Category Archive: My Diary

Hi-Rock One Mile Climb for Sport Relief

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Hi all. When Sport Relief 2012 was coming up I came up with the idea of doing a one mile climb as part of a team on our local climbing wall, Hi-Rock. I contacted Peter the wall manager and got set with the arrangements. I set up a donation page and emailed all staff at …

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CWA (Climbing Wall Award) Assessment

Yes! If you read my post about the CWA training then this is an update as I have since taken my assessment. The months prior to the assessment were spent practicing what I had learnt and more. I had to perfect my rescue skills, setting up top and bottom rope systems as well as working …

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Monkey World Feb 2012

This is a video of Monkey World which is in Wareham, Dorset and is a fantastic place to take the kids for a day out:

Kayaking in Portsmouth

Just a quick video of my daughter and I Kayaking:

Blaze Management Agency

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This is completely random to all the outdoor things mentioned on my blog, but I had to have a moan about my shockingly poor experience with Hair and makeup company, Blaze! I purchased a Groupon day course to learn hair and makeup tips, just for fun, for my friend and I. The first hurdle of …

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Gothic Temple, Kedleston, Derbyshire

We stayed in Derbyshire for four nights in the Gothic Temple, Kedleston. This is owned by Hon Richard Curzon who owns Kedleston Hall. Kedleston Hall is actually in the next road from this. It looked old and gothic from the outside which is great and on the inside it was like any ordinary nice house, …

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Bushcraft survival weekend

Hey there all, Although it has been a while since my last post, there is actually quite a lot to put on here. I just need to get around to doing it that’s all. I will do soon, I promise. In the meantime however, the most recent event was a weekend away in Dorset learning …

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Disneyland Paris

Eurotunnel

During the Easter half term Tim, the kids and I drove to Folkestone and took the euro tunnel to Calais, France. We stayed at the holiday inn express in a family room the night before our early morning departure. The family room consisted of two double beds next to each other which is ideal if you …

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