Having spent a week in the Black Forest with Fiona it is a little depressing to be back in Leeds where the wine is a little less local, the views a little less mind blowing, and life generally just a little less exciting. /images/black_forest_water.jpg was here

I am feeling a little misunderstood as an individual, and given that in the near future I will be moving on to a bigger, badder, more exciting part of my life I thought that I'd go to the effort of clarifying a little about me.. I imagine I

I first met Mute in November 2011 on my first pushy whitewater kayaking trip in Scotland. I remember an epic conversation with him whilst pinned on a rock at the top of the Tilt. He dove into the river, asked me if I could roll, and pushed me off the

So I was browsing the internet when I came across a link to a Peter Pan pantomime in Manchester. I live in Leeds (dont stalk me), Manchester is close. I also like pantomimes. So one of the things I was never very good at was actually following through doing things.

Over the Christmas break a few distressing, drawn out conversations, and two pretty intriguing books got me thinking. This may seem suprising coming from me, but its about time I grew up a little. I cannot remember the first decade of my life, the second decade was (questionably) enjoyable, and

This past weekend Fiona and I ventured up to North Wales for a weekend away. Given that as far as I understood I was in charge of the assembling group, I was a little concerned having never taken complete responsibility for a group on the river. On the Friday we

Last Friday, bright and early Jamie, Paddy, Bryn, and I set off for Fort William, Scotland for a five day paddling adventure. We were staying in a caravan from 'Cuilcheanna Cottages' based in Onich. The caravan was lovely and the owners very hospitable. They even gave us Easter

This idea came a little out of the blue, but as the title says, I am going to stop drinking. I drink quite a bit for a variety of reasons. The first reason is that a decent beer is really really nice. The less excusable reason is my lifestyle, namely

On Thursday evening, Jack, Jamie, Vanessa, and I got in the car and headed down south to the illustrious Cheshire. Having spent the night at my house, and witnessing Jamie getting a Mawwdach-esque beatdown from my mother we headed off bright and early Friday morning to the Dee. Vanessa, being

Over the past month or two I have been actively working on the National Student Rodeo. I have been working on the online registration system, and the scoring system for the event. In November I was asked to create the website for the event. I did this, as can be

Yesterday Jack, Jamie, Mute, and myself headed down/across to North Wales to drop in on the Upper Tryweryn. Last year at the clubs 'Alps Training' I ran the upper graveyard section. Max didn't want us to run the rest of the graveyard because we had

This weekend Jack, Jamie, Reuben, and myself headed to North Wales. Roo very kindly let us stay at his home, and his parents/sister were very hospitable. Given that the other option was to camp in below freezing temperatures, I think it is fair to say that we all appreciated