My world

Over the past years I have been very lucky to experience  many adventurous activities including: Down Hill, Back Country and cross Country Skiing, mountain marathons, rock climbing, triathlons, adventure racing, off shore sailing challenges  (The 3 Peaks Yacht Race, Solent Series, Poole Bay race), racing dinghies from club events to world series and mountain bike challenges through pristine UK  wilderness to the peaks and alpine pastures of Switzerland.

NOW I feel it timely to use this experience (and those of you out there who have been just as lucky) to help those who seek to achieve similar goals. This Blog is a window allowing like minded people to follow adventures and if motivated get out there and experience the buzz for themselves.

I am not a commercial guide or proffer to be the fountain of all knowledge its just the old body has been “around the block a few times”, learned a little through trail and error and hours of reading. I must also acknowledge those far more experienced than I for sparing time to share their thoughts, advice and for pushing me off in the right direction.

Sometimes the resulting experiences were scary, way out of my comfort zone and on a number of occasions petrifying but there lay the course of true adventure. Are you ready to step that way too?

Been there (some highlights):

  • Three Peaks Yacht Race
  • Too many mountain marathons (KIMM, SLMM, Swiss KIMM……) to remember!!
  • Formed and Nurtured Raleigh Factory Racing MTB Team
  • Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
  • High Atlas Trek inc Ascent of Mt Toubkal (highest peak in N Africa)
  • PADI Open Water cert. Turkey (couldn’t lay on a beach for more than 2 days!!)
  • MLTB Mountain Leader Award
  • Grand Raid –  Verbier Grimentz MTB race (3 times)
  • Annapurna Circuit and Sanctuary Trek

Still to do:

  • All the Scottish Munros (over half way there)
  • Wherever I go make sure Barbara always finds her Otters
  • Everest Marathon
  • New Zealand
  • Towers of Pain National Park Patagonia
  • Troll Wall Norway and Fiord land.
  • Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya
  • Dive Gt Barrier Reef
  • Galapagos Islands (before they are closed down to visitors)
  • Coast to Coast (off road – MTB) non stop
  • Nepal – Treking in The Khumbu, Gokyo Lakes and thinking of also treking around the majestic Manaslu

PHOTO’S WITH FOND MEMORIES