markallam014Dec 10, 20211 min readThree Peaks Challenge September 202123 hours 45 minutes The walking team
Becky AllamApr 4, 20216 min readGreensands Ridge 65KOn the 3rd April 2021 I took on my biggest challenge to date, 65K (40 miles) of the Greensands Ridge starting in Leighton Buzzard across...
markallam014Oct 14, 20201 min readGarden office and shed development stage 2The race to get the building watertight before going away on holiday. Progress Treating the cladding was a huge task requiring a military...
markallam014Jun 29, 20202 min readGarden office and shed project stage 1With a house that has had every bit of extra space squeezed out of it I decide to expand in the garden with a garden office / room that...
markallam014May 27, 20203 min readKinder Scout scrambling May 2020Emerging from the Covid-19 lock-down and with a missed weekend scrambling around Tryfan (firstly the accommodation blew down, then...
markallam014Apr 10, 20201 min readGarden diaries 2009-2018A blank canvass. Stocking the wood supplies, homemade compost bin. Dividing the end of the garden to create a vegetable garden. Early...
Becky AllamMar 23, 20201 min readDay One, captains logToday, Monday 23rd March 2020 was the first day of school closure in the UK - just one measure put in place in an attempt to reduce the...
markallam014Feb 17, 20203 min readFirst multi-pitch on the East Face of TryfanSeptember 2019, we set out to tackle our first multi-pitch climb and chose the classic location of the East face of Tryfan, the chosen...
markallam014Feb 15, 20201 min readMaking SlimeI got lots of lovely presents for my birthday. As everyone knows I love slime so Auntie Jo got me a Party Time Slime Kit so I could make...
markallam014Jun 8, 20192 min readThe Awesome Stanage Edge and Winnets Pass, Peak District, June 2019This was a typical Friday night to Sunday climbing and scrambling weekend that James and I have begun to semi-regularly achieve. My aim...
markallam014May 11, 20191 min readStanage Edge May 2019A weekend stay at Hathersage's YHA (fortunately they had vacancies as on arrival when I looked for booking confirmation I found that I...
markallam014Mar 9, 20192 min readCrescent Climb, Pavey Ark, Lake DistrictOn the 10th March 2019 James and I attempted Crescent Climb on Pavey Ark, whilst Jase, Dave, Matt and Miles tackled Jack's Rake. James...
markallam014Dec 28, 20181 min readFoggintor Quarry recciA recci of Foggintor Quarry (the scene of the Bear Grylls interview with Gareth Southgate) for the quality of climbing. Not worth the...
markallam014Nov 3, 20181 min readPen-y-Pass horse shoe via Crib Goch, November 2018A late climb up Snowdon in better weather than I normally hope for in Summer.
markallam014Oct 20, 20181 min readSkydive October 2018A 40th birthday gift from Becky, my brothers and sister-in-laws and parents.
markallam014Sep 22, 20181 min readPinnacle Ridge, St Sunday Crag and Helvellyn, September 2018 Our first attempt at a grade three scramble was on the Pinnacle Ridge, St Sunday Crag in the Lake District. My initial recollection is...
markallam014Oct 11, 20141 min readTryfan Solo, Oct 2014A cold and windy night in a tent close to the foot of Tryfan and an uncharted route up the east face.
markallam014May 3, 20141 min readUnfinished business with Ben Nevis, May 2014Our first attempt in April of the previous year (Three Peaks) ended close to the summit in a white out, we hadn't followed the well...
markallam014Nov 9, 20131 min readThe Lake District, November 2013This was a family trip when Evie was about 18 months old. We staying in Ambleside from where I walked the Fairfield Horseshoe ,straight...
