Rants
5th May 2024 – A trip down Swildon’s
We woke up relatively early at Wookey Farm Campsite, mostly at 8ish due to Alex Midgely waking us. We ate our own breakfasts next to the remains of the previous nights fire. I had a handful of nuts, but Emily Crossley's insistence that it wouldn't be enough convinced me to eat my noodles. After a proper amount of faff, we headed to the caves, leaving at 10:15. Nem had consistently been "joking" about not wanting to cave. Nonetheless, she...
Caving Audio Documentary:
Zach Harland and Adam Baldock
Over the past few months, myself and Zach have been working on an audio documentary about caving, and I will be posting the documentary on the website alongside this rant. This rant is sort of three mini rants in one, with detail about the process. For the documentary itself scroll down to the bottom.
Beginnings:
After ranting to Zach about naked caving and smashed plates for a good hour and rifling off random cave names, I quickly...
Lundy Island – The Devils Slide
After seeing a picture of a cool-looking climb in a book and then finding out it was only a HS James was very keen for a trip to Lundy. Which is tiny (5km long and 1 km wide), but has lots of sea cliff climbing on its west face. To stay at the island you normally have to book well in advance as there are only 40 camping spots but we managed to book at the last minute to...
Sailing in Greece 2024
For the past few years, Phil Sargent has been spending his summers sailing his Yatch Elin around Greece. He has a pretty generous offer of letting people sail around on his boat with him so long as they pay for food. After doing a competent crew course the year prior I asked if James and I could join him for a trip, which he was more than happy for us to do.
On Saturday the 7th of June 2024...