A Ride to Paris.

 Last week 2 friends and I rode our bikes 282 miles to Paris in 2 1/2 days. Followed by an 80 mile ride home from Kings Cross on Friday. Cycling through 30 degree heat each day, swims were had in the Seine river and the Thames. Along with many many beers. I also took my new camera, a Canon EOS 500d with me, and wondered around Paris at night and managed to capture some great shots. Oh and I'm going to Norway on Sunday !! Enjoy:

Early Hurley.

With exams looming, I had planned to get a short Hurley session in early Sunday morning (5am). After setting the alarms for the wrong day and waking up at 7, we headed to the weir in glorious sunshine. It proved a great chance to try out my new Go Pro Hero 3. Here are the results:

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There's no water in Wales.

Left home Friday night in the direction of Wales... 
Woke up Saturday morning in England.
Spent the morning searching for rivers to run.... 
Ended up on the Tryweryn.

With current lack of water in the UK we cancelled a trip to Dartmoor and headed to Wales instead. Grabbing a couple of laps on the Tryweryn on Saturday followed by a dark Swallow Falls run which repeated the next day. Running two parts of 'the tallest continuous fall of water in Wales'. After abseiling down to the falls we ran part of the first drop followed by the second. And got some great photos of the second drop in the process.

(I plugged the helmet camera in to the computer five minutes ago to realise the every video cut out before it got exciting) 

What A Year.

My Highlights of 2012.

Scottish Highlands

Etive Triple Drop Boof

At the end of October I spent a week in Scotland staying at Roy Bridge with the Kingfisher Canoe Club, we paddled great rivers such as the Etive, Allt a' Chaorainn, Orchy, Alt Kinglas, Nevis, Moriston, Kiach Nish & Pattack. An interesting trip which consisted of great rivers, great company, great mountain biking and also 2 dislocated shoulders, oh and a 20ft waterfall in the dark!

Also I tried out the new Kokotat Tempest pants which I thought were brilliant! 

http://www.kokatat.com/products/bibs-and-pants/tempest-pant-with-socks-men.html

Aberglaslyn Gorge

On a visit to Aberystwyth Uni we headed up to the Aberglaslyn early one morning to run the classic grade 4 gorge! The runs only a mile long but gives you no time to warm up and is incredibly continuous  However no shuttles are needed and you just walk up the road and do the run again! 

The "breaker rapid"

Three Peaks Bike & Hike

This summer myself, Danny Kinchin & Harry Boulter completed the Three Peaks Bike & Hike over 10 days in August. We cycled 522 miles and ascended over 11000ft by foot. Although it rained on 9/10 days and the 60mph winds on Scafell Pike we still enjoyed the challenge and it was great to be supported by the King Alfred Educational Trust. Many thanks to those who sponsored us and we raised about £1500 for Helen and Douglas House and there is more still to collect!