Mom and I went down to Brighton for the day this weekend (this time taking the train as opposed to driving as I did last time). While it looked like it was about to rain all day long, we managed to avoid it all till the very end of the day on our way back to the train.

A quick couple photos here, and more in the gallery.

Robert, Marnie and I spent the easter long weekend in Borovets for a bit of skiing and some R&R. Unfortunately, I managed to mangle my back right before touching down and only got in 2 runs the entire trip.

Fortunately, you don’t need a stable back drink beer in any country so the trip wasn’t a total write off.

Due to my bad back I didn’t manage to get any other worthy photos of the area (it’s a heavy camera!). I did however have my little G9 and there are a heap of snapshots here.

So I just got back from a quick holiday to Vancouver where I surprised* Elle for Valentines Day. It was nice to be back in the motherland even if it was only for a short visit. I miss things like friendly shop keepers, beef jerky, inexpensive meals, and being able to leave a bag unattended without the police & bomb squad getting called in.

* she emailed me the day I was flying to Canada and got my out of office reply saying I’d be gone for a week, so she was aware that something was up.

The rest of the Vancouver photos are here.

Ok, so they’re not really “mountains” per se, but the hills of the Afan Forest are steep enough to get you huffing & puffing on the way up, and your heart racing on the way back down.

It was my first outing with the 8th Day Adventure Sports Club, and about 25 of us descended on the L&A club in Port Talbot for the weekend. They’re a great group of people on and off the mountain, I’ve already joined the club and am looking forward to the next outing!

The rest of the photos from the weekend are all here.