Amazing day of rock climbing!! Brilliant routes on incredible rock. Not a soul to be seen or hear all day. The climbs felt intimidating so the challenge was psychological more than physical! We both had some proper ‘dry mouth’ moments as we balanced our way upwards on insecure holds. Quite the buzz. We climbed a… Read more

We both slept well and thanks to the ‘blackout’ tent, we’re not rushed out of bed in the morning. Although we both wanted to get up and go climbing, we also both needed a gentle start! It was cool first thing and our camp remained in the shade until nearly 10am, so there was no… Read more

We’ve seen and done so much, it feels impossible to record it all! I’m writing this sat under the enormous orange boulders of ‘Elephant Camp’ in the morning shade, after our first night in the roof top tent. The silence is incredible. The next humans are some 5km away and all we can hear are… Read more

Welcome to Windhoek! Capital city of Namibia. With a population of less than 500,000 people, it’s more of a small town than big city and pretty accessible by foot. As such, we start day by joining a couple of locals for a morning walking tour. And as luck would have it, the first stop was… Read more

Said our farewell to The Cottage and North Wales, and after a final tidy up, ready for it’s summer guests, we started the long, long journey to Southern Africa where a desert rock climbing adventure awaits… Driving in the UK (especially on a sunny Sunday in July!), is not high on our list of favourite… Read more

What we don’t have now, I guess we’ll just have to do without for the next month or so… An exceptionally busy few days of cleaning, packing, sorting, checking, printing visas, collecting currency and general last minute panics! All in between giving speeches to a marquee full of people, organising a student triathlon, a 3… Read more