Author Archives: Helen

Eco Warrior Shampoo Bar

I’ve been trying lots of shampoo bars recently but I think some were actually soap so found them very drying. When I picked up this bar (available at sainsbury’s) I was pleasantly surprised. It was less drying, foams up loads and smells great. It does contain “sustainable palm oil”, which I’m generally a bit skepticalContinue reading “Eco Warrior Shampoo Bar”

Crochet Animals

Since the UK went into lockdown last year (A whole year? Weeping inside) I have had to find some alternative activities to keep me occupied while I wasn’t allowed outside. When I was a kid I learnt how to crochet, but I had never made anything more complicated than a blanket, so I thought I’dContinue reading “Crochet Animals”

Bristol to London Paddle (How did it go?)

Apologies for the radio silence, but I thought it was about time I got on and told you the story of how the Paddling went- if you didn’t know it was happening, click here for the Pre-paddle post. On the Friday night, after work, we hopped on a train to Bristol and hauled our heavyContinue reading “Bristol to London Paddle (How did it go?)”

Bristol to London Paddleboard

We start a whole new adventure tommorow! Bristol to London is 260km and is going to take us 9 days to complete. It’s the first time I’ve done an expedition with Adam and his first expedition ever. It’s exciting and scary and daunting, especially when I just looked at the map! We are doing itContinue reading “Bristol to London Paddleboard”

My Mate Dave

I have done a few posts on my journey into paragliding… First flights / Club Pilot / Dune Du Pilat / Oludeniz …but for this post I wanted to talk about how instrumental my mate Dave has been in my paragliding progression. I didn’t know what paragliding was until Dave started flying View this postContinue reading “My Mate Dave”