So one day has turned into almost a week but that hasn’t changed the level of enjoyment I’ve had looking through more photos from our weekend in the Cotswold’s. As promised it’s time for my second and final instalment focussing on the Royal International Air Tattoo 2014. An acrobatic display Read more…
Anyone in the vicinity of RAF Fairford last Sunday can’t have failed to notice the abnormally large volume of fighter aircraft overhead, and we were slap bang in the middle of it all. I am of course talking about the Royal International Air Tattoo, the worlds largest military airshow and Read more…
I’m sure we’ve all got a bucketlist whether it be acknowledged or buried deep in the subconscious mind, and equally I’d guess that between us they’re likely to be as diverse as they are long. Sure swimming with Dolphins, visiting NYC and doing a bungee jump are going to feature Read more…
The loss of a single Guillemot on Saturday was saddening but it in no way prepared us for events on Cefn Sidan beach yesterday afternoon. What had started out as an isolated walk to enjoy the crashing waves turned into a research and rescue mission as we discovered hundreds of Read more…
It’s easy to forget the tidal surge of three weeks ago when you see the sea looking as it was on Sunday, but signs of our changed landscape are never far away. The view above was taken at Port Eynon during one of the days sunnier spells and you’d find Read more…
In the two weeks since my first patch outing of 2014 I’ve only managed to add Lesser Black-backed Gull to my tally. It was a fly over bird while getting ready for work and up to that point was the only gull to have ventured our way. That’s surprising given Read more…
Every check of the news throughout Thursday brought an ever increasing sense of doom as it became clear that the west coast of Britain was to be hit by its highest tides in at least sixteen years. That sounded bad enough but with every new severe flood warning issued i.e. Read more…
We rejoin the tale of our Welsh three peaks adventure just beneath Craig Cau. The last few hours have already included broken tents, a sleepless night and the hard news that we would not be climbing Snowdon due to severe weather conditions at its summit. As a result you find Read more…
After all the training, purchasing and planning, last weekend finally heralded the day that Team Cheese would launch itself into the history books of Welsh mountain climbing. All that stood between us and immortality were the three peaks of Snowdon, Cadair Idris and Pen y Fan, not forgetting of course Read more…
Continuing on from part one of my 2012 round-up, here’s a run down from August through December. August August was dominated by our first foreign trip in years to the Interlaken area of Switzerland. There’s no possible way that I can hope to summarise such a monumental location in just Read more…