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

April 1st 2015 and my second wedding anniversary! Two years ago today I was getting married on the Isle of Angelesy, on North Wales… Today, we celebrated our second anniversary in the super cool city of Santa Cruz! But not before one of our more relaxing American mornings. When Anna left early for work, we… Read more

Up early again today to beat the heat and more importantly the crowds. The nearest car park to the climbing only fits ten cars, so we were pretty keen to be in one of them. To make sure we got a spot, we struck camp as soon as we woke, then had breakfast once we’d… Read more