Mountains

Greetings all, So am now back on my outdoor course in Devon and it is getting a tad intensive. Considering it is called the; "Intensive Outdoor Course". Perhaps it is for the best. Anyway, I thought I would write in a little bit more detail of my last bit of travel in Slovenia. Slovenia is a baby little country, although it has more than its fair share of proper mountains. Most people have never heard of it or mistake it for the equally small country of Slovakia. Its smallness in size is reflected in many things not least of all its airport. Heathrow, the biggest airport the UK, has many cafes, restaurants and bars. Ljubliana makes do with one. Heathrow has countless gates for checking in. Ljubliana has 4. Two of which never seem to have ... read more

Hello all, So the month of November finds me on an outdoor leadership course in DEvon and Cornwall. Hopefully this will lead to a career along these lines. Or at the very least a great experience. It certainly has been a tough experience and each night I have been knackered. Its been really tough. The first week saw us all go on a group development course. It was fun. Abseiling down cliffs. Running through bogs, and I mean real daddy swampy bogs, hiking on Dartmoor and diving into freezing cold weirs. I guess the week was to show us what we would be expected to do when we all enter the industry. Certainly doesnt seem to be a boring industry to get involved in. This last week has been all rock climbing and to be honest ... read more

Greetings all, about ten days ago I got off the bus from Mostar. On Croatia's South Eastern it is on a thin slice of land. Bosnia's mountainous triangle of a country crutching it up against the Adriatic coast. Montenegro is unknown to many but rests just a few kilometers away from the »Pearl of the Adriatic«. More commonly known as Dubrovnik. I was immediately confronted by elderly ladies touting a bedroom in their houses. A great thing about Croatia is the touts that await you at the bus stations. In certain countries in the world the touts usually range from cheating, lying, stealing bastards, to those who wont leave you alone for five minutes peace and sees you as their best mate ever. In Croatia if the tout has grey hair and chainsmokes you can generally ... read more

So have just spent a lovely ten days with Marta in Slovenia. What a country. What people. Being such a small baby little place you would think there is nothing there. Actually I think many just pass straight through on their way to Austria, Italy or Croatia. This is good as I get to have it all to myself. Marta came to meet me at the train station at some ungodly hour of the morning. What a sweet thing she is. Albeit a rather tired thing also. We then went onto spend such a wonderful time together. Her friends are great, Slovenians come across as a little reserved and conservative to begin with but they soon loosen up and I found them to be probably the generous giving people I have ever met. But I jump ... read more

Hello all, From the lovely city of Mossaic. the weather for today will be; burning hot. Yes now I have decended out of the mountains the environment has reverted to farmland, not so disimilar to Britain except the hills are a tad small and certainly more numerous. Not to mention probably steeper from time to time. I dont mean to go on but it is roasting around these parts. Thus I have started walking ever earlier in the morning. Left before 6 today and the other day I left at 5:15am. Think that should count more as night than morning. It was quite a day. TO spice things up I took a shortcut around Cahors. Unfortunately a very long day became excessively long, long story but suffice to say I went the wrong way. About 45kms ... read more