Algonquin Park back-country paddling trip - 2009
Algonquin National Park - July 2009 You know how it is, the best trips always come from a really odd direction, somewhere unexpected and this one is no different. I discovered...
Wilton One 'Crag Clean Up'
WILTON ONE CRAG CLEAN UP The BMC own a number of crags in the UK with the aim of keeping them open to the public. As you can imagine some of these need more work than others. One that's been in...
Howies Enduro the film
So here's the film to keep your week fun... Howies Coed-y-Brenin Enduro the film Enjoy Patrick
Howies Coed-y-Brenin Enduro. It went up, then down, then up and up and up….
It all started with this tweet… @teampickle Eeek. I appear to have entered the howies coed-y-brenin 60km enduro! How did that happen. Anyone fancy joining me? It finished like...
A mountain biking film @ Lee Quarry
So I was lucky enough to help my better half make a film recently as she tested her new camera, a Panasonic GH1 shooting in HD hence the slow motion. The film features litte old me...
Ding ding, Round 2......John O'Groats where is that?
FridayA day of contrasts, the softness of the sofa against the hardness of the road, the comfort of my bed v’s the ?. I had a touch of GPS failure which was probably more todo with my...
So the first leg is down
So the first leg is downSatVery late start about 12:30pm, drove down from campsite in Lanlivery Puddle, paid the parking fee at Lands End then dawdled some more. Got photo taken at sign,...
Land's End to John O'Groats 2 the end of the beginning
Last day at work today, keen to get on with the LEJOG now but still got a bunch of stuff to do. Spent an hour last night making flapjack which was a roaring success. Made two batches with...
