On Tuesday I headed down to Largs to go visit my grandparents and on the way stopped off at Lunderston Bay, which is right across Cardwell Garden Centre. Somewhere I used to absolutely love as a wee kid at this time of year as I always wanted to go there and see the snoring santa …
Back in August I re-did my year's resolutions ( Fresh Start) and one of them was to get out each month hill walking, biking and kayaking. Since then I have managed all three each month. This month I have managed a few bike rides and walks but not that many paddles. So last weekend I …
Last week got back from holiday from Playa Blanca in Lanzarote, was there with Kat and my Mum for a week. Means that the next few blogs are going to be photos from there and what we got up to. Haven't had much chance to go through my photos so this is me starting with …
Have had a few hard days the week that has just been. Woke up on Thursday and it was like bam with the grief. Every little thing seemed to be a trigger to remind me of my dad and it was/ is just hard that he is no longer here. Know it is something I …
People talk about having a work/life balance which is true but it separates it into two categories when really it is all one. It is all a part of one thing, your life and it is about getting the life balance. Currently sitting in my kayak on the shores of Loch Lomond enjoying a cup …
Thursday last week both Kat and I had a day off together which we had known about it for a while so the plan had been for a while for us to go for a paddle together. When I was up north I had brought my sea kayak back down with me so I was …
Paddle across to Gigha yesterday with Morag and it was an amazing flat calm afternoon. Great to have the complete peace and quiet to enjoy, chat and just to have that time out from everything.
Very happy today to have got this tattoo. One that I have been wanting for ages, loved the idea of it and with the help of Kat she came up with a design for it. First tattoo as Rob which feels pretty good and it very much won't be the last one! Today is also …
