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London to Paris
I guess turning 40 does funny things to people, for my mate Rick, it made him want to cycle from London to Paris. Four of us got together in the pub one night and discussed how we might do it. Some research had been done, getting there seemed straightforward. Getting back on the other hand,…
Our Amazing Day!
It doesn’t get much more self indulgent that writing about your wedding day, but what the hell. I thought I would share some memories and photos about a day that was so special to Jill and myself. We got married on 30th August 2018, a Thursday. It was an early start for me, I had…
Rescue on Pavey Ark!
The year 2000 edition of the Langdale and Ambleside MRT Annual Report, reports on page 35 that at 3:35pm on Saturday 28th August 1999, they attended their 47th call out of the year. Responding to a rock climbing incident on Pavey Ark in Great Langdale. The report of the incident says the following: “A 30 year-old woman…
Making Plans!
A couple of months ago, I wrote something that I put on Facebook, about some things that I would like to do. We had just started lockdown then and we are still in lockdown now, but i am optimistic that in the next few years I will get some of these things done. Not being…
Old Man of Hoy
A look back at an ascent of the Old Man of Hoy after nearly 20 years! A couple of weeks ago the UK Climbing website showed a video of Catherine Destivelle soloing the Old Man of Hoy in 1998, this got me thinking about my own ascent of the Old Man in September 2000. As…
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