Hand luggage has been packed. I'm hoping that nobody looks too carefully at the weight of my hand luggage or asks me to unpack my 'purse'. I don't think that most people carry 320GB external hard drives in their purse ( Read more... )

There is a scene towards the end of Man in the Iron Mask (the newer one, not the Richard Chamberlain 70s version) where the Four Musketeers (and Phillipe) decide to make one final charge on the younger musketeers and the King Louis. The young musketeers fire everything they have at our heroes, shots go everywhere and the smoke from the muskets ( Read more... )

I have packed, I have printed route maps and I have updated the iPod with the latest podcasts. I am now ready for my trip to North Wales to climb Snowdon.

With any luck, by this time on Friday I will be sitting in the hotel bar marvelling at how wonderful the climb was :-)

See you all on Sunday!

I absolutely do not have a cold. Really. It's not a good time for me to have ( Read more... )

So this weekend ended up significantly more busy than I had anticipated ( Read more... )

After a week of torment, it is finally Saturday. Only eight hours now until the final part of Doctor Who ( Read more... )

I went on our second proper training walk for Snowdon. It was five miles long and a bit tougher than Monday's, involving a few more climbs including the steepest climb in the area. As we live in one of the hillier areas of England, it takes a bit for us to be impressed by hills :-) I was really pleased that I made it up that climb without stopping ( Read more... )

I am soaked, exhausted and very happy. It's a bank holiday here so Da and I did our first real training walk for Snowdon. It is hideous weather today (rain, wind, yuck) but I thought it would be good practise seeing as we're unlikely to guarantee perfect weather for our climb ( Read more... )