When the first snow appears in the Brecon Beacons, a large crowd of snow-hungry walkers often head to the Storey Arms car park and walk up the very popular route to Pen Y Fan. But if you want a scenic and slightly less crowded walk head west up […]
Shell Island is situated between Barmouth and Llandanwg on the north west coast of Wales and although rarely breaks, when it does it can give nice left and right handers. The island isn’t an island any longer but a campsite which still gets cut off at high tide. […]
Saunton Sands in situated on the north Devon coast and has become one of Devon’s most popular beaches for surfing and wave sports alike. The beach is about 5km long and is sandy with a rocky cliff on the northern end, which is also where the car park […]
For more years than I’m allowed to mention, my in-laws have been racing Autograss cars, and until recently I hadn’t really got it into my head exactly what was involved. I assumed Autograss was a sport where people drove minis around a small circuit in a field marked […]
Whilst attending the 2010 World bog snorkelling event in Llanwrtyd Wells, we came across a guy called Tony Bain sitting next to another small bog with an odd looking assortment of bath tubs. Before long we were talking about the new sport…bathtubbing! We were offered a go at […]
Bog snorkelling has become a world famous event with many participants travelling from the far corners of the globe to take part. After watching the 2006 championships, myself, Alastair and Louise all decided to go and take part to see what it was all about. Firstly no, it’s […]
Surfing on the North Yorkshire coast. Living in the south west, the talk on surfing normally channels towards Devon, Cornwall and occasionally Wales, so I hadn’t ever heard about or considered surfing the North Yorkshire coastline. However, whilst staying on the Yorkshire coast I was told by the […]
When you think of venomous snakes you would normally think of rattlers in Arizona, or snakes in the jungle somewhere where colourful and dangerous snakes are very common. But we also have a venomous snake in the UK, the Adder! These shy snakes would usually slither off to […]
The Salomon Mountain Crossing jacket is advertised as a “very lightweight and packable ClimaPRO waterproof jacket with stretch panels in key areas for a motion fit”, and aimed at walkers and climbers. It looks great, it sounds great and at 290grams it’s definitely lightweight, but how did it […]
Cicerone are well known for publishing great guide books and have a huge choice on offer. When I saw the title “Europe’s High Points” I was very intrigued, especially when I found out it was about climbing to the summit of all 48 of Europe’s peaks! What a […]
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