As the FIFA 2018 World Cup begins an interesting link between a Peruvian and a volcano has been reported on by the BBC. Readers of this blog may remember my trip to Mexico and South America in 2014. On the South American leg my brother, Derek, and I started off in Bolivia and we then made our Continue Reading
A night to remember
Been one tough weekDead on my feetBut I've made plans for tonightWhen I'm feeling blueKnow just what to doAnd how to make it rightSeems like this foreverGonna have myself a night to remember* And so it was a couple of weeks ago I decided that for my 17th (yes 17th) time around the Yorkshire 3 Continue Reading
Mount Ruapehu
After Mount Taranaki I wanted to climb Mount Ruapehu. Mount Ruapehu is the highest mountain on the North Island of New Zealand at 2797m (9177ft). It is situated on the central plateau of the North Island near to Mount Ngauruhoe (of Mount Doom fame) and Mount Tongariro (of the crossing Continue Reading
Mount Taranaki
A glance at a map of the North Island of New Zealand will reveal a bulge on the west coast perhaps a quarter of the way up from the bottom. This is balanced by a peninsular jutting out from the east coast a little to the north. This marks a line of volcanic activity. In the middle of the west Continue Reading
Mount Bogong
Having climbed the five highest peaks in Australia, our next objective was Mount Bogong. We left Kosciuszko National Park and returned to Wangaratta a few hours’ drive to the south west. Here we had to say goodbye to Dan who had to go back to work. The temperature was in the low 40Cs. We were Continue Reading