Another bank holiday, another camping trip.  This time in Snowdonia, staying at Dolgam near Capel Curig.

Saturday started with some mountain biking at Coed y Brenin.  Firstly the green Yr Afon trail (at 5 year old pace!) then after lunch a much more exciting mix of MinorTaur (blue) and Cyflym Coch (red).

To cool down after that we went wild swimming in the Llugwy, just below the siphon-tastic mess that is Pont Cyfyng.  Yuck. Others did actually swim, but I splashed around waist deep because it was rather cold.

On Sunday I turned down more mountain biking on grounds that the Penmacho trail... continue reading »

We went to the 'Ale & Steam' weekend on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

Pretty self explanatory - there were trains, and at Toddington and Winchcombe stations there was a lot of beer (and cider).  I didn't get any decent photos of the steam train though

I'm still not entirely sure how it happened, but in January I found myself agreeing to do the Forest Warrior - a 10k mud/obstacle race - as part of a team at work.

2.5 months of denial and half arsed "training" later six of us dragged ourselves through a lot of mud, climbed over walls, scrambled in and out of ditches, carried tyres up and down hills, crawled and swam through various depths of water, and ran/jogged/walked the bits in between.  Oh, and got shot at with paintballs (but none of us were hit, hurrah)

We were not quick.  GPS traces suggest... continue reading »

Once again, May bank holiday meant a trip to Woolacombe.

As well as the usual BBQ, rum, crazy golf and pasties (and me not doing any surfing), I went for a little walk around Morte Point on my way back to the campsite.

It was a bit windy!  Which is also my excuse for wonky horizons...