Last week on a cycling tour of Orkney, we took some time out to visit the Lyness Naval Cemetery on the island of Hoy. Managed by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the cemetery was started in 1915, at this time Scapa Flow was being used as the northern base of the Grand Fleet during the…
MBUK Big Ride Guide – Rothiemurchus
A couple of months ago, I joined Max Darkins from Mountain Bike UK magazine along with Sally and Bruce from Mikes Bikes in Aviemore for a ride through Rothiemurchus in the Cairngorms of Scotland. It was that time of year when the leaves were turning and mud could be found in epic proportions, but the…
Print profits for Nepal
Two years ago my partner Katie and myself started planning two, three month trips to Nepal to volunteer for medical rescue posts high in the Himalayas. In September 2014 I made my first trip to this, the most amazing country and fell in love with the place, the culture and most of all the people. Everyone…
Gamow Bag
The Gamow Bag, is a portable altitude chamber used to treat victims of Altitude Illness. It was designed by Dr Igor Gamow, and was actually a by product in his search to produce at altitude chamber for athletes. A patient suffering with altitude illness, such as HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema) or HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema)…
Turkish Airlines Flight TK726
On the 4th March 2015 Turkish Airlines flight TK726 from Istanbul, a Airbus 330 crash landed at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). This resulted in the airport, Nepal’s only international, being closed for four days as there was no heavy equipment to move the disabled Airbus 330 off the single runway. An estimated 80,000 passengers were stranded,…
60th Yorkshire Three Peaks Race – Outdoor Fitness
Last year, I spent a day running around the Yorkshire Three Peaks course, it happened to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the legendary Three Peaks Race, however, I wasn’t clad in my ultra lightweight running shorts, but was lugging 15kg’s of camera kit around. Back in November some of the images from the day…
The Kelpies
Driving up the M9 motorway from Edinburgh to Stirling you pass two giant horse-head sculptures near Falkirk. The Kelpies as they are known, are two 30 metre high statues by Glaswegian sculpture Andy Scott. Constructed of structural steel with a stainless steel outer skin, which reflects the light of the day and night, The Kelpies makes for an…
The Sage Gateshead celebrates its 10th Birthday
The Sage dominates the bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, a concert venue as well as a centre for musical education, it sits on the South bank of the River Tyne in the North east of England. The venue was part of the Gateshead Quays development, which also includes the Baltic Centre for Contemporary…
Kathmandu
Kathmandu is a city which hit’s you squarely in the face the moment you step outside the airport. The heat, the bustle, the noise, the senses are put in to overdrive as you drive in to the city. Car’s, motorbikes, rickshaws and predestines all battle for the same section of road, all going in opposing…
BASE Jumpers – Aiguille du Midi
I’ve just returned from a weeks snowboarding in Chamonix, France. Whilst we were there we took the opportunity to go up the Aiguille du Midi, one of the Worlds highest cable car’s. Just before the last lift of the day, two BASE Jumpers found their own way back to Chamonix. Leaping from just below the…
