Over the new few weeks, we’re finally taking the time to give The Cottage some upgrades. Step one is to install some internal insulation, which even to the untrained eye is definitely going to be a little ‘disruptive’ to our usual living standards. To try and make it as easy as possible, we’re basically having… Read more

There was a very small weather window of no wind and good surf this morning. The only downside was that it was also pouring very with rain and the window was only open between 7 and 9am! Another early start ensued, and we rolled out of bed and straight into the van… Despite driving through… Read more

To avoid the busyness of the National Park on a Bank holiday weekend, and to maximise of the small window of good conditions, we were up and out early with the paddleboards. Clare has spotted that there was no wind and blue skies forecast for the first few hours of the morning, before higher clouds… Read more

A mammoth few days of safety checks in the equipment stores. Miles of rope and hundreds of carabiners to count, check, oil, fix, replace ready for the summer expedition season. Not the most glamorous of outdoor activities, but an essential one. I even checked through all the rucksacks and emptied pockets of rubbish, apple cores… Read more

Thanks to a new sponsorship deal with the Association of Mountaineering Instructors, I’m now in possession of a very bright and shiny new set of ‘Tendon’ climbing ropes. I was very keen to get out up a cliff somewhere, but there was more pressing office work to be done first. Working indoors on such a… Read more

After all the excitement of Clare’s birthday and late night of Cottage socialising, the day got off to a slow start. Neither of us had the energy to drive off to the distant cliff that we’d half planned on climbing at. Instead of racing off out into the day, we enjoyed a splendidly leisurely morning… Read more