August 17, 2019September 22, 2019Adventure, Climbing, Extreme, Ghyll Scrambling, Travel, UK Wet and Wild in Keswick! ROO: When Rik and Debbie from the Newlands Activity Centre got in touch and asked if we would like to come and […] Share this:Tweet
March 8, 2019September 22, 2019Adventure, Comedy, Extreme, Roo's Blogs, Travel Sleeping like an Eskimo! Sleeping in an Igloo! It’s one of those weird things I’ve always wanted to try, so when my family wanted to know […] Share this:Tweet
February 15, 2019September 22, 2019Adventure, Travel On the Road Again! 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 […] Share this:Tweet
December 21, 2018September 22, 2019Adventure, America, Comedy, Missing chapters, That Bear Ate My Pants, Travel ‘The Missing Chapters’ Part 1 Okay… hands up if you thought this would never happen? Yes folks, I am here to bring you the FIRST in a […] Share this:Tweet
September 23, 2018September 22, 2019Adventure, Australia, Comedy, Extreme, Travel Aftermath So, the dust has settled on my latest incident of outright stupidity. Am I wiser? Stronger? Permanently cocooned in bubble-wrap? No – […] Share this:Tweet
September 5, 2018September 22, 2019Adventure, Comedy, Extreme, Writing Back To The Future 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 […] Share this:Tweet
July 29, 2018September 22, 2019Adventure, Comedy, Extreme, Travel, UK, Writing Drifting Part Four It wasn’t a complete disaster. We spent our second night moored alongside the idyllic Blackmere Lake, which Roo had been looking forward […] Share this:Tweet
October 21, 2017November 11, 2017Comedy, Photography, Roo's Blogs, Travel, UK, Uncategorized Drifting Part Two Before we get started, here’s some rules about canal boat conduct: Always pass other boats on the right. Always pass other boats […] Share this:Tweet
August 26, 2013Adventure, Asia, Climbing, Extreme, Travel, Uncategorized Living The High Life: The Climbing of Hua Shan (part 2) So, where were we? Oh, that’s right. We’d arrived at the top. Except, it wasn’t the top. It was the beginning of […] Share this:Tweet
July 27, 2013November 1, 2022Adventure, Asia, China, Climbing, Extreme, Uncategorized Stepping Up: The Climbing of Hua Shan! Since I first saw a picture of Hua Shan (Hua means ‘Mount’), I was determined to go there. Because the picture I […] Share this:Tweet