After my post the other day about the big rescue in OFD, I thought it was about time I did some more cave content. I picked this particular trip because it involved a nice “bimbly” trip with photos – underground photos from my caving days are spectacularly rare – but it also, and completely coincidentally, … More A long caving weekend in the Mendips
It is November 4th and I walked 1000km in 2021! (Ok, it’s November 15th and I finished a week and a half ago but I needed my medal to arrive before I posted this) Last year I did a similar challenge, aiming for 500km of exercise in 2020. I achieved that by September and was … More I walked 1000km in 2021!
Over the weekend, you may have caught this story, which made headline news across the UK: Man rescued from cave after two days, the story of an injured caver in South Wales who had a somewhat… difficult rescue. In fact, it took 250-odd people more than 53 hours to get him out. If you’re not … More Why did it take so long to get the injured caver out of the cave?
So we’re back in Iceland with Mr Pointless himself, Alexander Armstrong, with a series that is mostly called Iceland with Alexander Armstrong but if you watch the title cards around the third break in the second episode, it’s also called Alexander Armstrong’s Iceland Adventure. Nice one, Channel 5, on the consistency with the very simplest … More Alexander Armstrong in Iceland, episodes 2 & 3
Welcome, come on in! This is Pip and Pip’s Cabin, my home for the weekend on the border of Devon and Cornwall. The place is actually called Spring Park and it has eight quirky little places to stay scattered around in their own private gardens. Duke, Duchess and Ragnarr are restored wagons, Hercules is a … More A tour of Pip and Pip’s Cabin | Glamping at Launceston 2021
Dartmoor is 70! Well, it will be the day after tomorrow, October 30th. And by 70, I mean it’s 70 years since it was designated England and Wales’ fourth National Park. The other three weren’t far ahead, all designated in 1951 too. The Peak District came first, in April, followed by the Lake District in … More Happy 70th birthday to Dartmoor! | Glamping at Launceston 2021
Because I’m Doing A Badge, i stopped off at Roadford Lake on my way to my steamroller living van on the Cornwall/Devon border for a spot of paddleboarding. And because you never know what the traffic will be like, I left plenty of time. In fact, I reached the lakeside two and half hours before … More At Roadford Lake | Glamping at Launceston 2021
I’ve tried to write this before and after the third draft, I realised I was coming at it from the wrong angle. It’s not about me spending the summer paddling, it’s about personal development and learning new skills, and in particular for people in and around travel and adventure! I’ve upped my paddle skills this … More Personal development and learning new skills, for travellers & adventurers
My ordinary church hall Brownies seem to have become Forest Brownies. I’m in an outdoorsy bushcraft wild state of mind and the plague is still ravaging, so Monday Evenings Indoors Brownies are (maybe temporarily) Forest Brownies now. Being a Brownie leader is stressful sometimes, especially when you only took on the Brown Owl job right … More Forest Brownies: campcraft & firelighting in the woods
Well, it seems I’m the go-to person for writing about celebrity travelogues in Iceland (see Zac Efron last summer…) so here we are again in Iceland with Alexander Armstrong. Of course, a well-spoken BBC presenter on a Channel 5 documentary isn’t going to make quite the waves throughout the internet that a Hollywood A-lister on … More Iceland with Alexander Armstrong (episode 1)
I Am A Polar Bear 