Tuesday 30th June. Finished work at 5pm then set off to cycle to Greece! Sally’s plan was that we would cycle from her front door in Bolehill to her sister’s front door in Spetses, Greece. Our first stop was after 1 mile at The Feather Star pub (in The Red Lion, Wirksworth). 30+ friends and…

Two days to go now until we depart on our ride to Greece. We are finalising our packing, what to leave in, what to throw out. We are fairly confident we’ve got it about right because we had a trial run in mid-Wales a few weeks ago. Rehearsal cycle camping in Wales Our trial week…

One Sunday evening, back in April 2025, Sally and I were considering holiday possibilities and travel in general. I asked, “If you were to ever have a big adventure, what would you do?” I was interested to see if she’d go for travelling in another continent, Africa, Asia, South America, or perhaps a journey around…

April 2026: These are recollections of my first climbing trip to the alps back in 1985 when I was 19. I was with Jan (Yan) Karvik (a mature 21). This was before global warming had really started to take its toll on the glaciers and ice fields of the alps. In good conditions you could…

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The 3rd of July was our final full day. We packed up and left the Soča valley to drive over the border into Italy to the Lago del Predil. Had a lazy picnic on the beach and a nice swim before intending to walk up into the mountains and bivvi out under the stars for…

From the 30th June to 2nd of July we found a great campsite near Kobarid in the beautiful Soča valley (location of Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms). We did a bit of cycling, a lot of relaxing in the hammock, and enjoyed cooking and drinking a few beers. But most fun was spending time cooling…

Hot on the heals of our success on Prisank we had a pre-dawn start on the 26th June for our 2 day climb of Triglav; at 2864m the highest mountain in Slovenia. You aren’t allowed to drive up the approach valley so we caught the park and ride shuttle service in the dark. After some…

23rd June – We set off on our first big climb, Prisank (A.K.A. Prisojnik) at 2547 metres. We had a 5am start before it got HOT! (Limestone turns into a bit of an oven in the sun). We drove up the 26 hairpins to the Vršič pass (no, I don’t know how you pronounce that)…