Snowdonia
Last weekend we visited Jenny in North Wales and did a bit of exploring around the old slate mines of Bethesda (it also has very nice streams). We also had a a wild weather adventure near Mt Snowdon. See a…
Flowers
It was so nice and sunny today I took these photos of the flowers that Jan planted in winter and which are just coming up now. All those rows of vigorous plants are the edge of our allotment. All those…
More Mountaineering
Here are some more photos from our mountaineering course. In the second part of the course we started to get into more steep stuff. We learnt how to tie all our knots and practised them like crazy. Our intructor was…
Stone Tools
I don’t know what this was used for, but it seems pretty clear that it’s man made. I found it near Tuddenham on the heath near Bill Sutherland’s house. It’s close to an ancient flint quarry and human worked flakes…
Cairngorms Part 1
The first taste I got of mountain climbing was the great “Mt Travers” expedition, in which Tristram and I climbed a rather small and unassuming mountain but still managed to get into trouble. That trip made me realise how scared…
Seeds Sprouting
The past couple of weeks we’ve had some unseasonally warm weather. Today the sun was shining and our baby onions, garlic and beans were growing like crazy.
The Darkness
About 2 weeks ago we passed the darkest day in the northern hemisphere … and I must admit I’ve started dreaming about long days already. That’s probably a dangerous thing as they are still a long way off. But I…
Terrorist Attack!
Seems like security wasn’t high enough at Heathrow airport. Somebody .. or some .. thing managed to get through.
First Frost
Temperatures got pretty cold here yesterday. Me and Louise went down to see if the onions and garlic were surviving. The ground was frozen solid down to about an inch and frost was everywhere. Actually it looked kinda cool but…
Mountain Bike Race
On Sunday 26 November Ira went in a mountain bike race in Thetford forest. He had to ride his bike over an hour to get there because the train wasn’t going there early enough! He didn’t think he did very…