Feeling hot, hot, hot
Near record temperatures for Wales and Northern Ireland, tinder dry terrain in Greater Manchester and Norfolk due to a jet-tream out of...
Is 'classic' an over-used word?
Classic cars, classic design, a timeless classic, the list goes on. Given a definition of 'an outstanding example of a particular style;...
Monkey Weekend
A few years ago, I reached the summit of Western Europe with one of my best mates. We self-guided, we were inexperienced, we were naïve,...
Dave's favourite mountain
Thinking skywards I remember the foothills of the Himalaya where I lived in my late teens, far higher than I have ever ventured since, I...
The Scotland Adventure - Part 2
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilised people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness...
The Scotland Adventure - Part 1
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist. That is all” - Oscar Wilde I am finally getting time to breathe after what...