day of kayaking, where Read more