Tag: Wales

  • HSX Weekend in Brecon (or the Black Mountains)

    Our January training weekend took us to the Black Mountains & namely Ystradgynlais, a small town north of Swansea. For thos of you who went to Smudge’s Stag Do, it’s the same town. Anyway, we travelled up on Friday night. 10 of us left from our various bases and we met at the Scout Hut…

  • HSX head to Snowdonia

    HSX set off for North Wales on Friday 22nd Jan, we made good time at untill we arrived and couldn’t find the keys. An opportunity for a quick doze while Dave set off to Anglesey to find them. I had drawn the short straw with the bursars and ended up with the sofa for sleeping…

  • HSX do the Brecons

    HSX do the Brecons, by Chris Slater Last weekend saw HSX head off to the Brecon Beacons for a fun filled weekend out in the hills! The weekend was a really busy one with 31 people heading up including the Peru Team and Mark and David from the Malawi team. Staying for the first time…

  • Team HSX @ The Omm 2009

    What a year at the OMM it was. This year due to the rain and media storm last year, the organiser’s had moved the start away from the Event HQ, this added some time onto everybody’s day, but nothing too bad.. The Elan Valley, Builth Wells & Ian’s parents house were all great settings for…

  • North Wales – 16th – 18th Jan 2009

    What a great weekend… Firstly we had a good number of people there… Russ, Tom, Lawso, Smudge, Footlong, Everest Dave, Brimelow, Ollie R, Chris S, Nutmeg, Tom R, Besty, Steve & myself.. Also we test stayed in a new place… Coetmor Mill, which everyone agreed was a better place even though it was cold and…