Guatamala – A Ride on the Wild Side – 2002 A four hour trip to London saw me in Putney parking up outside the Haddocks video shop on the Lower Richmond Rd, after dispensing with a few customers the Haddock and I soon set about a few beers and the obligatory chinese carry out.Sleep …
This is a gruelling 131K race held annually in the Swiss Alps, starting at the popular winter ski resort of Verbier finishing at Grimentz, there is also the option to ride just the final 76Ks of the race staring at Hermence.This race will take you over 6 valleys with a total altitude gain of 4,600m …
Chamonix has the reputation of being one of the best spots to ride in the Alps and rightly so the combination of trails on offer make this an area to suite all fitness and skill levels.A visit to the local tourist info point will provide you with a map of the local marked trails, with …
Upper Moemba, Zambezi 2004 Day three of our trip down the Zambezi culminates for some at Moemba Falls a 15 m drop into a maelstrom of white water, for those not so inclined the last rapid is Upper Moemba, by comparison an insignificant rapid, it does however present its own problems, ones which last year …
Heli Biking Whistler 2004 It seemed rude not to have a go at heli biking whilst in Whistler, Blackcomb helicopters took four of us up to the top of Rainbow for $90 canadian.Len and Chantel managed to loose the kids for the day and we head North on highway 99 a short way to the …
Chilcotins -British Columbia July 2004 The Chilcotin mountain range is to be found a three hour drive North of Whistler, as you head out of Pemberton the tarmac expires and your onto the graded road of the Hurley, ideally the territory of a 4×4, it can be done with some care in a hire car, …
In Search of Manby – Turkey June 2005 The trip started out as a post on the Club Forum back in October 2004, initially about a dozen people expressed interest but, when it came to the crunch only four signed on the dotted line and stumped up the cash. The Coruh is regarded by some …
The White Nile Uganda March 14th to 24th The world’s longest river the Nile flows from Lake Victoria in Uganda, the official source is Owens Falls Dam, Jinja. Staying a few miles downstream from here with Nile River Explorers our campsite looked down on the first major rapids, Rib Cage, The Hump and Bujagali Falls. Karine …
ZAMBEZI 2003 It was with some trepidation that 6 of us arrived in Livingston Zambia with the intention of paddling on the Zambezi.The Zambezi has a reputation of being a play river with all the features washing through rather than holding boats or swimmers, but we were left in no doubt that we would experience …
Upper Moemba – Zambezi 04 Day three of our trip down the Zambezi culminates for some at Moemba Falls a 15 m drop into a maelstrom of white water, for those not so inclined the last rapid is Upper Moemba, by comparison an insignificant rapid, it does however present its own problems, ones which last …