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John packed the bikes on the back of the van to go mountain biking from Puy St Vincent today, 30 minutes up the valley. The plan was to get the ski lift up and bike back down. Matthew's young children, Evie and Ollie were doing the easier blue run so we thought it might be... Continue Reading →
I was brave today. I went paddling. John, Dan and Matthew, took vehicles to the get out point 10 kilometres up the river and, when they were back we got on at the campsite. I was really apprehensive because I haven't paddled for a while and the river looked quite fast to me. However, Dan... Continue Reading →
We planned to go to Chateau Queyras today to do an easy via ferrata and visit Fort Queyras. However, the via ferrata kit we planned to borrow from Dan's family didn't fit so we'll have to borrow from someone else or hire kit and do that another day. We drove up the Guil valley out... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, we decided to have an easy day so we could catch up on our sleep and go shopping. We had planned to go out on the lake with kayaks and Dan's stand up paddle board but we had some storms in the afternoon and decided we'd just relax and read our books instead. Today... Continue Reading →
Today we had a beautiful walk to a col, which was over 2300m. We left the van at one end, jumped in Dan's car and drove further up the valley. It was cloudy when we started walking along a lovely, path around the mountainside, ascending gently. I was quite pleased that it wasn't too hot,... Continue Reading →
We awoke refreshed after 10 hours sleep, packed the van and set off, stopping for croissants and pain au raisins in the local boulangerie. The journey was once again uneventful, with a couple of stops for breakfast and lunch in the sunshine, and one for diesel when, as we hit the hills, the fuel consumption... Continue Reading →
This time yesterday, we'd barely left home and, already we've done over 750 miles. The journey has, thankfully, been very uneventful... Apart from the shocking cost of tolls! Over 100 euros so far! Â Once I'd finished work and we'd packed the van and said goodbye to Millie, we set off for the Eurotunnel terminal in... Continue Reading →
Just show up... the motto of a personal trainer who I've met recently. And that's what I did... I showed up, day in day out for 7 months and, when the time came, I DID IT!!!! I'm shocked how well I did! I honestly thought I was towards the back of the field but I came in the... Continue Reading →
Since I last wrote, we've done our last 2 long and hilly training runs and there are now just 10 days to go before we race up Snowdon in the Scott Snowdonia trail half marathon, our ultimate goal. I can't do any more. I couldn't have done any more. In training for this event, this year I've... Continue Reading →
Yes... I had fun doing a fell race. Well, perhaps not at all times. It was tough... very tough. The hills started immediately and were so steep that many people, including me, were walking and the scree moving beneath our feet made it difficult to make up time on the equally steep descents, particularly for inexperienced fell... Continue Reading →
