While we’ve been staying in the less mountainous terrain of deepest Northamptonshire, we been seeking out some bike rides and set out today from the (very nice) village of Oakham to complete a circumnavigation of one of the bigger bodies of water in the area – Rutland Water. There are loads of car parks scattered Read more

This week we’ve been spending a bit of time in the depths of the Northamptonshire countryside, in the tranquil surroundings of Fort Martin in Loddington. The fields have been harvested and hundreds of Canadian Geese turned up to hoover up any of the left overs before moving on with a cheer of ‘honking’. We went Read more

There are a few discrepancies between the climbing guidebooks in North Wales about which route is the ‘correct’ Pinnacle Rib Route on Tryfan. The situation is also made slightly more confusing by the fact that FPR is scratched at the base of more than one route! As I understand it, Overlapping Pinnacle Route, is further Read more

Hard to beat a start to a day with a morning brew with a view like this! A little planning and a slice of good luck meant that an early start gave us some stunning paddleboarding conditions at the lake. We’d agreed to meet our friend Beth, who is visiting the area, nice and early Read more

We’ve had some incredible monsoon style rains here at The Cottage in North Wales, with 48mm falling in just one day! I think that could be a record. Eventually things brightened up with the promise of better weather in the sunset skies. It was still dull and damp in the morning when we got up, Read more

Given the fact that it’s August and the UK roads are generally already too busy, we opted to try and avoid any traffic chaos and leave Somerset under cover of darkness and get back up to The Cottage before things got busy. A 4:45am alarm ensured that we were on the drove at 5am and Read more