The running club was given a unique opportunity last night. For us all to be able to run on a 4.6 mile section of new dual carriageway before it opens to traffic in return for a little donation to charity. The section of road is a £32 million project which aims to ‘straighten’ out a [...]

“It didn’t take long for our fear of partying, drunken Russian mobsters on AK47 training in the woods to get the better of us and we packed up and speedily drove out and continued onwards in the darkness.” If you  haven’t been keeping up with the hilarious travels of my friend Cedric and Paul who [...]

I got sent this link today and proceeded through the website with a bit of a lump in my throat. Philip Toledano has put together a website called Days With My Father. And it leads you through every day life with his elderly dad after his wife, Philips mother, passed away. Philips dad has an [...]

Alpkit.com Slim Airic Sleeping Mat The pair of sleeping mats I ordered from www.alpkit.com arrived on the second day after I ordered them. Wrapped well in minimal packaging I even found a handwritten note inside thanking me for my purchase. How’s that for a personal touch! Alpkit even offer a special whereby if you buy [...]

Having only used this product a handful of times this is not a conclusive review just my personal experience and opinions. If I find faults later on I will add them to this post. We’ve owned 3 other types of camping stoves all of which either folded dangerously while in use, broke or became spitty [...]

This weekend was the weekend we’d planned to ride the South Downs Way. I don’t want to bore you with all the details but due to equipment difficulties and the need to extend our time for the Outer Hebrides and a few other trips planned this month we decided to do something closer to home, [...]