From Seville we took a train to Granada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and site of the Alhambra. We arrived on a Saturday and were immediately appalled […]

Leaving Portugal behind, a 4.5hr bus journey took us to the center of Seville. This section of the trip allowed us to drop our heavy backpacks and enjoy some fantastic […]

Following a wedding celebration in the UK, Laura and I took off for a hiking trip down the SW coast of Portugal. We began the trip in Lisbon before taking […]

In January I transitioned from one job to another. I spent a week in between exploring and bouldering in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area of Nevada. We had […]

Between some of the trips documented in the Autumn 2022 post, we also took time off work to visit Haida Gwaii. Specifically we took an overnight ferry from Prince Rupert […]

Despite having declared the summer over in my previous blog post, the weather had other ideas. This autumn was dubbed “hot-umn” in the Calgary area. Consequently we enjoyed at least […]

Spring turned to summer and the abundant snowpack slowly melted away, helping to keep forest fires at bay. We started off the main hiking season with a favourite that we […]

This spring in the Rockies near Calgary has been marked by rain, and a persistent snowpack which has delayed our hiking adventures (and brought relief to farmers, so we can’t […]

After over two and a half years away, we were able to make a trip back to the UK this April. We were greeted by friends right at the airport, […]

After the brutally cold weather of early winter, the temperatures relented and we were able to start gathering kilometers on skis again. In February and March we were able to […]