I left home at 10.30 am on Friday 23/07/2010 on a bike ride to Ingleton to meet up with fellow member of the Backpacker's Club, Geoff Boyling for a bit of walking and socialising. I need to check out the local campsites prior to my next "big trip" a descent of Gaping Gill with the Online Fellwalking Club, after which I want to bike to Fort William for an ascent of Ben Nevis. As a continuous self-propelled journey from the deepest point in the UK to the highest I'm pretty sure this hasn't been done before, and whether or not I'm up to it is a very good question!..

This shot is of my local airport the ugly named "Durham Tees Valley Airport" Local Authorities seem to have a gift of originating obtuse titles for airports, "East Midlands Airport" is another. A recent consultation exercise in our area has confirmed that everyone around here thinks of the area as simple, descriptive and accurate "Teesside" We are Tynesiders, Wearsiders and Teessiders, so I suppose we should be grateful to avoid being known as "The Three Rivers Airport"!

This wig almost didn't survive, let me tell you.

After my initial attempt to soften the curls and make the wig look less cheap overall, I ended up with a frizzy mess. Knowing very well that my Tima cosplay would be finito if I couldn't salvage it (because I had no budget to get a new wig), I did some research online and found a great method via "Jeez Louise": spritzing water and leave-in conditioner on the hair before treating it with a curling iron on the lowest possible heat setting. All I had was a straight iron, but with a lot of brushing and hair curlers and patience, it came out even better than I thought it would.

It doesn't display very well since it's balancing on an exercise bike instead of a proper wig head, but the bottom does have some 'floof' to it.

*hears people asking wtf is floof*