Blog Archive - July 2016
27th Jul 2016 What's In A Name?
A an awful lot it would seem. I've been climbing for many years. I'm a member of, and have worked alongside, and even with for a short time, the British Mountaineering Council. The BMC. ...
24th Jul 2016 Wild Swimming Scaremongering
Last week I was saddened to read of an 11 year old boy who had died in Rotherham , tombstoning. Tombstoning is a terrible name for what he was doing, invented by the media to discourage...
25th Jul 2016 Sky's The Limit
The Tour De France finished yesterday. I watched it avidly for the whole three weeks, either via the hour-long summary programme each evening, or on a few days, watching things unfold live....
20th Jul 2016 Some Maritime Marmots
The Maritime Alps are a fairly quiet corner of France nestled between their bigger siblings to the north, and the Mediterranean cost to the south. Less known usually equates to less visited...
13th Jul 2016 Swimming With Snakes
I've been meaning to write up some of our summer adventures from 2016 for some time. Decide to do it as a series of separate pieces. Here's the first. Swimming with snakes. I've still...
11th Jul 2016 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip Report
It’s often said that the west coast of Scotland, without midges, and in good weather, is as good as it gets. May half term does its best each year to prove this point. 2012 Arisaig - sunny and...