Ok here we go, the long awaited video from our trip. Hope you dont get too bored! Patagonian Expedition 2010 This is the full video including the Icecap Trailer (above). Also shows the before and after segments including trekking round the incredible peaks of Mt Fitzroy and Cerro Torre. 23 mins 38 seconds long Icecap [...]
Dec 092010
Two taxis arrive to take us to the trailhead at Rio Electrico. From the trailhead we walk a few hours through a forest to our camp at Los Troncos. You have to pay a small fee as you pass over private land but on the plus side there is a small cabin where its your [...]
Blizzards, snowdrifts, gales, frostbite, snowblindness, buried tents, floods, hardship, cold, sleepless nights. It must be summer then in deepest Patagonia. What better way to celebrate a return from the mountains than with bottles of Malbec and a rendition of “Alouette” with a load of drunken frenchmen! Filmed at “Como Vaca” steakhouse, EL Chalten, Argentina.
Nov 132010
Well the day has nearly arrived for us to leave to one of the windyest wildest places on earth, yes Patagonia. But it is one of the most beautiful places on this planet ive ever seen, it is worth the hardship you endure to be there. This year we have dehydrated our own food, rather [...]
Oct 302010
Today we have had our first and only major wildfire this summer. We nearly made it to the end of summer without one. I grabbed the point and press camera before taking the dogs out this morning, quite a normal thing for me to do. Whilst walking I thought I could smell smoke, I looked [...]
My 40th birthday approached and I did not want to go out to a bar and drink too much and wake up the next day feeling rough, so we decided to go away for a couple of days instead. We ended up in Cazorla staying at Cortijo Los Abedules a lovely group of cortijos run [...]
Oct 062010
Had a weeks holiday in Mallorca at the beginining of September. Claire and my nephews were also on holiday and were leaving the day we landed. We tried to meet up in the airport but turned out an impossible task. Shame as it would have been great to see them all even if only for [...]
Sep 262010
At the end of August we decided to go to Wembley to watch the rugby league Challenge Cup because Leeds Rhinos had got through to the final. We arrived in London early on Friday morning and spent the day sight seeing and visiting the outdoor shops. Believe it or not we even saw Sam Pepper [...]
Sep 182010
Remember this? My birthday in September 2007 A Gota Fria is :- Gota Fria or ‘Cold Drop’ occurs when warm air saturated with water vapour rises and meets a much colder layer high up in the atmosphere. The sudden change in air temperature causes the water vapour saturated air to cool quickly and as a result the [...]
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Aug 312010
RT @VictoriaTwead: Last chance this month to win 'Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools' http://www.victoriatwead.com/Free_Stuff.html # RT @VictoriaTwead: Left for Bahrain before the end of BB11. Who won? <<Josie Saw Sam Pepper in London http://ow.ly/2xrzM at wkend # RT @spanishhighs: Photo of Ronnie the Rhino at Wembley which sort of sums up the day really! [...]
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