Composing todays email to the regular soundtrack in the adult tent. Snoring. If they made it an olympic sport, boy do we have some top athletes! Well, today was climbing day. A mix of climbing up ropes to get up a rock face and traditional rock climbing - still roped on for safety of course! I was never up [Continue]

Today we had allocated as time for a family day out.  Over the last couple of weeks we have had a house guest from Austria staying with us, we tried to show him many sites on the Island and BBQs in many places and have a had a very very busy and lively time.  Today [Continue]

Yesterday we had a real taste of why we drove all this way! Hiked up the Schramstein, a ridge of rocks a few miles from camp. It was hard going especially for those not really used to hiking but everyone made it. Hundreds of steps, a few ladders and some steep inclines lead us to some stunning views stretching [Continue]

Filming this morning went really well. Improvements over last night were really noticeable. Some really good interviews and a great piece to camera recorded. Late leaving (again) because we wanted to keep going with the filming. Really could have stayed in jena for longer. Drive to camp site fairly smooth, aside from a couple of navigation related [Continue]

Arrived in jena yesterday about 430. We were late setting off as we couldn't get up as early as planned after our late night and 22 hour travelling day on thur. Fantastic hospitality here. Ever flowing food and drinks, all arranged by the small school we are staying in. We managed to film a couple of interviews but time [Continue]