Last week I tried white water tubing for the first time. Adrenaline packed for 3km downstream along the River Dee, after my intial fear (I’m no water baby!) it was exhilirating, fun and slightly chilly on the toes! Peeling our wetsuits on over our swimming costumes was the first adventure, and after listening to the …
Adventures of a different kind…
Last week I learnt how to sit back and relax. Yes, my friends will think I’ve gone completely mad but it’s true, I did, and after a while I even started to enjoy it! Last week I spent 4 days in Tuscany with a good friend in a health spa resort doing some research. Now it’s …
A month of Adventures…Trikes, Marmots and Italians.
From riding through the streets of Chester on an amazing technicolour Trike, to testing out some Via ferratas in the Central and Southern Dolomites, and trying to speak my ‘best’ Italian to unbelievably hospitable hotel suppliers, this really has been a month of adventures… At the beginning of the month I met the Rainbow …
163 Mile Challenge
I’ve just completed coast to coast on a bike with a group of friends. It was tough, exhilarating, emotional at times but a real achievement. I realised, whilst on the journey, why I enjoy doing these challenges in groups. 163 miles over some of the highest passes, in some of the worst weather conditions …