Adventures in the Northern land

Sam the man

yrhenolchydy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:15:13 +0000

Me and Sam went for a ride out Rothbury way – stopped off at an interesting old castle and some unusual walls which are in the middle of nowhere. We went a fair distance in the end, and came back via Thropton for a nice pint at the Three Wheatheads.

It’s not all about Northumberland!!

yrhenolchydy — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:38:25 +0000

I headed off to Dumfries-and-Galloway-shire this week for some training on trees and forestry, and although Dumfries itself is one to avoid, the Forestry Commission areas are awesome. You only have to check out some of the routes at Mabie forest, and Ae district, to see what I mean.

The photos here are of a new member of the alliance, Mark. He is pretty good at the technical side of mountain biking..

Birds, birds, birds

yrhenolchydy — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:22:34 +0000

Me, Claire and Lucy made a trip to the Farne Islands from Seahouses. A great day out, as you will be able to see from the following photos. Almost all of birds.

Me and Lucy roam Northumberland

yrhenolchydy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:44:20 +0000

Lucy’s on a three week holiday binge up the north, sticking to east coast like glue, and heading to a folk festival on Shetland.

Good luck to her. While she was here I showed her some of the delights of northumberland – Kielder, the Cheviots and other things. Some photos of the event.

The camping barn trip to Preston tower (and other places)

yrhenolchydy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:22:31 +0000

Hey ho, what a trip, what fun times. 12 of us went up to a great camping barn (www.bunkhousenorthumberland.co.uk) in the north, and went surfing, walking and played sardines. The roll call was:

me
Sam
Phill
Cath
Butt
Sandy
Kate
Anna
Lou
Lucy
Lewis
Tom

Here are some pictures from the event

Saturday night in Rothbury

yrhenolchydy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:43:34 +0000

After wild public acclaim of the Kielder footage, we decided to hold a guerilla gig in Rothbury, Northumberland on Saturday night.

The first video is the Rothbury Rap – check out our harsh lyrics exposing the system for what it is.

The next is a more sedate affair, with gentle melifluous sax tones and a steady guitar groove.

Edinburgh at dawn (and in the evening)

yrhenolchydy — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:58:37 +0000

Sam and Claire went on a surf trip to Scotland, and I was invited to join them and other friends for a day in Edinburgh – me and Sam decided to do a dawny (5:30am) the next morning and get a few grimy city shots

In the evening we had beetroot pizza and fine wines, and a beer costing a tenner – we were with Claire’s friends Erica and Diana:

And here’s the street shots

The non-surf trip to Warkworth

yrhenolchydy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:42:24 +0000

The magic trio of me, Sam and Claire. Picked a bad day for it – magic seaweed gave 2 empty stars and predicted big winds. Check out the video to see the conditions….

The Kielder one

yrhenolchydy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:29:49 +0000

An amazing night spent at Kielder – the photos should speak for themselves. Me, Sam and Claire in on this one…

Also a video of our first guerilla gig available

First camping barn trip

yrhenolchydy — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:43:32 +0000

For this one we roped in Cath from Edinburh and Phill from Toon.