After a wonderful week on Arran last year we returned with friends in tow. We spent the week hiking, eating, drinking and relaxing. In return we had perfect weather and a brilliant time!

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I’ve just spent a couple of days on a whistle-stop tour to Abu Dhabi. It was a free trip through my good lady, flying Virgin Upper Class and staying in a swanky hotel. I wasn’t going to say no was I?!

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I spent most of yesterday doing a 25 mile hike around Yorkshire with a couple of friends in beautiful cold and rainy conditions. It never ceases to amaze me how much distance you can cover on foot when you put your mind to it - and I didn’t even get a single blister!

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As I mentioned earlier one of our ducks was back and nesting in our garden. They hatched over the weekend (18 in total) and have been entertaining the neighbours since!

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I’ve very lucky to live an hour’s drive from the heart of the Lake District. So we met up with some good friends and walked up Red Screes (776m) - followed with some quality food!

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My good lady and I, in an effort to get back into hiking, decided to go up Pen-y-ghent (one of the Yorkshire 3 peaks) for a bit of fitness training…

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I took a long-overdue trip out with camera and tripod to Scaleber Force (a waterfall near my house) and managed to get some pretty decent shots. I was then lucky enough to get some great conditions afterwards too!

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These are some of the pictures I took during my week’s holiday on the Isle Of Arran. You can read more about the place here.

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Wow, it’s June, I’m in Yorkshire, and it’s been pushing 30C for the last few days. Can you believe it? Because I can’t - surely it should be raining! To make the most of the weather we decided to invite a few friends round and have a barbecue after the England match on Saturday.

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I just spent a couple of weeks driving around California with my girlfriend and brother and it’s taken me a week to put the pictures together. This is mainly caused by a combination of jet-lag and getting depressed looking at the photos and how wonderful it was!

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