Comfortable being Uncomfortable
Finally we can stand up, stretching out to squeeze any lingering stiffness from our tired limbs as we lean into the bracing wind. Leaving th
Winter Tales (2019)
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist. That is all” - Oscar Wilde Having finished another amazing season, I am...
Wild Wales!
“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.”...
Bring back Winter!
“We feel cold, but we don’t mind it, because we will not come to harm. And if we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn’t feel other...
The Scotland Adventure - Part 2
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilised people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness...
The Scotland Adventure - Part 1
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist. That is all” - Oscar Wilde I am finally getting time to breathe after what...
A couple of Ben's; The good and The bad
“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the...
Sun always shines on the mountains
“If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm” We are half-way through this winter season and what a winter it's been...
Have you ever hiked in a Winter storm?
“It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a...
