Kracking Egss in Krakow

Niks and I have booked an Easter trip to Krakow, Poland in order to take in some Eastern Bloc culture.
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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......
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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!...
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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.
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Algarve

We have just got back from a great 3 days in Portugal on the Algarve coast � Southern Portugal on the Atlantic ocean.




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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.
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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...
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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...
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Scrambling in Wales

"Hey Kev, the one thing I don't want to happen now is for the mist to come in..." Fatefull words when spoken half-way up the excellent scramble of Bristly Ridge south of Tryfan.



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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...
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South Downs Way

The first of many rides in training for the Cape Epic saw me pedalling the length of the South Downs Way over two days.






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Wales Mountain Biking

Time to get the training started for The CAPE EPIC in February 2004. Since the other member of the No T.I.T.S team (Stu Slater) is in Cape Town I dragged Peej, Paul and Tony out for some great biking in Southern Wales.




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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...
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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 . . .
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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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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.
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