Other Sports, Interests and Thrills.....

Bonfire wrote:I love running, tennis, white water rafting and also enjoy sailing as well as jetskiing (hope to buy one this year, but I said that last year) caving but not done this since uni.

Where do you go rafting? I want to try this but if i am i want to do a decent run and not some rubbish stream somewhere.
if i am going to do something, i want to do it right!

Skiing is my 1st love - but as it's obviously not something I can do all the time (or even once this season) :( I do a lot of horse riding.

Sometimes when I'm out in the forest and can see the pine trees stretched ahead of me looking beautiful with frost on I try to imagine I'm in a ski resort about to catch the 1st lift of the day. (I have a good imagination!!)

I've ridden all my life and it's great fun, but nothing that I've found beats skiing for me. The snow and mountains just make me :D :D :D :D :D

Besides skiing i love to go mountain biking, riding my road bikes and playing golf.... Probably once a month we also go walking which i love. Would like to go for a holiday in the mountains walking and mountain biking in summer... 1 day.

The mountains are lovely in the summer. We went last summer to Megeve and I was surprised how much there was to do. We took the traintram up Mont Blanc then walked all the way down.
Swimming, mountain walking, biking, Lugeing (toboggan type dry land things on wheels). This coming summer we hope to do some gentle white water rafting with 10 yr old son, and maybe horse riding.

I agree mountains in summer are beautiful but for me I try and cycle as much as I can to try and keep the weight down but I guess most of my spare time is taken up running Little W all over the place, this summer we are looking at camping in the south of France.
And you don't realise how hard it has been twisting Mrs W's arm :D

Ian Wickham wrote:I agree mountains in summer are beautiful but for me I try and cycle as much as I can to try and keep the weight down but I guess most of my spare time is taken up running Little W all over the place, this summer we are looking at camping in the south of France.
And you don't realise how hard it has been twisting Mrs W's arm :D

I would like to camp in the south of france, we did this some years ago in a pre erected tent by coach. But i don't think i could do the drive with all associated gear.
We will be camping in cornwall this year and maybe a few other spots in june/july. We were hoping to break out the canvas at easter but i fear it may be too cold so we are currently looking at a week in Spain or the Canaries instead.
Windsurfing, as already mentioned, sounds interesting.....i may the give that a whirl! i hear Fuerteventura may be the place for that!

Camped in the Ardeche region of France a few years, took all the associated stuff which was fine. We had a great time, but one thing I really remember is DUST! Everywhere, because it was so dry.
Fun though. Did that for week then drove to the Alps and stayed in La Clusaz for a week in a chalet. Wonderful - and they have a summer luge.
Did the train ride up to the Mer de Glace in Cham but the Aiguille du midi cable car was closed due to high winds.

Good times.

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I agree mountains in summer are beautiful but for me I try and cycle as much as I can to try and keep the weight down but I guess most of my spare time is taken up running Little W all over the place, this summer we are looking at camping in the south of France.
And you don't realise how hard it has been twisting Mrs W's arm :D

I would like to camp in the south of france, we did this some years ago in a pre erected tent by coach. But i don't think i could do the drive with all associated gear.
We will be camping in cornwall this year and maybe a few other spots in june/july. We were hoping to break out the canvas at easter but i fear it may be too cold so we are currently looking at a week in Spain or the Canaries instead.
Windsurfing, as already mentioned, sounds interesting.....i may the give that a whirl! i hear Fuerteventura may be the place for that!

The tents first outing is on the weekend of the Royal wedding, a long weekend up on the North
Norfolk coast, I shall be taking my heater, and then a week in the south of France without heater, we have found a couple of nice smaller sites with access to the beach so should be Ok.