36th Cleveland Survival

March 23, 2019

The 36th annual Cleveland Mountain Rescue survival. Starting in Guisborough heading towards Boosbeck then up Birkbrow on to Commondale, Danby and stopping for lunch at the Yorkshire Cycle Hub for a quick lunch. Then we head back towards Castleton and Commondale and back over the moors towards Guisborough Woods and back down to the start!

2018 Cleveland Survival

March 24, 2018

An 33.4 mile (53.8 km) hike around 2018 Cleveland Survival where the average temperature was ℃. We started at 8:18 on Saturday and altogether the hike took 11h 17m 32s to complete. We managed an average pace of 1.402kph with a max of 3kph whilst also climbing 422.1 meters of elevation and an average heart […]

Chop Gate to Red Lion

March 12, 2018

So, it’s only 3 weeks to go until the Cleveland Survival 2018. We took part in the event for the first time last year and completed it in a rather impressive (for us) 8h 30m. So to stretch our legs ready for the event we decided to get out and put some miles under foot. […]

Droning In Italy

September 10, 2017

In August, me and @RebekahEsme where in the car starting our road trip across Europe towards Italy for a family wedding. It didnt take me much persuading to pack the drone in the boot of the car. I managed to get a few flights in and around our villa (Villa Baroncino) located near Perugia which […]

Esk Valley Loop

March 18, 2017

So an early start on Saturday saw us heading further afield into the North Yorkshire moors.  The destination was Castleton Station over in Eskdale, North Yorkshire. The Esk Valley Loop is a famous walk around some beautiful places in the North Yorkshire moors. A ~16 mile loop, some of it along the old Esk Valley […]

Sunday Morning Run

March 13, 2017

So, 6 weeks ago, totally spur of the moment, i signed up for a 5K run in aid of the Stroke Association.

Drone: Infinity Bridge

February 24, 2017

So i hadn’t used the drone in a few weeks and in decided to stretch its legs. It was late, but i had never flown the drone in the dark. The DGI Phantom 3’s camera isn’t the best in the dark which i found out after recording this little montage but its not the worst […]

Chop Gate to Osmotherley Walk

January 21, 2017

So today me and @Cadab decided to go and do a point to point walk from Chop Gate to Sheepwash (Osmotherley). This was one of the first point to point walk that we did across the cleveland way. We parked at Clay Bank car park and got picked up over at Sheepwash car park. It […]

Climbing Carrauntoohil

November 25, 2016

Im not the best at stringing sentences together so here is a little write-up of mine and @Cadab’s climb of Carrauntoohil, County Kerry, Ireland. An early start on a cold November Friday saw us heading to Leeds Bradford Airport to catch our cheap Ryanair flight to Dublin. We arrived in Dublin around 7.30 and had […]

Good Friday? Yes it was!

November 17, 2016

First BBQ of the year? – Check! So we had the idea of going camping over easter planned for a while and it all fell into place this weekend. So it was an early start on Friday the 6th of April. We had agreed to meet at @Cadab’s house and then shoot off from there! […]

Drone: Flying Over The Blast

November 6, 2016

Volvo L350f Front Loader

November 8, 2015

Title – Volvo L350f Front Loader Build Time – 7 hours Pieces – 1,636 Purchased – 7th November, 2015 FlickR Link – https://flic.kr/s/aHskoZ2osa Lego Link – http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Remote-Controlled-VOLVO-L350F-Wheel-Loader-42030 The Volvo l350f Wheel Loader is one of Volvos biggest front loaders. Weighing in at nearly 50 tonnes, producing 560 horse power and lifting up to 15 tonnes […]