A Wintry Walk – Snowdon Snow
Having spent the day in the Peak District, we drove across to Wales. Lars was keen to bag a peak, so it had to be Snowdon. We had an easier…
A Wintry Wonder in the Peak District
The last ten days Lars Bengtsson has been visiting. We made a whistlestop tour round the south of England and Wales. The first few days were particularly beautiful, if somewhat…
The Great Eastern Pingo Trail – Autumn Norfolk Walk
The Pingo Trail. Not to be confused with Pingu, the cartoon penguin. There are no penguins in Norfolk. There are lots of pingos though. ‘Pingos were originally low hillocks that…
One Mile From Home
I think you can only truly appreciate where you live when you have gone travelling and returned. Each time I come back home, I realise a little more, what a…
Rubbish Rafting on the River Waveney
It is easy to do something if you want to. The problem is, it is often easier not to. We are all good at making excuses for not doing things.…
Blackberry-Fuelled Biking in the Cotswolds
It’s a long time since I just headed out of the house with my bike and a map and cycled any which way the trails and hills and wind take…
Biking the South Downs Way
I had no plans for the weekend, but the forecast was for sunny skies. That idyllic English summer day that occurs so rarely! So whatever I chose to do it…
Packrafting – The First Outing
During my ride through Africa, I also spent two weeks paddling down the upper reaches of the Niger River in Guinea in a wooden pirogue with fellow cyclist Lars Bengtsson.…
The Polar Museum
The Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge holds a unique collection of artefacts, journals, paintings, photographs, clothing equipment and maps illustrating polar exploration, history and science.…
Books and Films
Over the upcoming weekends I shall be indulging in my less active interests, namely books and film. Books – The Hay Festival Well known in the literary world is the…
Cycle Across The South of England
Easter is more like a holiday than a weekend. The plan was to meet up with friends and family on the other side of the country. Normally I would drive…
The Peddars Way – A Walk Across Norfolk
The Peddars Way is one of the National Trail’s long distance paths. It is 46 miles long, running in an almost straight line from Knettishall Heath in Suffolk to Holme-next-the-sea…