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Adventures in Turkey

My sister, Dee, and I booked a week's activity holiday through active tour company Exodus. Neither of us had done a group tour before so we weren't really sure what to expect. The tour was fully guided and offered a different activity every day in

Most Recent Entry: Monday, May 17, 2010

Whale watching in Wales - minus the whales

My sisters and I decided to take my mum away for a weekend to celebrate her birthday and we gave her a few options of what we could do. She opted for a whale and dolphin watching trip off the coast of Pembrokeshire. We hired a big enough vehicle to

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, October 10, 2009

Cycle Tour of France

After an incredible cycle tour in Italy in 2008, Calan and I decided to try France for our 2009 holiday. We eventally settled on the route from Nice to Geneva which seemed to offer a good mix of mountains, gorges, rolling countryside and coast and s

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 29, 2009

Adventure racing in Cyprus

We qualified for this World final in June in a tough 4 day corporate adventure race in Stirling, Scotland. Our company had two mixed teams qualify so there was plenty of rivalry to keep things interesting. We arrived a day early for some time at th

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Training in Chicago

I had a week’s training for work just outside Chicago but managed to fit in an extra day each side so that I had some time in the city. The Windy city was bathed in Autumn sunshine and it seemed the whole population of was out on the Lake Front promen

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, October 04, 2008

Fell Running Champs

A group from the Serpentine running club headed down to the picturesque Isle of Wight for a weekend of fell running. We travelled up on Friday night and had a leisurely start (complete with hot hotel breakfast) on Saturday with our first race starting

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 20, 2008

Cycle Tour of Italy

We were off! We chose to fly into Venice, the city of romance, to begin our cycle tour of Italy. Not exactly the best place to be with bikes but gave us easy access to the flat plains of Emilia-Romagna. Saturday evening was spent trying to get our b

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, July 13, 2008

Paris Marathon

Calan and I headed to Paris for his marathon race (after not managing to get a place in London). Saturday and Sunday were mostly eaten up with preparing for and running the marathon. The race itself was pretty organised (apart from the shocking lack

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, April 05, 2008

South Africa revisited

While visiting calan's mum in Natal region we booked into the Umgeni Nature Reserve for a few nights. The chalets at the entrance to the reserve were full so we booked a cottage 5km drive down a dirt track. The cottage was tucked above an expansive...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Weekend walking in Madeira

As a Christmas present my dad bought my two sisters and I a trip to Madeira for a long weekend. We only had 2 1/2 days on the island but had a fantastic trip exploring the extensive walking trails. The islands mountains are impressive and there are...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, January 11, 2008

Christmas 07

We had a great Christmas this year despite everyone being under the weather. Hence the lack of photos from Mum's. ...

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Nice is Nice

My company enters teams in the UK Microsoft Challenge every year and it's absolutely my favourite event of the calendar. It's an intense 4 day team adventure race involving running, mountain biking, kayaking, building and a whole lot of tricky strateg...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, December 06, 2007

NY marathon trip

The main purpose of our trip to the US was to run in one of the most famous marathons in the world - the ING NY city marathon. As I have family in Toronto who i don't see nearly enough, I added an extra 5 days to the trip to spend a bit of time catchi...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, October 26, 2007

Journey to the East

I've been to Beijing before to visit my sister when she was living there and I had a really good trip. This visit was distinctly less pleasant. It was mid Summer so very humid which makes the pollution almost unbearable. You can actually see it....

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Welsh Castles

My running club took two teams out to Wales to compete in a 20 stage relay from the North to the South of the country, passing a number of famous castles on route. Not only was it a great way to see the countryside (albeit in a flash), it was also a g...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 09, 2007

Visit to the North

Calan and I headed up to York for a weekend break in ye old city. It was one of the prettiest cities I've been to in the UK, as it still retains a lot of it's historic charm, while catering to the demands of modern life e.g. shopping and restaurants...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, March 02, 2007

Treats of Devon - and a wedding

A good university friend of mine, Duncan, was getting married and he chose a stunning island in Devon to celebrate. Burgh island is attached to the mainland at low tide, but is then completely isolated at high tide. The only thing on the island is ...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, February 21, 2007

South Africa!!

As part of our mini South African road trip, Calan and I headed down to George, part of the infamous Garden Route. More importantly than being home to pretty mountains, nice beaches and a variety of adventure sports, the area is home to Calan's mum ...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Vienna marathon & zoo

As the London marathon is so difficult to get into without bleeding your friends dry trying to raise money to cover a charity place, I decided to head back to Vienna for the marathon (had done it the year before). It's a great marathon - big enough ...

Most Recent Entry: Monday, October 09, 2006

Turkey, Turkey, Turkey

Hmm, this was a bit of a last minute booking. Calan and I took a bit of a shot in the dark and ended up near Olu Deniz beach in Turkey. Oops. This beach (with it's blue lagoon) has made it onto numerous magazine front covers and was obviously very...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Summer triathlons 2006

This was the second tri I'd ever done and didn't end up being nearly as good as the first (Bournemouth). Firstly the swim was horrible. It was in a lake that was full of weeds (and I mean FULL). You kept getting tangled up in them and the water wa...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, August 06, 2006

Ischia

My (first) hol of the Summer Due to work busy-ness, I'd left most of the holiday planning to my good friend and travel buddy (Liz) so had almost no idea where I was heading. Luckily, Liz was pretty damn good at planning as Ischia was lovely. It'...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, July 29, 2006

Another Vienna trip

This was the first trip to Vienna with Calan and I wanted to show him as much of my previous home as possible, including my friends. We managed to visit Prater (the large park that holds a fairground year round), the Danube, Hundertwasser museum (fa...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, February 23, 2006

Norfolk

The Victoria in Holkham has to be one of the most beautiful hotels I've stayed in. It's set in the grounds of a large manor estate with deer a-roaming. The rooms are elegant and large and have a warm, middle eastern touch with a stylish bathroom and t...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, January 01, 2006

Snowboarding in Les Arcs

This was a very brief visit after returning from Vancouver, but was loads of fun....

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Christmas in Vancouver

The highlight of the last few days was definitely getting up to Grouse mountain (nearest mountain to central Vancouver, 30 mins away) and getting our sexy snow shoes on and looking absolutely ridiculous stomping around the paths with rolled up trousers...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, December 15, 2005

Vienna visit

Boy is Vienna cold in the Winter! After living there for two years you'd think I would have gotten used to it a little?! Maybe the last few months back in London have softened me too much. Oh well, just a good excuse to drink loads of hot punch, I...

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Random places without photos

I wanted to add all of the other cities I've been to before I had a digital camera. No time to add the interesting stories though.