So it was up at 4.30 to the big bad Gatwick airport, early start but well worth it with the huge breakfast in weather spoons. Yum I can still taste it now! We were very lucky with the whole XL debacle, in the end a few extra pound to upgrade to British Airways was well worth it. But really? When you look into it BA are just as s*** as XL were going to be... Now I sound like a grumpy old man but Virgin Airways are definitely the way to go, British Airways are not ...

So I write to you all now from the epicentre of the universe… the height of civilised society… the cultural and scenic capital of the world, twinned with the garden of Eden, the 9th wonder of the world … YES Hemel Hempstead!This is more a warning than anything else of the extreme jealousy you are about to experience when hearing that while I have been in the country for a WHOLE 8 months, I am leaving again tomorrow, yes tomorrow… I head to the Caribbean a...

So today my Uncle took me to see the Wild Red squirrels, and low and behold, I got the best picture of one. I can't remember the last time I saw Red Squirrels. After that it was a trip to the middle of nowhere to search for Eagles. Now this really was the middle of nowhere. But so tranquil and gorgeous, it was like heaven on earth. The single lake and surrounded by mountains and fells. I felt like I was Frodo on a trip to the Misty mountains (only not as Gay as E...

Oh my god I have never been so tired in my life - why you ask? Because I have just come down from the highest point in the whole of England. Yes Dave Betts has officially conquered Scafell and Scafell Pike, at a whoping 974 metres high. I would say I did it in 2 hours flat - but that would just simply be a lie... 3 hours 15 minutes to the summit of Scafell Pike, not bad going me thinks! especially for a fat, overworked, underappreciated, fluffy haired pan europea...

So today was suppose to be hiking day but the weather took a turn for the worse unfortunately. So I took the car and travelled around the lakes one by one searching for some good photos... this was after Yana filled me up with the greatest Bacon and sausage sandwich ever! So first was Derwent water, followed by Buttermere, Ullswater and finally Conniston. And they are rediculously gorgeous, even with the overcast weather. There was a mist over a lot of the water...