Here’s to a good night’s sleep
The following video shows the sleeping kit I will be carrying on our 4 month Norway ski trip, the Norge på Langs.
Overcoming Barriers
A brief update explaining how the pack of cards nearly came tumbling down around our ears.
The ups and downs of piling on the pounds
I need to put on weight. I don’t have a great deal of spare body fat at the best of times and, as usual, lost a bit of weight on our recent trip to Europe (I blame Mrs P’s boot camp).
Oh no! Not again!?
By way of proof that , of late, I seem to be somewhat accident prone, I managed to break a rib today.
They fought not for the lust of conquest…
This blog is about our visit to the beaches of Normandy. Where, on the 6th June 1944, 156,000 men took part in the largest sea invasion in history. The invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.
And the lazy photographer of the year award goes to…
The following photographs were all taken from a single spot no more than 2 metres square. These images just go to show the different perspectives you can get on your world without moving very far…
Mrs P’s 4 Day Boot Camp
The above conversation is a verbatim record of the actual words uttered by Mrs P as I remember them. Please note that both time and events since this conversation may have somewhat skewed my recollection (i.e. Mrs P might refute this record).
We keep a knockin’ but we can’t get in
How can a one and a half hour journey take 3 hours? I’ll tell you how. When we inadvertently lock the keys inside Gandalf is how.
Feel the fear and do it anyway
The day with clouds was sudden overcast, And angry Jove a hideous storm of rain Did pour…
The Pain in Spain…
Roller skis have no brakes and I have not used them on downhill sections before…
¿Habla Inglés?
…I say to the middle aged woman with the smiley face; “Habla Usted Inglés?” “No” she unsurprisingly replies. Both sides in the conversation silently cursing their respective Education systems.
Mind your language
Once again we find ourselves in Spain. A country where our language skills leave quite a lot to be desired. It’s causing trouble with our diet…
Writer’s block
Every day Mrs P and I head out with one goal in mind, to have fun.
Every evening we get back to the van (Gandalf - surely you know that by now!?), shower, cook, eat and then…
Is this where it all started?
Is this where it all started? My love of the big mountains?
A little more than 28 years ago I came here with my older brother, Paul…
Hors Sentier
‘Hors Sentier’ means ‘off trail',’ or ‘off path,’ or ‘What the hell are doing up here? There is no path you Muppet!'’
Today I officially declare myself free from Long Covid
After 16 long months I am today declaring myself free from Long Covid.
I said some time ago, that if I could get through 2 months symptom-free and do 3 days of back to back hard exercise, then that was it. I would declare myself cured.
The only way is up.
The thing with via ferratas is this; even if you are a climber and you’ve not climbed for a while, you’d really better have a good head for heights…
