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A ‘Smarter Cities’ Community Day in Trujillo
On Wednesday we took a day out from our projects to spend time in the community. #ibmcsc peru 3 In the morning we combined forces with Nick from WindAid and spoke to university students about the theme...
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A cheeky weekend to Cajamarca
We decided to head out of the city for our last weekend together and we took a trip to Cajamarca. #ibmcsc peru3 Cajamarca is in the northern highlands of Peru and is about 7 hours drive away, so to get...
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Our time in Trujillo comes to an end…
… But the memories will live on for ever. The final week in Trujillo saw all five teams working frantically to close off presentations and documentation. #ibmcsc peru3 After spending three weeks with...
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The Sacred Valley
One of the almost obligatory trips to take when in the Cusco area is to the Sacred Valley. That is, to the villages of Pisac, Ollantaytambo, and then up to Chinchero, with a lunch stop at Urubamba....
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Mountain Biking – Moray and Maras
Cusco is a very interesting city, but when there’s an opportunity to get into the countryside you just have to take it. We opted for a mountain bike tour around Moray and Maras. We used the same agent...
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Salkantay to Aguas Calientes – Solpayki
After a week in Cusco we were excited to get away from the busy city and to see more of the countryside. We’d booked a 4 day trek with Wayki that takes in the edge of Salkantay and carries on to Aguas...
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2015 Great North Swim
I got myself booked in the Great North Swim quite late this year. There weren’t many slots left available but 3pm Saturday afternoon was a reasonable time. I was excited to be doing the swim again,...
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Esk Gorge Scramble
Pete was working this Sunday so I thought I’d join him. The venue was Esk Gorge, and the idea is to scramble up the river and to jump off as many high points as possible. What a laugh! Pete was guiding...
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Coniston & Zac’s First Swim
After messing about in the water yesterday I wanted to go for a proper swim so we went to Coniston. We drove down the east side of the lake and found a free car park right next to a small beach....
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Autumnal Shepherds
We met up with Helen and Mo at Shepherds today. It was a cold start but we still managed to get a few good routes in: Fishers Folly, Creeping Jesus and Kransic Crack. Unfortunately we had to leave...
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Black Belt James
After 5 years of hard work, James achieved his Black Belt, and he’s still under 13. You better watch out! 😵 from Black Belt James
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2015 Family Christmas
Once again we had a big family gathering at Christmas. Unfortunately Pete’s mum couldn’t make it this year because she wasn’t feeling too well. We managed all the traditional food over two days and...
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Bowfell
After the warmest and wettest December, it’s finally turned a bit colder. We had snow. So we decided to walk up to Bowfell to check out a winter route. We took Zac with us. We started well with a good...
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Powder, powder and more powder
There’s more snow here than a very snowy place, and it’s fantastic. Yesterday, due to the very heavy precipitation, we decided to go to Les Houches. This is a good place for a first day out to get the...
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Berlin
One of my extra curricular activities at work is to be a tutor on the Lead with Impact course across Europe. A great advantage of this is that I can get to see parts of Europe that I have never been to...
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Great North Swim 2016 and Ingleborough
With no training and only a couple of quick dips in the water this year I made the crazy decision to enter the Great North Swim again. Maybe it’s not so crazy. It is a long way, but it’s not a distance...
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