15 SEPTEMBER, 2019 Taal Volcano, The Philippine Islands Manila, like a lot of the Philippines, has many American and Spanish cultural influences. The country was a colony of both nations, and although fought over, was ultimately traded for cash when it was tactically...
23 MAY, 2018 The Canadian Badlands: A road trip through time At the heart of the Albertan prairie sits a landscape of dramatic expanse, inviting the prospect of an adventure as limitless as the skies which sit stark and omnipotent above it. The area also gives a rare...
28 SEP, 2017 Caribbean hurricane season: tackling the aftermath of Irma Every year the Caribbean experiences its Hurricane season. In August 2017 Hurricane Irma, which started near the Cape Verde Islands, was officially classed as a Category 3 Hurricane. By 4th...
18 AUGUST, 2017 Inside Somalia: Africa’s ancient ‘land of plenty’ reduced to a modern-day land of chaos Hugging the coastline all the way round the Horn of Africa sits a nation that is relentlessly sun-seared. But the climate here in Somalia is the least...
12 AUGUST, 2017 Mont Blanc du Tacul and the Aiguille du Midi This summer I did a spot of mountaineering in the Alps as part of the Duke of Edinburgh affiliated Mont Blanc 17 expedition. The views were fantastic and the experience definitely to be repeated. Despite not...
16 JULY, 2017 Walking Britain’s oldest road: The Ridgeway National Trail Spanning 87 miles across southern-central England, the Ridgeway is an ancient path which has been used for over 5000 years by traders, soldiers, drovers, and even Viking invaders (yes!)...
16 JUNE, 2017 Pazaislis Monastery, Lithuania Nestled neatly atop ‘Peace Mountain’ on a peninsular of the Kaunas Reservoir in Lithuania sits the magnificent baroque Pazaislis Monastery. I recently had cause to be driving through the Baltic states and came across...
12 JUNE, 2017 Rakvere Castle, Estonia. The video below shows the ruins of Rakvere Castle, which lie in rural Estonia at a valuable hill-top site inhabited since the 3rd Century AD. The castle sits at the very crossroads of the Baltics, Scandinavia, and...
2 JUNE, 2017 The Blue Mountains: a micro-documentary So here is a vlog rather than a blog this time – my own take on the concept of micro-documentary. Typically 2-3 minutes long, these short, factual films are finding a life of their own due to the newer and...
17 MAY, 2017 Travelling light as a “one-man production team” – my perspective I recently had an epic trip to Australia, travelling to see family and also taking the opportunity to take plenty of photos and videos. But all my gear, complete including...
17 MARCH, 2017 A Love Adventures collaboration: Traversing the Transylvanian Alps Mountaineer and all-round adventurer David Love has just returned from completing a solo winter ascent of Moldoveanu Peak; the highest mountain in Romania. Not one to do things by...
13 FEBRUARY, 2017 The World’s only Ice Music Festival: Geilo, Norway February 2017 sees the 12th consecutive Ice Music Festival being held in Geilo, Norway. Originally conceived by eminent Norwegian percussionist Terje Isungset in 2006, this isn’t simply...
