After what has been a cold, grey winter, the promise of sunshine and frosty mornings up North was too much to resist, so we headed on a last minute trip to the Lake District for a mini winter adventure…

Last weekend we headed down to a very wet and windy Wales to Plas Y Brenin to attend a Mountain Skills training course and we thought we’d share a few of the details and insights into our experience here.

One of the big challenges of undertaking a multi-day hike with a two year old in tow is figuring out how to carry said two year old plus camping gear, food and water for the three people for the duration of the trip. In this post we’ve detailed the gear we used during our three day hike along a section of the High Coast of Sweden in the hope it will help if you’re planning a similar adventure…

After a visit during Emma's pregnancy in early 2016, we returned to the western fjords of Norway this year to introduce our now 10 month old son to the wild sights and sounds of Norway and to give ourselves the chance to further hike, explore and absorb the majesty of the Norwegian landscape.