Hi folks! Sorry for the long absence. Not only have Roo and I switched hemispheres again, I’ve been crazy busy trying to get my latest sci-fi book finished. I know, I know! But don’t worry, I’ve still got plans outside the realm of exploding spaceships and genetically-engineered assassins. Here, for example, is another of the […]
ROO: When Rik and Debbie from the Newlands Activity Centre got in touch and asked if we would like to come and visit them and experience some of the wildest adventures in the Lake District we jumped at the chance. They were fans of Tony’s travel books… so having read about how clumsy and accident […]
Guess what, folks? It’s Missing Chapter time! For anyone who missing the first Missing Chapter, it’s HERE – but hurry right back, because… um… well, I’ll miss you! This time we’ve got a story that I cut out of ‘That Bear Ate My Pants!’ simply because it wasn’t good enough. I know – way to […]
Sleeping in an Igloo! It’s one of those weird things I’ve always wanted to try, so when my family wanted to know what to get me for my birthday I sent them a link to the Igludorf.com website. The response was mixed… “Omg, it’s like extreme SAS survival training!”, and “But how do you sleep […]
G’day Adventurers… Roo here! It’s my turn to take over the blog because Tony is busy writing! It’s been a very busy couple of months for us. I mean, Christmas is busy for everyone but we also had to pack up our entire lives on NYE and cram it into a storage unit in preparation […]
Okay… hands up if you thought this would never happen? Yes folks, I am here to bring you the FIRST in a series of blog posts dedicated to the fabled ‘Missing Chapters’ – the ones I cut from ‘That Bear Ate My Pants!’ (and all the other books) for a wide variety of reasons. I’ve […]
So, the dust has settled on my latest incident of outright stupidity. Am I wiser? Stronger? Permanently cocooned in bubble-wrap? No – not yet, at least! I certainly feel like a bit of a plonker, though 😉 Here’s what they did to me: Note the metal plates, which fixed the split down the middle of my […]
Guess what? It’s OUT! I’m now officially a sci-fi author! But DON’T PANIC! As the legendary Douglas Adams would have said. If you’re not a fan of science fiction, you don’t have to buy it. In fact, I’d rather you didn’t! Here’s why: Amazon is pretty much SkyNet. It knows what you’ve bought, and when – and it uses […]
Hi folks! So what’s going on with you? I’m sorry, that was rhetorical, what with this being a blog post and all. Feel free to answer it in the Comments though! What I meant to say is, here’s what’s going on with me. Yup, you guessed it! This is a progress update on Life, the Universe and […]
It wasn’t a complete disaster. We spent our second night moored alongside the idyllic Blackmere Lake, which Roo had been looking forward to photographing. She wasn’t disappointed – the leaves were turning for Autumn, making for some gorgeous pics. They were also falling into the canal by the bucketload, fouling our propeller and slowing our […]