In the summer of 2003 I took a week off work to join a guided mountaineering tour in the Alps. The location was in the mountains surrounding one of the most picturesque villages in Switzerland – Saas Fee, "Die Perle der Alpen". The town lies in the Oberwallis or Upper Valais region of the, Read More
I did this hike with three mates from work: Milan Pathak, Andrew Rennard and Simon Crease. It was a nice little half day hike up past a few alpine lakes to the top of the pass. I love the colour of the water!
Baby (Ian Stone) and I decided to head out for a short hike on a sunny July day, and ended up in Kanton Uri in Central Switzerland. We hiked for several hours up the mountain, but given we couldn’t find any fresh water along the route we couldn’t go as far as we wanted. , Read More
This is one of my favourite hikes in the Swiss Alps! My mate Andy Passmore and I did it back in 1999 and liked it so much we returned in 2003 to do it again with our friends Ian Summerside and Alex Derksen. Here’s an email that I sent after the earlier ’99 hike:, Read More
Milan Pathak and I took a week off work and flew down to Rome. Neither of us had been there before and we really wanted to get down there. We checked into a brand new hotel opposite the train station and walked into the heart of the city. Needless to say, we both loved, Read More
(L) Camping on the beach on the island of Culebra. (R) Chillin’ on the beach on Culebra. Home Sweet Home on Culebra. Alexa in Rincon. (L) Hiking in the Toro Negro cloud forest. (R) Lost and searching for the waterfall in El Yunque National, Read More
Still to come… Sevilla Jerez de la Frontera Gibraltar Competa
I did a short day hike with Andy Passmore, Paul & Anna Sidebottom and Chris “Baby” Stone into the valley above the Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher. The weather wasn’t the best that day but it gave us some great views further up the valley to some of the 4000m peaks there and also back down towards, Read More
These are a bunch of photos covering random events Out in Zurich with the Candian Au Pair crowd (2001). Melinda with Curious George. A few parties at my apartment in Baden (2001). (L) Me and the two Alexes on Swiss, Read More
Here’s a collection of photos from several hikes I did over the summer of 2002 in Central Switzerland… Appenzellerland – 11-12 May For the first hike of the year we (Mike and Amy Griggs, Nick Waddsley and Mark McCarthy – all friends from work) decided to head towards the hills surrounding 2502m Saentis in, Read More