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Week 2 (W/C 13/5/2019) Week 1 recap In my mind, my first week of Ironman training was a success. In the last couple of years I’ve only ever cycled or run because I felt like it, never because I had an end goal or a training plan to stick to. …
Week 1 – (W/C 6/5/2019) A few weeks back, late on a Monday night, I (Andy) received a Facebook message from Tim. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Tim is a friend from many years back. He took me on as a summer worker in his sound / lighting company …
I used to think that summer was my favourite time of year. The long days, the blazing sunshine, the warmth on my face and the happy buzz of people out and about. The idea of being constantly cold and damp, with short gloomy days and everyone panicking about the festive …
At the end of the year, most people find themselves looking back on the events that have taken place previously, as well as hopes and plans for the future. For those who feel that this year didn’t quite go to plan – amongst other reasons – the festive season can be …
It’s at this time of year that we all start noticing how quickly the evenings draw in, and how its no longer light when we get up in the morning. For the most of us, Gee and I included, we find it harder to keep getting outside on weekdays. So …
Both Gee and I have been supporters of the charity ‘Climbers Against Cancer’ for several years. We first met some of the team during the bouldering competition ‘BloctoberFest’ at Redpoint Worcester back in 2016 having recently moved into the area. We got chatting, as we usually do, to Helan and …
On Sunday 30th September, Ordnance Survey organised the first national GetOutside day. The aim of the day was to get 1 million people outdoors, whether it was 5 minutes or 5 hours. The majority of us OS ambassadors, or “GetOutside Champions” got involved by either leading events on our own …
Although I am not good at running, I am not a stranger to it. During my school years I often competed in local and county athletics competitions, and whilst at university I was happily running half marathon distance trails up to three times a week. However, once university finished and …
Obviously, the ‘best’ climbing is subjective. Climbing styles and abilities vary from person to person. But for those searching for some recommendations of places to check out, here are a few of my favourites from the places I have travelled over the years, with links to further information on the …
Climbing is for everyone. And it will solve pretty much all of your problems. This is not a statement that I make lightly. I have climbed with blind people. I have climbed with those who have no lower limbs. I have climbed with toddlers, teenagers, pensioners, and everyone in between. …
It is difficult to write about a singular time at which the mountains have saved my life. In truth, there have been far too many to count, and there are even more for which I do not even have the words to explain how, or why. Sometimes there are specific …
With the glorious weather on the summer bank holiday weekend, we had to get out. We signed ourselves up for another Berghaus event, taking place on 3 trails across the UK. The appropriately named TrailTakeover involved Berghaus staff standing in the fortunately great weather around 3 trails across the UK. …
So on Friday afternoon we both managed to leave work around 3pm and met back at home, picked up the gear and tried to beat the bank holiday weekend traffic down the M5/M50 to Symonds Yat. A few hold ups cost us 15 mins or so, but by 6pm we …
So our ‘local’ (i’m talking about climbing walls here, not pubs) had a blackout event last weekend that we got fully involved in. Throwing a load of disco lights, UV canons and a couple of DJs, oh a bar and a few sponsors too, into the climbing centre resulted in an …
Water is one of the most amazing substances, and its somewhat ironic that us humans, up to 60% water, travel for miles to experience the calming effects of this mysterious liquid. We were extremely lucky to have have spent 4-5 years studying at Swansea University with the coast right on our doorstep, …
This weekend we headed back up to Llanberis and looked around Bangor University with my sister. After a number of mind boggling lectures on psychology and student finance, and admiring some excellent views over towards Anglesey and Snowdonia despite the weather, we hit the road and revisited Beacon climbing centre, …
Happy International Women’s Day! Here is Gee crushing it during Kendall Mountain Festival 2016, near Little Font in the Lake District. Girl. Power.
For Christmas, Georgina bought us tickets to see the legendary BANFF mountain film festival in Malvern theatres. Luckily for us, both film programmes were playing on consecutive nights and Gee had thought about it far enough in advance that we got amazing seats, slap bang in the middle, for both …
