July 2025

It's a few days late - but July was quite a busy month.

Breakfast in Les Houches

But, here I sit, away in the Alps for a few adventures with my youngest daughter.

It's bitter sweet being here - I'll come on to that.

But for now, I'm keen to just focus on lots of fun times.

Tree spelling in Warwick

The month started with a consultation on a medial meniscal tear in my left knee. Frustrating injury as a result of a good old fashioned shove wobbling in a woodland with a chainsaw. I took the opportunity to have a look at a pretty lovely sign - something that I'm grateful to have seen.

The no-mad connection to the places we adventure becomes more and more important.

There has been a good bit of variety in the month - some fun event management stuff - race control at Ras y Wyddfa

Race control Ras y Wyddfa 2025

Some more exciting safety type stuff at Campo Sancho

Upwoods, Campo Sancho 2025

Middlerow, Campo Sancho 2025

as well as some lovely time out on foot and on a bike around home.

A lovely quiet gorge on a hot day - it'll stay a quiet spot...

Franken-bike above Cardigan Bay looking out over Ynys Enlli

As well as the "no-mad" type stuff, work from a laptop and out and about has been busy.

I've found with my dodgy knee that making sure I do something fairly regularly is important.

The MRI shows a small tear, which the consultant thinks is 60%+ likely to be manageable with physiotherapy. Definitely seeing a specialist has been a great journey, and I'm keen to get stuck into rehab.

Just before heading down to the Alps the brilliant Cybi Coastal Marathon took place, and this along with Ring o Fire 2025 will see a write up at the end of the month.

Where have all the courses gone? Well, I've taken the decision to change the no-mad timetable on this - read more about this in September. For now, it's time to get out on some via ferrata and enjoy some Alpine soul time.