The second resort we visited was Red Mountain, staying in the nearby town of Rossland. The elevation is higher than Fernie and the snow even at town level was a lot deeper, we arrived to a fresh coating of powder over the trees and houses. Unfortunately thenext morning the weather set in a rain plagued us again, though it was snow at higher elevations.

The Red Mountain Grey chair was closed so in instead they were running a free snow cat service up part of the mountain, try getting that in Europe! There was a half hour wait for the cat so various games involving digging holes in the snow developed, I dug myself a nice little snow shelter.

George May at Red Mountain

Tom Salmon at Red Mountain

Jim carving through powder at Red

Air hockey

The house we rented didn’t have enough beds for everyone (our fault), but it did have a basement with table football and air hockey.

Basement

Snowy streets of Rossland

View over snowy Rossland from above

I am out with 5 friends powder hunting around Canada, we flew into freezing Calgary to pick up our rather large 15 seater van… Luckily it does have winter tyres and 90% screen wash…

Our first few days were at Fernie where there was plenty of snow but poor visibility and fairly regular snow and rain, which makes it hard to shoot many photos; hence the white-out photos… Jim enjoying the powder in the photo above.

After a long drive in poor conditions we arrived at our hotel to find that it was essentially a large warehouse with rooms around the outside and a hot tub and pool in the middle… For £25 a night not bad!

Will blasting a turn

Salmon

Jim

Me taken by George

After a few days in Fernie we drove the 4 or so hours over to Red mountain. A fairly precarious drive over a mountain pass dodging 18 wheel trucks and varying visibility.

You don’t see many of these in UK petrol stations…

Marina in Majorca

This is a post I should have put up last year but didn’t get round to. Majroca is an island of contrasts, you have the stunning, elegant beauty of Palma and the small towns dotted around the hills of the island. Just down the road you have the notorious party piece that is Magaluf. This was my second trip to Majorca, and this time I did spend a small amount of time one evening experiencing it; it was every bit as tacky as one could imagine but is contained to a small part of the island leaving the rest to a more civilised way of living.

Street scene in Majorca

Sunset in Santa Del Ponsa, Majorca

Santa Ponsa tennis club

Bay in Santa Del Ponsa, Majorca

Beach at Santa Del Ponsa, Majorca

Taliban Tom

For once the English Autumn is actually being bearable! The good weather seems to be continuing for now. A couple of weekends I headed down to South London to ride some dirt jumps for the first time in ages and snapped a few photos.

The Rat

Learning flips…

A couple of guys form Brixton were down and trying to learn flips on a tiny trick jump at the end of the line… 100% commitment from both of them. The height they were going from this small mound of earth was mad.

Learning flips…

Sunset in Wales

I went to University in Wales and I always enjoy going back to visit friends and see the beautiful landscapes. I visited back in April and arrived on a Friday night to a beautiful sunset display.

Fire Poi at sunset in Wales

Sunset in Wales

Shot using Cokin neutral density and graduated ND filters to bring the sky in and achieve a softer sea.

Worms Head

The following morning we got up to see the sunrise from worms head. The sunrise wasn’t quite as impressive as I had hoped, but it’s still and interesting part of the world. At low tide you can walk out to worms head, but during high tide the path is submerged.

Sunset in Wales