Whernside, the Yorkshire Dales highest mountain
Today I climbed Whernside, it’s the highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, and one I really enjoy climbing. The weather had changed from constant rain and wind, to a clear and bright day. However, you could still see cloud covering the top, so I knew it was going to be a challenge. I decided on [...]
New Years Eve celebrations
I’m not sure where to start, we’ve had a brilliant new years eve! It started off with a very nice bottle of red chateau a la Denny, and a nice meal. We’d seen an advert for a Irish singer in one of the local inns, so we thought we’d give it a go. We got [...]
Walking around Grassington, Linton and Thorpe
After yesterdays horrendous trek up and over Pen-y-Ghent mountain we decided that we’d walk down in the valleys, and along the riverside. Today’s walk was in beautiful Wharfdale, a classic glaciated valley, filled with lush green pastures, dry stone walls, and picture postcard villages. The day started off pretty well, the sun was out and [...]
Pen-y-Ghent. Climbing second time round
A few years ago Helen and attempted to climb Pen-y-Ghent, the third highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales. However, we were forced to turn back, about 300ft from the summit, due to blizzard conditions. So this year we decided we’d try again. We started our 12k trek in Horton in Ribblesdale, a village huddled around [...]
I’ve got a shiny new iPad.
Helen and I brought an iPad last Thursday, and so with five days of working with it, I thought I’d share my experiences and views. It’s love at first sight. It was heavier than I expected, but in a good way, and it feels solid. Not like some of the iPad clones you see in [...]
Running update. 85k run in November & we’re loving it!
It’s been about three months since Helen and I took up running, and we’re loving it. When we started it was as much as we could do to run for a few minutes at a time. Now as well as regular 7k runs, I’m completing 10k runs each week, and this past week I’ve managed [...]
Christmas countdown has started!!
Well the Christmas countdown has begun. On Friday we went down to Southwold to see Santa turn on the lights, eat lots of scummy food, and Helen sampled some of the Christmas spirits in the Adnams shop. Saturday was Christmas tree day, it’s one of our Christmas traditions, so we drove to Wrentham to pick [...]
Wow, what a fantastic Halloween party!
Thanks to everybody who came to our Halloween party, and made it an awesome night. It was great to see everybody in fancy-dress, letting their hair down, and taking part in the games. [...]
Halloween 2011 Graveyard and party
It’s just over a week till Halloween, and Helen and I have setup the outside of the house. The rickety fence is up, Eleanor is back in her crypt, the grave stones have been erected, and the coffin is glowing nicely.
Oh my god, its only four weeks till Halloween!!
Yep, it’s that spooky time of year again, and with only just over four weeks till Halloween, it’s time for me to get ready. Here are a few pictures of the garden graveyard from last year and some from the party to whet your appetite. There’s going to be lots of new things in the [...]
Apple Store Norwich, fantastic service!
I dropped my iPhone 4 a couple feet on Friday onto the floor and it landed on its face, cracking the glass quite badly. It was still pretty usable, but I thought I’d take it to the Apple store in Norwich to see what they could do. I’d pretty much resigned myself to paying £100 [...]
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Couch to 5k running update.
Well we are just 6 weeks into our new found running routine and we love it! We now run approximately 6k four times a week, in rain or shine. We.ve got into a good routine where we run before breakfast at the weekend and before our evening meal during the week. Our route takes us [...]
Fabulous news, Helen and I are getting married!
After four years of building a home together, Helen and I have decided to become husband and wife. We’re getting married on the 23rd June 2012 in St Peters Church Carlton Colville [...]
Sofa to 5k, we’ve taken up running.
Helen and I have recently taken up running, and we’re really enjoying it. We’ve often talked about running, but that’s as far as it’s ever got, just the talking, but this time is different, we’re doing it! There is so much info out there on how to run, what speed, distance, etc, etc, that we’ve [...]