Arrival It was exciting to arrive to Manchester with only photos of people and their voices to look for at the airport arrivals hall. I …
Hiking
Training W40 – Highs and lows with a lot of hiking
This was the long awaited week when we went hiking to Lake District. Unfortunately I got the flu so was a bit unwell in the …
Finding high places – Lake district challenge, Cat Bells, England day 3
Third day our walk started from the jetty at Hawse End where you can get to by boat from the town. The boat runs regularly …
Finding high places – Lake district challenge, Skiddaw, England day 2
After day 1 I was pretty knackered to start with, but a good night sleep helped a lot. Still the morning started a bit disoriented …
Finding high places – Lake district challenge, Grag hill, England day 1
The morning was full of excitement as we all gathered for breakfast looking forward to the coming day. The weather forecast promised cloudy, part sunny …
Training W37 – Week of record breaking
The week was amazing energy freak week. Such a great feeling and running was so easy. My goal has been to do one over 10 …
Finding high places – Three Peak Challenge is approaching fast!
As part of our preparation to Kilimanjaro we are all doing a “test challenge/climb” first week of October 2019 in the Lake District National park …
Getting the gear together – Testing results after Lapland/Norway trip
Our summer holiday trip was intended to be also a sort of testing trip for the gear. Wanted to test the equipment and of course …
Finding high places – Hemavan, Sweden
When the groove is on it’s hard to stop… We had one day to drive from Engabreen glacier at Halsa, Norway to Umeå, Sweden and …
Training W30 – Second hiking week
Second week of holiday so naturally more training than normally. Unfortunately I got a bit sick towards the end of the Lofoten islands visit so …
