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Hear from our Kilimanjaro Challengers as they get kit together, fundraise, get fit and prepare to ‘learn on the way up’.

January 16, 2020

It’s been a while..!

It’s been well over a month since my last blog here, so I thought I’d best get on and add […]
January 9, 2020

New Year Hiking

Despite enjoying a few good walks over the Christmas and New Year period, it was still good to kick-start 2020 […]
January 7, 2020

San Silvestre Vallecana, bye 2019, hello 2020

Once again, I participated in the 10 km popular race “San Silvestre Vallecana” in Madrid, on 31st December. I always […]
December 20, 2019

Christmas Karaoke and Kilimanjaro approaching!

It’s been a while since my last post and I have not had time to do much blog posting on […]
December 2, 2019

Muddy Walks

After a period of seemingly incessant rain, the weather finally brightened up in perfect time to make the most of […]
November 20, 2019

Day off, go for a walk!

I had a day off from work last week, and with the weather looking cold, wet and miserable, I decided […]
November 7, 2019

3 Peaks in 3 Days – Rising to the Challenge

Having returned (and recovered!) from an amazing three days of training in the Lake District last month I’ve had time […]
November 6, 2019

New Horizons

One of the unexpected benefits of training for Kilimanjaro has been to widen my horizons, trying out new walks with […]
October 22, 2019

Back on track

Our training weekend in the Lake District was a fantastic opportunity to test out fitness levels and kit, get advice […]
October 16, 2019

Lake District challenge!! UBUNTU TEAM!

Its been one week since we came back from the Lake District Challenge! 🙂 We had a really nice time […]
October 2, 2019

Man flu!

So, with a few days before we go to the Lake District for our first challenge together as Team Ubuntu, […]
October 2, 2019

The New Slim (not so) Shady

Two posts in one day! You lucky lot! I’ve been less than reliable in keeping this blog up to date […]
October 2, 2019

Practice Makes Perfect

With just two days until the UK practice climb in the Lake district, I thought it was a great time […]
October 1, 2019

Side effects (positive)

Last weekend I prepared my last visit to the mountain before the Lake district challenge, our training for Kilimanjaro challenge. […]
September 25, 2019

These Boots Aren’t Made For Walking

I’ve been slowly gathering walking kit over the last few months, and have had my new boots for a few […]
September 20, 2019

Stepping Stones

The late summer sunshine continued over last weekend, ensuring Paul, Robert and I had great weather for our latest training […]
September 17, 2019

Snakes… why did it have to be snakes?!

It was a lovely hot weekend just gone in England, and I made the most of it with yet another […]
September 10, 2019

Office move, change of shoes and…walk!

I’ve been very fortunate to have the Madrid Autovista commercial office near to my place for six years, it was […]
September 9, 2019

Testing new kit

It feels wrong to even mention it in September, but Christmas really has come early this year with the arrival […]
September 1, 2019

Different Views

Walking is a wonderful way to explore different landscapes and this weekend has taken me on a variety of walks, […]
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