August 29, 2009
Summer Sun in Sicily
Since the English weather was once again not living up to the Springtime promise, we decided to visti the land of the Cosa Nostra and head to Sicily for a week.Read more...
June 6, 2009
Botswana Beckoning
We are off to Botswana in June :-) Hopefully we will get to stay a night or two in a lodge on the Okavango Delta but after looking at the crazy prices we will be doing the proper African experience...Read more...
May 6, 2009
When Pigs Flew...
It was always thought Niks would only make a honest man of me when Pigs Flew... and this month, Pigs Flu! Jokes aside, I surprised Niks with a trip to Shamwari Game Reserve for our 10 year anniversary with the...Read more...
April 5, 2009
Kracking Egss in Krakow
Niks and I have booked an Easter trip to Krakow, Poland in order to take in some Eastern Bloc culture.Read more...
October 16, 2008
Weddings & Wildlife...
... thought hopefully not in the same place!Being out in SA for Charles and Rachel's wedding we thought we would take the opportunity to do some game viewing. Our last two SA game visits had been in the Kruger Park so we have decided to go a bit closer to home this time with a trip to Hluhluwe, and in particular the Munywaneni Bush Lodge
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September 13, 2008
Wedding under the Barrier of Spears
We headed back to SA for Tony and Gay's wedding and we stopped off in the Cape Province to visit friends, drink wine and eat some great food. More soon......Read more...
September 3, 2008
Lost in Bermuda...
...luckily the infamous Bermuda Triangle did not claim any more victims on our trip to visit Keith and Hillary but the Lobster almost did!Read more...
May 28, 2008
Mozambique
After a tough 5 months over wintering in London Niks and I jetted off for some pampering in Bazaruto before joining the fishing crew at Club 15, Inhosorro. We had been looking at going to the Maldives to cure the...Read more...
August 25, 2007
Horology and Hiking
The Swiss have many great export and we were going to sample two of them in one great weekend... hand crafted watches and the Alps! With some great friends now calling Geneva home we have even more reasons for hopping...Read more...
August 17, 2007
Andorran Antics
After many years planning, Kin and I finally found a reason to clip into some via ferrata... his stag weekend! Even though Suj didn't make it out of bed and Steve just made it to the top, their planning was...Read more...
June 14, 2007
Cuban Mojito Madness
Well we survived the rum, cigars and many cocktails and have retuned well relaxed from an excellent - and culinarily surprising - trip to Cuba! We have been trying to get there for the last two years but something else...Read more...
May 17, 2007
Northumberland
Since we were cancelling our planned Iceland trip in order to go back the the US in September we decided to head up to Northumberland in order to get to the Farne Islands were we could hopefully view some Puffins....Read more...
May 6, 2007
Champagne Road Trip
We have been waiting for ages to have a free weekend to get to the Champagne region and finally we made it. Our choice of accomodation made a fantastic trip even better as our hosts were fantastic ambassadors for the...Read more...
April 28, 2007
Istanbul...
... Finally - after Andrew suggesting it so mnay times - I get to Turkey! With Eric and Jen in town for work we thought it would be a great time to head to Istanbul for the weekend. More soon......Read more...
March 11, 2007
Italian Lake District
Niks and I headed to Lake Como in the Italian Lake District for Easter and as usual in Italy one of the main reasons for going was the food!...Read more...
December 13, 2006
Copenhagen Christmas Markets
Copenhagen is the perfect city for Christmas shopping with something for everyone. Enjoy the magical atmosphere in Tivoli where everything is covered in light wintertime and walk along the old pedestrian streets and see all the beautifully Christmas decorated shoppingwindows.Read more...
August 5, 2006
USA Road Trip
Roll on August 2006... we are planning on traveling to the US of A and joining Eric, Jen, Kevin and Chika on a great road trip round some of the Western States.Read more...
July 10, 2006
L'Etape du Tour
L'ɴape Du Tour Velo Magazine 2006 will once again be an opportunity for close to 8,500 enthusiastic amateurs, to discover the roads of the best riders.The meeting is set for Monday the 10th of July. And it'll concern one of the toughest stages of the 2006 Tour de France: Gap >> L'Alpe d'Huez.
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June 18, 2006
La Morzine Vallee Du Alps
On my quest to get fit for the Etape I entered this race in Morzine. We stayed at Carla's awesome chalet in Samoens went on a great hike on Saturday that ended with us drinking Champagne cocktails around an Alpine...Read more...
May 27, 2006
Tour of Wessex
It all started out as someone's bright idea as a great training ride for the Etape, but on reflection and further reading and a look at the course profile, this might turn out to be the main event!Read more...
March 31, 2006
Algarve
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March 5, 2006
Sani2C Photos
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March 1, 2006
Sani2C
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February 6, 2006
Kruger Park 2006
We had great success spotting for the Big 5 in Tanzania with Kevin and Chika, would our luck continue with Eric and Jen on our latest trip to Africa's premier big game park?Read more...
February 4, 2006
Mgazana Bungalows
The Wild Coast of South Africa iun the former homeland of Transkie held many memories for us as youngsters and we were returning there with Eric, Jen, Nicky and Herbie to see if the estuaries and coast line were as magical as we remembered.Read more...
October 5, 2005
Return to Los Roques
We had been to Los Roques before and spent the days negotiating with local fisherman to get us to the flats and spent the hot nights clearing sand out our sleeping bags or hiding from sand flies!This time we vowed to do it in comfort and Fly Fishing Caribe provided exactly what we were looking for.
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August 11, 2005
Loire Valley
Finally we have decided on a venue for the August Bank holiday trip. We have booked 4 nights at Leclos Amboise and plan to spend most of those foour days visiting Chateau's, drinking wines and eating great French cuisine!Read more...
July 8, 2005
Costa del Sol
After the horrific events in London on 7/7 I am heading to relax on the Spanish coast and enjoy a few Sangrias in the Spanish sunshine. Niks has already been there with her Mum for the past week and they have been touring around Madrid and Segovia.Read more...
June 30, 2005
June 13, 2005
Mont Blanc
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March 30, 2005
Western Isles
For Easter 2005 Niks and I headed on a road trip to the Western Isles of Scotland, taking in Arran, Mull, Iona and Skye. We also drove inland to try our luck at monster spotting at Loch Ness.Read more...
December 15, 2004
Wild Christmas
It was that time of year again when the clouds roll in over Mud Island and do not seem to leave for 3 months. It was Christmas and time to go home to sunny SA to enjoy some game viewing in Kruger Park and relaxation on the bech with family and friends.Read more...
December 3, 2004
Swedish Sledding
The atmosphere of anticipation was palpable on the plane as we flew out to Stokholm to bid farewell to our friends Kevin and Chika. We were going to spend the weekend with them, and 16 others, on a whirlwind adventure in Lapland to see the Nothern Lights, Ice Fish and cruise through the boreal forest behind a team of 12 dogs...Read more...
October 31, 2004
Pitt River Coho
For the third time I ventured to Vancouver, British Columbia in order to try and catch some trophy Salmon. Unlike the two previous occasions in 1999 and 2003 where Steelhead were the target, this time I was after the mighty Coho Salmon.Read more...
August 29, 2004
Sunny Sardinia
Since our British summer had been virtually non existant and we were desperate for sunnier climes we decided a beach holiday was called for. Sardinia, an island region of Italy, sits just south of the Island of Corsica in the blue Tyrrhenian Sea was our destination and although it's 160 miles long, 68 miles wide we planned to spend most of it on a patch of beach 20m long and 5m wide!Read more...
July 16, 2004
The Tour de France 2004
Would Lance make it No. 5?We believed so and aimed to be there to see History in the making.
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June 18, 2004
Morzine MTB'ing
On Friday 18 June 2004 we returned to the farmhouse www.thefarmhouse.co.uk for the Summer! As usual Dorrien was his true hospitable self and had kept the bar open as well as organising sandwiches for us when we arrived later that...Read more...
June 8, 2004
Album - Wales Scrambling 2
Our second day saw he weather improve in the mornng shedding more light on my subject, Tryfans North Ridge.Read more...
Album - Wales Scrambling
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June 7, 2004
Scrambling in Wales
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May 12, 2004
Cava in Catalonia
For the second May Bank holiday of 2004 Matt and I set off for bustling Barcelona. From the airport we took the bus into the city centre which dropped us off at Placa de Catalunya. Our hotel (Hotel Inglaterra) was...Read more...
April 21, 2004
Album - Angola
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Check out some of the awesome fish we caught on our trip to Rio Longa Lodge on the Longa river in Angola.
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April 20, 2004
Herrings from Hell
Silver Kings, Herring from hell, Sardines on steriods... whatever you call them, Tarpon are awesome sport fish! The speed and power with which they hit your bait, fly or lure is seldom equalled in the fishing world.We had come to Angola on the east coast of Africa in search of these magnificent fish.
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March 28, 2004
Album - CAPE EPIC 3
The CAPE EPIC final photo album... The Champagne at the end tasted a LOT better than the carbo loaded energy drinks for the previous 8 days!Read more...
Album - CAPE EPIC 2
The CAPE EPIC - through Karoo deserts, through rivers and through the forests our epic continues with broken chains and the case of the missing biltong...Read more...
Album - CAPE EPIC
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March 27, 2004
The Cape Epic
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December 19, 2003
Album - Morzine 2003
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December 18, 2003
Album - D.L.N.O.W.
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December 8, 2003
Morzine 2003
This is the anecdote of Charismatic Carla and Charming Carine's Birthday Weekend in Morzine It all began with a This is an invite from Carla and Carineto a birthday celebration in France, Morzineso pack your bags if you are keen,you´ll...Read more...
November 26, 2003
New York, New York
Matt and I finally set foot in the States for the first time on 7 November 2003 at 10:45 pm and hailed our first yellow cab to take us to our hotel (the 3 star Radisson on Lexington Avenue and...Read more...
October 8, 2003
Album - South Downs Way
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October 6, 2003
South Downs Way
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September 13, 2003
Album - Les Gets 2003
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September 11, 2003
Album - Wales MTB'ing
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September 9, 2003
Wales Mountain Biking
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August 30, 2003
Cavorting in Croatia
What breathtaking beautiful coastal views welcomed us on the afternoon of 21 August 2003 when our taxi driver drove us from the airport to Dubrovnik - a city described as "paradise on earth and a jewel in the crown of...Read more...
August 14, 2003
Gliding
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August 3, 2003
July 25, 2003
Album - Lofoten Day 5 & 6
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Album - Lofoten Day 3 & 4
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Album - Lofoten Day 1 & 2
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Lofoten Islands
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June 30, 2003
Geneva & Chamonix
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO! We (Matt, PJ, Anks, Mel, Shellee and myself) were off to visit Carla in Geneva and enjoy a side trip to Chamonix for our respective Mont-Blanc races. Come run with us...Read more...
June 16, 2003
Lake District
Matt and I took a half day on Friday and by 2:30 pm we were on our way to Wasdale Head campsite, near Wastwater Lake in the Lake District. Come walk with us . . .Read more...
May 15, 2003
Wales Seakayaking
On the 10/05/2003 Nicky and I joined by Jodi Kevin and Chika travelled up to North Wales for a weekend of seakayaking in preparation for our Lofoten Islands trip. It was a great weekend...
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May 10, 2003
Album - Wales Kayaking
The training has started for the sea kayaking trip to Lofoten. This was part of our certification process in order to pass the requirements for taking sea kayaks out into the open sea.Read more...
May 3, 2003
Cote D' Azur
Jetaime! I have fallen in love with the French Riviera! We arrived at Nice - Cote D' Azur Terminal 1 - on Saturday morning (3 May 2003) and took the shuttle bus to the Avis car hire desk where we were pleasantly surprised with an upgrade to a C200 Diesel Mercedes from our original booking of a Renault Megane. This was "The French Riviera" after all and was all about style....Read more...
April 21, 2003
Album - Russia Easter 3
So much to see in the old powerhouse that we took even more snaps!Read more...
Album - Russia Easter 2
From Russia with Love - More of our snpas from the 2003 Easter trip to Moscow and St Pete'sRead more...
April 16, 2003
Russia with Love
We had a great time in Russia and it certainly exceeded our expectations despite my being pick-pocketed on the train to St Pete's... more later!
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March 23, 2003
Album - Pitt River Lodge
After enjoying the great powder at Big White we left the girls in Vancouver and headed up to the Pitt River lodge to try tempt the elusive Steelhead trout with our "egg sucking leeches" and other fantastic flies...Read more...
March 22, 2003
Album - Big White, Canada
March 2003 and the mottrams decended on Vancouver and Big White to teach Roy (or push him off a mountain) how to ski!Read more...
March 12, 2003
Canada Bound
Powder, snowboards, hottubs, Steelhead, wilderness and a bit of sight seeing.
March 2003 saw the Mottrams desend on Vancouver for Roys 60th!
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December 30, 2002
South Africa 2002 - Cape Town
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South Africa 2002 - Salt Rock / Cape
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South Africa 2002 - Hermanus
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South Africa 2002 - Cape Point & Giants Cup
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South Africa 2002 - Cape Town
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November 10, 2002
Leaving Los Roques
The Los Roques archipelago lies 80 miles off the mainland of Venezuela and is the only coral reef atoll in the entire continent. The great thing about Los Roques is that the area is protected by the government as a National Park with all commercial fishing and spear fishing is forbidden.Read more...
August 19, 2002
Album - Tanzania
Photos from our safari in Tanzania. We visited Lake Manjara and Serengati and lastly Ngorongoro crater.Read more...
August 17, 2002
Album - Kilimanjaro
StoryAlbum 1, Album 2, Album 3MarketSA Flag @ StartForestForestHigh Dense CanopyThe Path AheadFirst NightWaiting...Organising CampDumper!Through where?DenseFirst SightingMoss ValleyColour!Above the cloudsStoryAlbum 1, Album 2, Album 3...Read more...
Album - Kilimanjaro 2
StoryAlbum 1, Album 2, Album 3Awesome Backdrop...again...Stu resting.Amazing FloraGroup photoCamp 2... bare!High!Two High!PlayingKevin messing roundTea timeDownhillPath AheadPath AheadDustyLone TreeStoryAlbum 1, Album 2, Album 3...Read more...
Album - Kilimanjaro 3
StoryAlbum 1, Album 2, Album 3GardenKaranga ValleyWe walk to where??Up we goBack downAwesome guidesLooong dropMawenziSunrise!Resting on the rimMADE IT!Shadow ManInto the craterSuccessHeading back downLast nightStoryAlbum 1, Album 2, Album 3...Read more...
August 1, 2002
Tanzania
The great African mountain of Kilimanjaro was about to be climbed. The idea for this hike started to gain shape in the Himalayas when we were there in 2000 and we were finally going to be "sitting on top of Kilimanjaro"Read more...
April 29, 2002
Amsterdam
For the first May Bank Holiday in 2000, Matt and I left for the land of clogs, canals, cheese, windmills and tulips. Yes, you guessed it - Amsterdam! It is the capital of the Netherlands and stands on precariously low-lying...Read more...
February 28, 2002
Val d' Isere
Just returned from an awesome snowboarding trip to Val d'Isere, France. The snow gods treated us very kindly dumping new powder almost every night and we enjoyed the best skiing conditions of 2002. Niks and I enjoying some alpine sun...Read more...
August 1, 2001
May 25, 2001
Pampered in Prague
Niks and I left for Prague on Friday evening, 25 May 2001 for the May Bank holiday. We timed it perfectly to coincide with the Prague Spring Music Festival.Read more...
May 10, 2001
The Lake District 2001
On Saturday, 5 May 2001 in the early hours of the morning Matt and I set off for the South and Central Lake District for the May Day Bank Holiday.Read more...
February 23, 2001
Brugge
Niks and I left for a romantic weekend getaway to the charming city of Bruges on Friday, 23 February 2001. We travelled by Eurostar and arrived at our hotel Academie at approximately 10:00 pm.Read more...
January 20, 2001
Bonefish & Tequila Tour
The first trip of 2001 promised to be a trip to remember. R & R Mexican style, white beaches, turquoise seas, cerveza and seafood galore. We landed in Cancun and directly down to Tulum where we "Mexican Waved" in the New Year with a bottle or two of Mexico's finest....TEQUILA!!!Read more...
September 27, 2000
Munchen Beerfest
DRINK BEER, Eat Ox, DRINK BEER, Eat Sauerkraut, DRINK BEER, Eat Eisbein, DRINK BEER and maybe see Munich.Read more...
April 20, 2000
Emerald Isle
Matt and I left for Ireland on Thursday 20 April 2000. We flew Aer Lingus from Heathrow airport over the Irish Sea which separates Ireland from Great Britain. From Dublin airport we hired a Corsica (Umm, that's a Corsa Niks!)...Read more...
August 28, 1999
Monterosso, Italy
A dramatic meeting of mountains and sea is what makes the Italian Riviera so alluring - a classic journey for travelers fond of Italy. Here, terraced vineyards and quaint villages cling to rugged cliffs. Turquoise waters fill quiet coves and small fishing boats drop anchor by lavish yachts.Read more...
July 1, 1999
Running With The Bulls
Raging bulls, Egg & flour fights, All night partying, golden beaches and great friends was going to make this a great holiday... Just gotta get past those bulls first!Read more...
August 29, 2009
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