Swan Sheffield

... the gorge up the gorge” debacle followed by kilometres of what, bog? on top of a mountain?!! where the hell were we?!! Also, damn the reservoir where, having run out of water, Ryan requested that I wade in and try and get some water for boiling. Cold! Muddy! Undrinkable! Squidgy!

Boulder Paths

"Over the boulder, down the boulder, **** the boulder, **** THE BOULDER!!!"

There are some points where the paths are naturally made of boulders or large rocks, fine I'm on a mountain I get it. However one day we hit some hard going with a path covered in boulders which, after about twenty minutes, I noticed there weren’t any boulders OFF the path, only on it. A neat line of ******, leg-twisting boulders was ...

Well the day has finally arrived! The alarm was set for 6.00am but we were both awake before it went off. After a quick breakfast we were on the bike heading for a rendevous at Colin's house in Halling in the rain!

After a quick cup of tea, Leigh up turned on his Triumph Tiger and it was time to set off for the Marsden to meet Lyndsey & David & guess what it ...

... the CHANGE. I don't particularly like change, but I like to take myself out of my comfort zone sometimes and see what I can handle. Keep challenging myself.

Keeping this short, otherwise it will get VERY boring. More time for fun stories and escapades then! xox

WOW what a week! No sooner had we unpacked our bags and repacked our belongings into storage we were packing again to start our adventure! We had only a very short time to catch up with family before we were saying our goodbyes again. Although we never thought we'd be ready our bags are finally packed and were on the train down to London Kings Cross. We are very tired so hope to get some sleep on the overnight flight to Nairobi.

... people, the mystery surrounding it and the sheer size of the stones just makes you feel insignificant. Stonehenge is definitely one of the greatest sights I have ever seen. The day before they had a huge festival to celebrate midsummer, and apparently there were 36,000 people there camping out to see the sunrise as it hit the stones. We were very lucky that there was lots of traffic and we arrived at stonehenge late because we got there right before the Druid Order did their ...

... liked it. Neither did we have to stay in a country, any longer than we wanted to. So just to re-cap, it was: London to Boston - LA to Rarotonga - Rarotonga to Fiji - Fiji to Auckland (NZ) - Christchurch to Sydney - Sydney to Singapore - Bangkok to Singapore - Singapore to Trivandrum (India) - Delhi to London! Phew! Well... All that for the bargain price of £1000 each. Those flight destinations had to be more or less stuck to (unless you paid a fee), but ...

... my Grandad had been born. It looked close enough on the map, but my south-easterly progress was terribly slow and I got almost nowhere before nightfall. Even without all the delays earlier in the day it was probably an overly optimistic idea, so, bitterly disappointed and not sure when I’d next get the chance to go, I soon gave up and made directly for Milton Keynes, where I enjoyed some great company and a fantastic home ...

The letter said 'Big Box' so that could only mean 1 thing ! We couldn't wait till Monday to get them so we went round to DHL on Saturday. Sue is VERY pleased with hers and all the bells and whistles and compartments that come with it. I tried mine on briefly and am happy with it - end of story :) They both come with day packs that strap on really easy on either the front or back. Hope to FINALLY bag the flight tickets this weekend for once and for all

... A music trip accross Europe. One night, one gig and then off on the train again. No back-up a simple email to an indie small time band in seven countries across Europe with an offer to play in their favourite 'trendy' bar. We take them out for a meal, ask them about the local 'scene' video our conversations, play three or four songs and then scoot to the nearest station to the next gig. Fantastic! Then an even better ...