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Iceland 2010
Locations: Reykjavik , Reykjavik
Dates: 24 Jul 2010 - 01 Aug 2010

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Amsterdam weekend with Liz 2010

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, February 27, 2010

Liz and I visited Copenhagen to visit both Leis and Allan who are old family friends and Laura and David who are friends from university. We also managed to see a fair bit of a fairly rainy Copenhagen!

Most Recent Entry: Friday, November 13, 2009

Syria with Alf 2009

Alf and I did not have a great time in Constantinople, which is a shame considering how much we had both wanted to visit the city. However, I think that a number of factors were to blame (including our 3am flight from Aleppo, the constant driving rain,

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, October 31, 2009

Honeymoon - USA 2009

I have two rather unfortunate afflictions: "eremikophobia" and "thalassophobia". By themselves, these phobias are challenging enough. But when combined, the effects are truly devastating… especially if you're on a beach holiday…

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The Stag

Naturally what happens on tour, stays on tour. However, nothing happened... honest... nothing at all...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, May 02, 2009

Prague for Liz's Birthday 2009

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, February 07, 2009

Poland and Slovakia with Alf and Ashley 2008

Arriving in Zakopane on the bus from Kraków, we set about organising ourselves for four days in the mountains. Seeking out local provisions, we discovered an excellent local store named “Tescos”… It had everything we needed, including the 3 feet o

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Moroccan Madness 2008

I wanted to start at least one of my journals with a pretentious quote, so get ready for it: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Roman Stoic Philosopher, once said “let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapa

Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 04, 2008

Ben Nevis (Morocco Training) 2008

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, May 24, 2008

Madrid for Liz's Birthday 2008

Most Recent Entry: Monday, February 04, 2008

Berlin (Take my Breath Away)

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, November 29, 2007

Andalucía with Alf 2007

Not for the last time, work screwed me over. In calculating the amount of annual leave that I could carry over to the next year, HR had forgotten to pro rata my entitlement to account for me start date halfway through the year. Thus 5 carryover days wa

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, November 17, 2007

Italy 2007

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 18, 2007

France with the Folks

Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 06, 2007

Ithaca

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 23, 2007

Vilnius, Lithuania

Alf's Stag do... the less said the better really. Actually hell, she's married him now, so what is the worst that could happen...? I proposed a number of different stag locations for Alf, but he liked the sound of Vilnius as (a) it had cheap beer; (

Most Recent Entry: Friday, May 04, 2007

Marrakesh

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, April 01, 2007

The Black Mountains

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, January 14, 2007

Flaming Hampshire

"Burning things is always fun" was how Alf summed up the evening... it's an accurate, if somewhat worrying assessment. Having built the bonfire, we were alarmed to see it had completely burnt down within 45 minutes, worrying because it was bi...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, November 05, 2006

Summer 2006 in Norwich

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Bulgaria 2006

After Musala, we got a transfer round to the Maliovitsa complex and had a short hike up the valley to the hut. Although a bit grotty and rough round the edges, its location makes it an excellent base for exploring the Rila Mountains, including Strasnot...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, July 13, 2006

Le Tour Du Mont Blanc 2006

DAY 4 The evening before was interesting; the weather had changed and we were 'treated' to a thunderstorm. Normally that doesn't present a problem, but when you've inadvertently pitched your tent next to an 8ft high metal washing-line pole... The w...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 24, 2006

Spring Training 2006

Feeling I was not getting any younger and certainly not any fitter, I decided drastic action was needed with a trip to the Lake District being the recommended cure. It turned out to be splendid; in fact I've never known whether like it, the sky was ...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, April 29, 2006

Ramsoc Reunion 1 - The Peaks 2006

Coincidentally, my parents were in the Peak District at the same time as our little reunion and so Liz and I decided to meet them in Castleton so they could buy us lunch... oh and so we could see them of course!! In the morning we decided to walk th...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, February 26, 2006

Yorkshire 2005

Gary, Liz and I sought to take full advantage of our winter break to spend a day out in the snowy Dales and there's no better place to walk than around Kettlewell. The last time I went there was with Ramsoc and for some horrific reason I saw over 20 de...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, December 30, 2005

Dublin 2005

Whilst in Dublin I had a dilemma. I wanted to see the Irish countryside, but faced heavy time-restrictions – at most, Liz & I'd have only 1 spare day. Unfortunately, it meant there was only one option, something that goes against every fibre of my ...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, September 18, 2005

Sweden 2005

Why Sweden? It all started when Dan emailed me about paying him a visit: “Liz” I said, “Dan’s asked us to fly out and visit him” “Great” she said, “hasn’t he moved to the Bahamas?” “Not exactly” I said, “Sweden”… “Isn’t it cold in Sweden” she sa...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, August 05, 2005

An Abseil of a Good Time - The Humber Bridge 2005

For a bit of a laugh I agreed to do a charity abseil off the Humber Bridge, not for the life of me thinking that the people at work might actually go through with it... But go through with it they did... and I've even got the t-shirt to prove it! It...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, July 10, 2005

New York 2004

I decided to spend a romantic few days in New York with my girlfriend... and my parents... From the first moment you see the city's iconic outline from the freeway it overwhelms you. And no more than after I first arrived at my hotel just off Times Squ...

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Australasia with Steve 2004

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, July 10, 2004

Geography Field Tripping 3 - Liguria 2004

Most Recent Entry: Monday, March 29, 2004

Geography Field Tripping 2 - Paris 2003

Most Recent Entry: Monday, November 03, 2003

Walking in the Spanish Pyrenees (the GR11)

Most Recent Entry: Friday, September 12, 2003

Scotland With Alf - 2002

PROLOGUE Matt - "Do you fancy a holiday?" Alf - "Yeah, provided its cheap" Matt - "How about Scotland?" Alf - "They don't come much cheaper than the Scottish...ha ha ha" Matt - "Tony, you in?" Ton...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 07, 2002

Geography Field Tripping 1 - Mallorca 2002

Some bright spark in Nottingham University’s Geography Dept decided to go to Mallorca for the compulsory 1st year fieldtrip...it proved to be no work and all play, which certainly didn’t make for any dull boys or girls...although it did make for the lo...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, March 10, 2002

2001 - A Corsican Odyssey

My First Brathay Expedition, in fact my first real expedition full stop, was to Corsica in the Summer of 2001. The aim was to walk the fearsome GR20, reputably Europe's hardest long-distance footpath; 125miles and 4,000m of ascent in a little over 2wee...

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, July 31, 2001

DofE Silver Expedition - Snowdonia 2001

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, July 14, 2001

Paris with the Tiffinians - 2000

There she was just a-walkin’ down the street, Singin’, do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do Snappin’ her fingers and shufflin’ her feet, Singin’, do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do She looked good, looked good She looked fine, looked fine She looked go...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, November 11, 2000

DofE Bronze Expedition - The Lake District 2000

Most Recent Entry: Friday, July 14, 2000

America with my Family 2000

This is where my love of travel began - right here on this trip... From the minute we landed in San Francisco, I knew this was going to be a special family holiday, something I could look back on and say “wow, I did that, I’ve been there”. But it di...

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, April 08, 2000

Holidaying with Alf and Ben - South of France 1998

My first holiday with Alf...you really think I would have learnt from this experience... but then it was long ago and I was so very young and innocent back then... In fact, I was so young, and it was so long ago that I've largely forgotten what we d...