A Guinness World Record..!
It’s not often you get to be a Guinness World Record Holder..! My part in the Worlds Highest Marathon attempt has been officially recognised and im the proud holder of a record.
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2025 – A Year in Film…
2025 started off cold, and it was only going to get colder. The Spine Race in January began in bitter cold, with snow on the Pennines, and ended up with star lit nights, and bog. Within days of heading home, producer Dave Hanna and I were on a plane to Alaska, to launch ‘Frostbitten’ at the Talkeetna Ice Festival. To keep the cold theme going, I then joined friends and crossed the Hardangervidda Plateau in Norway. It wasn’t until late April that I finally thawed out..!
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On Saturday 29th November, film producer Dave Hanna and Sarah Hanna joined Helen and myself as we attended the ARFF Berlin International Film Festival Awards. The red carpet was rolled out and after press interviews and photographs, we joined the awards ceremony, where ‘Frostbitten’ was awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ prize in the Best Documentary Category.
Read More »ARFF Berlin International Film Festival…The Kendal Mountain Festival 2025 – Here’s Where the Story Ends…
2025 was my 15th year to be involved with the Kendal Mountain Festival. Over those years I’ve seen a great deal of change, as the festival continually expands and evolves.
Read More »The Kendal Mountain Festival 2025 – Here’s Where the Story Ends…Countryslide Podcast…
On October 24th I appeared on episode 50 of the Countryslide Podcast. CountrySlide is a weekly British podcast hosted by hedge layer Richard Negus, photographer Callum McInerney-Riley, and outdoor instructor Richard Prideaux.
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I’m delighted to announce that ‘Frostbitten’ has been accepted for the Kendal Mountain Festival 2025. More details coming up, but the journey continues…
Read More »Frostbitten at the Kendal Mountain Festival…Frostbitten In Talkeetna…
Life brings many opportunities. Some we can take and others we cannot. One opportunity which stared me in the face, was to return to Alaska and open my documentary ‘Frostbitten’ at the Talkeetna Ice Festival. It was too good to miss.
Read More »Frostbitten In Talkeetna…Frostbitten – Poster and Preview
After thousands of miles travelled, dozens of interviews and hours in the editing suite, ‘Frostbitten’ the documentary about my return to Alaska is almost with us.
Read More »Frostbitten – Poster and Preview2024 – A year of Anniversaries…
Sometimes you look back at life and wondered where all the time went. 2024, was one such year. At the start, I had no idea how many anniversaries were all meeting in the short twelve months.
Read More »2024 – A year of Anniversaries…Kendal Mountain Festival 2024 – A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall…
The warm autumn came to a dramatic halt with snow falling in Derbyshire. Personally I’d have feet of the stuff all winter, but the forecast was for a warming weekend, yet it still set me alight for the Kendal Mountain Festival. Snow and Ice are my favourite things, and to see the festival under a blanket of the white stuff would be wonderful. The Lake District escaped the dump however and though initially cold, there was nothing to kick underfoot.
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