CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="no-js"> <head> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/sterling-adventures.png" /> <meta http-equiv="author" content="Peter Sterling" /> <meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) Sterling Adventures." /> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <script>(function(html){html.className = html.className.replace(/\bno-js\b/,'js')})(document.documentElement);</script> <style id="jetpack-boost-critical-css">@media all{ul{box-sizing:border-box}.entry-content{counter-reset:footnotes}.screen-reader-text{border:0;clip:rect(1px,1px,1px,1px);-webkit-clip-path:inset(50%);clip-path:inset(50%);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;word-wrap:normal!important}}@media all{.slideshow-close{font-weight:700;color:gray;padding:3px 6px;float:right}}@media all{html{font-family:sans-serif;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%}body{margin:0}article,aside,figcaption,header,main,nav,section{display:block}a{background-color:transparent}strong{font-weight:700}img{border:0}button,input,textarea{color:inherit;font:inherit;margin:0}button{overflow:visible}button,input,textarea{max-width:100%}button{-webkit-appearance:button}input[type=search]{-webkit-appearance:textfield}input[type=search]::-webkit-search-cancel-button{-webkit-appearance:none}textarea{overflow:auto;vertical-align:top}.comment-reply-title small a:before,.menu-item-has-children a:after,.search-submit:before{-moz-osx-font-smoothing:grayscale;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;display:inline-block;font-family:Genericons;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1;speak:never;text-align:center;text-decoration:inherit;text-transform:none;vertical-align:top}body,button,input,textarea{color:#1a1a1a;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.75}h1,h2{clear:both;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-rendering:optimizeLegibility}p{margin:0 0 1.75em}em{font-style:italic}html{-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;box-sizing:border-box}*,:after,:before{-webkit-box-sizing:inherit;-moz-box-sizing:inherit;box-sizing:inherit}body{background:#1a1a1a}ul{margin:0 0 1.75em 1.25em;padding:0}ul{list-style:disc}li>ul{margin-bottom:0}img{height:auto;max-width:100%;vertical-align:middle}input{line-height:normal}button{background:#1a1a1a;border:0;border-radius:2px;color:#fff;font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.046875em;line-height:1;padding:.84375em .875em .78125em;text-transform:uppercase}input[type=search],textarea{background:#f7f7f7;background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0),rgba(255,255,255,0));border:1px solid #d1d1d1;border-radius:2px;color:#686868;padding:.625em .4375em;width:100%}.search-form{position:relative}input[type=search].search-field{border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 42px);width:calc(100% - 42px)}.search-submit:before{content:"";font-size:24px;left:2px;line-height:42px;position:relative;width:40px}.search-submit{border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;bottom:0;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;right:0;top:0;width:42px}a{color:#007acc;text-decoration:none}.entry-content a{box-shadow:0 1px 0 0 currentColor}.site-header-menu{display:none;-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;-ms-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;margin:.875em 0}.no-js .site-header-menu{display:block}.main-navigation{font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif}.site-footer .main-navigation{margin-bottom:1.75em}.main-navigation ul{list-style:none;margin:0}.main-navigation li{border-top:1px solid #d1d1d1;position:relative}.main-navigation a{color:#1a1a1a;display:block;line-height:1.3125;outline-offset:-1px;padding:.84375em 0}.main-navigation ul ul{display:none;margin-left:.875em}.no-js .main-navigation ul ul{display:block}.main-navigation .primary-menu{border-bottom:1px solid #d1d1d1}.main-navigation .menu-item-has-children>a{margin-right:56px}.screen-reader-text{clip:rect(1px,1px,1px,1px);height:1px;overflow:hidden;position:absolute!important;width:1px;word-wrap:normal!important}.site .skip-link{background-color:#f1f1f1;box-shadow:0 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);color:#21759b;display:block;font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;left:-9999em;outline:0;padding:15px 23px 14px;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;top:-9999em}.entry-content:after,.entry-content:before,.primary-menu:after,.primary-menu:before,.site-content:after,.site-content:before,.site-main>article:after,.site-main>article:before{content:"";display:table}.entry-content:after,.primary-menu:after,.site-content:after,.site-main>article:after{clear:both}.widget{border-top:4px solid #1a1a1a;margin-bottom:3.5em;padding-top:1.75em}.widget>:last-child,.widget>nav>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.widget .widget-title{font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-size:1rem;letter-spacing:.046875em;line-height:1.3125;margin:0 0 1.75em;text-transform:uppercase}.site{background-color:#fff}.site-inner{margin:0 auto;max-width:1320px;position:relative}.site-content{word-wrap:break-word}.site-main{margin-bottom:3.5em}.site-header{padding:2.625em 7.6923%}.site-header-main{-webkit-align-items:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap}.site-branding{margin:.875em auto .875em 0;max-width:100%;min-width:0;overflow:hidden}.site-title{font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:23px;font-size:1.4375rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2173913043;margin:0}.site-branding .site-title a{color:#1a1a1a}.menu-toggle{background-color:transparent;border:1px solid #d1d1d1;color:#1a1a1a;font-size:13px;font-size:.8125rem;margin:1.076923077em 0;padding:.769230769em}.no-js .menu-toggle{display:none}.site-main>article{margin-bottom:3.5em;position:relative}.entry-content,.entry-header{margin-right:7.6923%;margin-left:7.6923%}.entry-title{font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:28px;font-size:1.75rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.25;margin-bottom:1em}.post-thumbnail{display:block;margin:0 7.6923% 1.75em}.post-thumbnail img{display:block}.entry-content{border-color:#d1d1d1}.entry-content h2{font-size:23px;font-size:1.4375rem;line-height:1.2173913043;margin-top:2.4347826087em;margin-bottom:1.2173913043em}.entry-content h2{font-weight:900}.entry-title{-webkit-hyphens:auto;-moz-hyphens:auto;-ms-hyphens:auto;hyphens:auto}.comment-form label{color:#686868;display:block;font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-size:.8125rem;letter-spacing:.076923077em;line-height:1.6153846154;margin-bottom:.5384615385em;text-transform:uppercase}.comment-reply-title small a{border:0;float:right;height:32px;overflow:hidden;width:26px}.comment-reply-title small a:before{content:"";font-size:32px;position:relative;top:-5px}.sidebar{margin-bottom:3.5em;padding:0 7.6923%}@-ms-viewport{width:device-width}@viewport{width:device-width}@media screen and (min-width:44.375em){html{scroll-padding-top:calc(var(--wp-admin--admin-bar--height,0px) + 21px)}body:not(.custom-background-image):after,body:not(.custom-background-image):before{background:inherit;content:"";display:block;height:21px;left:0;position:fixed;width:100%;z-index:99}body:not(.custom-background-image):before{top:0}body:not(.custom-background-image):after{bottom:0}.site{margin:21px}.site-main{margin-bottom:5.25em}.site-header{padding:3.9375em 7.6923%}.site-branding{margin-top:1.3125em;margin-bottom:1.3125em}.site-title{font-size:28px;font-size:1.75rem;line-height:1.25}.menu-toggle{font-size:16px;font-size:1rem;margin:1.3125em 0;padding:.8125em .875em .6875em}.site-header-menu{margin:1.3125em 0}.site-main>article{margin-bottom:5.25em}.entry-content,.entry-header,.post-thumbnail{margin-right:23.0769%}.entry-title{font-size:33px;font-size:2.0625rem;line-height:1.2727272727;margin-bottom:.8484848485em}.entry-content ul{margin-left:0}.widget{margin-bottom:5.25em}.sidebar{margin-bottom:5.25em;padding-right:23.0769%}}@media screen and (min-width:56.875em){.site-header{padding-right:4.5455%;padding-left:4.5455%}.site-header-main{-webkit-align-items:flex-start;-ms-flex-align:start;align-items:flex-start}.site-header-menu{display:block;-webkit-flex:0 1 auto;-ms-flex:0 1 auto;flex:0 1 auto}.main-navigation{margin:0-.875em}.main-navigation .primary-menu,.main-navigation .primary-menu>li{border:0}.main-navigation .primary-menu>li{float:left}.main-navigation a{outline-offset:-8px;padding:.65625em .875em;white-space:nowrap}.main-navigation ul ul{border-bottom:1px solid #d1d1d1;display:block;left:-999em;margin:0;position:absolute;z-index:99999}.main-navigation ul ul li{background-color:#fff;border:1px solid #d1d1d1;border-bottom-width:0}.main-navigation ul ul a{white-space:normal;width:12.6875em}.main-navigation ul ul:after,.main-navigation ul ul:before{border-style:solid;content:"";position:absolute}.main-navigation ul ul:before{border-color:#d1d1d1 transparent;border-width:0 10px 10px;right:9px;top:-9px}.main-navigation ul ul:after{border-color:#fff transparent;border-width:0 8px 8px;right:11px;top:-7px}.main-navigation .menu-item-has-children>a{margin:0;padding-right:2.25em}.main-navigation .menu-item-has-children>a:after{content:"";position:absolute;right:.625em;top:.8125em}.menu-toggle,.site-footer .main-navigation{display:none}.site-content{padding:0 4.5455%}.content-area{float:left;margin-right:-100%;width:70%}.entry-content,.entry-header,.post-thumbnail{margin-right:0;margin-left:0}.sidebar{float:left;margin-left:75%;padding:0;width:25%}.widget{font-size:13px;font-size:.8125rem;line-height:1.6153846154;margin-bottom:3.230769231em;padding-top:1.615384615em}.widget .widget-title{margin-bottom:1.3125em}.widget p,.widget ul{margin-bottom:1.6153846154em}.widget button,.widget input{font-size:13px;font-size:.8125rem;line-height:1.6153846154}.widget button{line-height:1;padding:.846153846em}.widget input[type=search]{padding:.4615384615em .5384615385em}.widget h2{font-size:19px;font-size:1.1875rem;line-height:1.1052631579;margin-bottom:1.1052631579em}.widget input[type=search].search-field{width:-webkit-calc(100% - 35px);width:calc(100% - 35px)}.widget .search-submit:before{font-size:16px;left:1px;line-height:35px;width:34px}.widget button.search-submit{padding:0;width:35px}}@media screen and (min-width:61.5625em){.site-main{margin-bottom:7em}.site-header{padding:5.25em 4.5455%}.site-branding,.site-header-menu{margin-top:1.75em;margin-bottom:1.75em}.widget{margin-bottom:4.307692308em}.site-main>article{margin-bottom:7em}.entry-title{font-size:40px;font-size:2.5rem;line-height:1.225;margin-bottom:1.05em}.post-thumbnail{margin-bottom:2.625em}.entry-content h2{font-size:28px;font-size:1.75rem;line-height:1.25;margin-top:2em;margin-bottom:1em}.sidebar{margin-bottom:7em}body:not(.search-results) article:not(.type-page) .entry-content{float:right;width:71.42857144%}}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0460-052F,U+1C80-1C88,U+20B4,U+2DE0-2DFF,U+A640-A69F,U+FE2E-FE2F}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0301,U+0400-045F,U+0490-0491,U+04B0-04B1,U+2116}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0102-0103,U+0110-0111,U+0128-0129,U+0168-0169,U+01A0-01A1,U+01AF-01B0,U+1EA0-1EF9,U+20AB}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0100-024F,U+0259,U+1E00-1EFF,U+2020,U+20A0-20AB,U+20AD-20CF,U+2113,U+2C60-2C7F,U+A720-A7FF}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0460-052F,U+1C80-1C88,U+20B4,U+2DE0-2DFF,U+A640-A69F,U+FE2E-FE2F}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0301,U+0400-045F,U+0490-0491,U+04B0-04B1,U+2116}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0102-0103,U+0110-0111,U+0128-0129,U+0168-0169,U+01A0-01A1,U+01AF-01B0,U+1EA0-1EF9,U+20AB}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0100-024F,U+0259,U+1E00-1EFF,U+2020,U+20A0-20AB,U+20AD-20CF,U+2113,U+2C60-2C7F,U+A720-A7FF}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0460-052F,U+1C80-1C88,U+20B4,U+2DE0-2DFF,U+A640-A69F,U+FE2E-FE2F}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0301,U+0400-045F,U+0490-0491,U+04B0-04B1,U+2116}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0102-0103,U+0110-0111,U+0128-0129,U+0168-0169,U+01A0-01A1,U+01AF-01B0,U+1EA0-1EF9,U+20AB}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0100-024F,U+0259,U+1E00-1EFF,U+2020,U+20A0-20AB,U+20AD-20CF,U+2113,U+2C60-2C7F,U+A720-A7FF}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0460-052F,U+1C80-1C88,U+20B4,U+2DE0-2DFF,U+A640-A69F,U+FE2E-FE2F}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0301,U+0400-045F,U+0490-0491,U+04B0-04B1,U+2116}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0102-0103,U+0110-0111,U+0128-0129,U+0168-0169,U+01A0-01A1,U+01AF-01B0,U+1EA0-1EF9,U+20AB}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0100-024F,U+0259,U+1E00-1EFF,U+2020,U+20A0-20AB,U+20AD-20CF,U+2113,U+2C60-2C7F,U+A720-A7FF}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0460-052F,U+1C80-1C88,U+20B4,U+2DE0-2DFF,U+A640-A69F,U+FE2E-FE2F}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0301,U+0400-045F,U+0490-0491,U+04B0-04B1,U+2116}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0102-0103,U+0110-0111,U+0128-0129,U+0168-0169,U+01A0-01A1,U+01AF-01B0,U+1EA0-1EF9,U+20AB}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0100-024F,U+0259,U+1E00-1EFF,U+2020,U+20A0-20AB,U+20AD-20CF,U+2113,U+2C60-2C7F,U+A720-A7FF}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0460-052F,U+1C80-1C88,U+20B4,U+2DE0-2DFF,U+A640-A69F,U+FE2E-FE2F}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0301,U+0400-045F,U+0490-0491,U+04B0-04B1,U+2116}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0102-0103,U+0110-0111,U+0128-0129,U+0168-0169,U+01A0-01A1,U+01AF-01B0,U+1EA0-1EF9,U+20AB}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0100-024F,U+0259,U+1E00-1EFF,U+2020,U+20A0-20AB,U+20AD-20CF,U+2113,U+2C60-2C7F,U+A720-A7FF}@font-face{font-family:Merriweather;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;font-weight:900;unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0460-052F,U+1C80-1C88,U+20B4,U+2DE0-2DFF,U+A640-A69F,U+FE2E-FE2F}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0301,U+0400-045F,U+0490-0491,U+04B0-04B1,U+2116}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0102-0103,U+0110-0111,U+0128-0129,U+0168-0169,U+01A0-01A1,U+01AF-01B0,U+1EA0-1EF9,U+20AB}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0100-024F,U+0259,U+1E00-1EFF,U+2020,U+20A0-20AB,U+20AD-20CF,U+2113,U+2C60-2C7F,U+A720-A7FF}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:400;unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0460-052F,U+1C80-1C88,U+20B4,U+2DE0-2DFF,U+A640-A69F,U+FE2E-FE2F}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0301,U+0400-045F,U+0490-0491,U+04B0-04B1,U+2116}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0102-0103,U+0110-0111,U+0128-0129,U+0168-0169,U+01A0-01A1,U+01AF-01B0,U+1EA0-1EF9,U+20AB}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0100-024F,U+0259,U+1E00-1EFF,U+2020,U+20A0-20AB,U+20AD-20CF,U+2113,U+2C60-2C7F,U+A720-A7FF}@font-face{font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;font-weight:700;unicode-range:U+0000-00FF,U+0131,U+0152-0153,U+02BB-02BC,U+02C6,U+02DA,U+02DC,U+2000-206F,U+2074,U+20AC,U+2122,U+2191,U+2193,U+2212,U+2215,U+FEFF,U+FFFD}@font-face{font-family:Genericons;font-weight:400;font-style:normal}@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0){@font-face{font-family:Genericons}}@font-face{font-family:handel}.site-main>article{margin-bottom:24px}.site-title{display:inline-block;line-height:1;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:1.2em}.site-branding{margin:0;width:100%}@media screen and (max-width:56.875em){.site-branding{text-align:center}}.site-branding .site-title a{font-family:handel,arial,sans-serif;font-size:2em;color:red!important}.site-header-menu{width:100%}.site-header{padding-top:2.2em;padding-bottom:0}.primary-menu{text-align:center;background-color:#aaa}.menu-item{display:inline-block}.main-navigation .primary-menu>li{float:none}.primary-menu a{color:#fff!important}.sub-menu a{color:#1a1a1a!important}.widget .widget-title{font-family:handel,arial,sans-serif;text-transform:none;font-size:1.6em;margin:0;color:#000}.widget{padding:10px;background-color:#aaa;border:none;margin-bottom:24px}.widget strong{font-family:courier;font-size:1.3em;color:#000}.widget a{color:#fff}.last_widget p{margin:0}.archived-control{margin-bottom:0!important}.entry-content ul{margin:0 40px}.entry-header{margin-bottom:12px}.entry-title{font-family:handel,arial,sans-serif;color:red;font-size:2em;line-height:1;margin-bottom:0}header .entry-date{color:#aaa;font-family:Montserrat,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:10px;line-height:1.6153846154;margin-bottom:0}header .entry-date a{color:#aaa}article .entry-content{float:none!important}@media screen and (min-width:56.875em){article .entry-content{width:100%!important}}#recentcomments{border:none;padding:0}.widget ul#menu-pages li{display:list-item}.widget ul#menu-pages{margin-bottom:0}.main-navigation ul ul li{background-color:#fff!important}.main-navigation ul ul:after{border-top-color:#fff!important;border-bottom-color:#fff!important}* h1,* h2{text-transform:none!important}.post-thumbnail img.wp-post-image{margin:0 auto}strong{font-weight:700!important}.sa-slideshow-controls{background-image:url(https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/themes/sterling-adventures/slideshow/stop-play-pause-close.png);background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:96px 24px;width:24px;height:24px;position:absolute;z-index:9999;opacity:.5}.slideshow-start{background-position:-24px 0;top:0;right:0}.slideshow-start-big{background-size:200px 50px;width:50px;height:50px;background-position:-50px 0}.slideshow-play{background-position:-24px 0}.slideshow-pause{background-position:-48px 0}.slideshow-close{background-position:-72px 0}.slideshow-close,.slideshow-pause,.slideshow-play{background-color:#000;position:fixed;bottom:0;right:0}.slideshow-close{top:0}.slideshow-images{position:fixed;z-index:999999;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100vh;background-color:#000;padding:0 24px;display:none}.content-area{clear:both}#slides{margin:0;list-style:none;position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding:0}#slides li{-webkit-backface-visibility:hidden;backface-visibility:hidden;position:absolute;display:none;left:0;top:0;width:100%}#slides img{display:block;margin:0 auto;max-width:100%;max-height:100vh;border:0}#slideshow_container{position:relative;float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:14px}.caption{display:block;position:absolute;z-index:2;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;text-shadow:none;color:#fff;background:rgba(0,0,0,.5);left:0;right:0;bottom:-1px;padding:4px 12px;margin:0;max-width:none;text-align:right}figcaption{background-color:#000;color:#ddd!important;text-align:center;line-height:2!important;padding:0!important;font-size:12px!important;font-style:italic;text-align:center!important;margin-top:0!important}.go-to-control{position:fixed;right:48px;width:24px;height:24px;background-color:#a9a9a9;color:#fff;display:none}.go-to-control span{font-size:24px;line-height:24px;margin-top:0;margin-left:0}#go-to-top{bottom:75px}#go-to-bottom{bottom:48px}.screen-reader-text{border:0;clip:rect(1px,1px,1px,1px);clip-path:inset(50%);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute!important;width:1px;word-wrap:normal!important}}</style><title>Blog: Birthday #5 – Sterling Adventures</title> <meta name='robots' content='max-image-preview:large' /> <style>img:is([sizes="auto" i], [sizes^="auto," i]) { contain-intrinsic-size: 3000px 1500px }</style> <script id="wpp-js" src="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/assets/js/wpp.min.js?ver=7.1.0" data-sampling="0" data-sampling-rate="100" data-api-url="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/wp-json/wordpress-popular-posts" data-post-id="11912" data-token="000c95d4a3" data-lang="0" data-debug="0"></script> <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//stats.wp.com' /> <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//i0.wp.com' /> <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//v0.wordpress.com' /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Sterling Adventures » Feed" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Sterling Adventures » Comments Feed" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/comments/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Sterling Adventures » Blog: Birthday #5 Comments Feed" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/28/blog-birthday-5/feed/" /> <script> window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.7.1"}}; /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(i,n){var o,s,e;function c(e){try{var t={supportTests:e,timestamp:(new Date).valueOf()};sessionStorage.setItem(o,JSON.stringify(t))}catch(e){}}function p(e,t,n){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);var t=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data),r=(e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(n,0,0),new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data));return t.every(function(e,t){return e===r[t]})}function u(e,t,n){switch(t){case"flag":return n(e,"\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200b\u26a7\ufe0f")?!1:!n(e,"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3","\ud83c\uddfa\u200b\ud83c\uddf3")&&!n(e,"\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f","\ud83c\udff4\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc62\u200b\udb40\udc65\u200b\udb40\udc6e\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc7f");case"emoji":return!n(e,"\ud83d\udc26\u200d\u2b1b","\ud83d\udc26\u200b\u2b1b")}return!1}function f(e,t,n){var r="undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?new OffscreenCanvas(300,150):i.createElement("canvas"),a=r.getContext("2d",{willReadFrequently:!0}),o=(a.textBaseline="top",a.font="600 32px Arial",{});return e.forEach(function(e){o[e]=t(a,e,n)}),o}function t(e){var t=i.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=!0,i.head.appendChild(t)}"undefined"!=typeof Promise&&(o="wpEmojiSettingsSupports",s=["flag","emoji"],n.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},e=new Promise(function(e){i.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",e,{once:!0})}),new Promise(function(t){var n=function(){try{var e=JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(o));if("object"==typeof e&&"number"==typeof e.timestamp&&(new Date).valueOf()<e.timestamp+604800&&"object"==typeof e.supportTests)return e.supportTests}catch(e){}return null}();if(!n){if("undefined"!=typeof Worker&&"undefined"!=typeof OffscreenCanvas&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&URL.createObjectURL&&"undefined"!=typeof Blob)try{var e="postMessage("+f.toString()+"("+[JSON.stringify(s),u.toString(),p.toString()].join(",")+"));",r=new Blob([e],{type:"text/javascript"}),a=new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(r),{name:"wpTestEmojiSupports"});return void(a.onmessage=function(e){c(n=e.data),a.terminate(),t(n)})}catch(e){}c(n=f(s,u,p))}t(n)}).then(function(e){for(var t in e)n.supports[t]=e[t],n.supports.everything=n.supports.everything&&n.supports[t],"flag"!==t&&(n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&n.supports[t]);n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!n.supports.flag,n.DOMReady=!1,n.readyCallback=function(){n.DOMReady=!0}}).then(function(){return e}).then(function(){var e;n.supports.everything||(n.readyCallback(),(e=n.source||{}).concatemoji?t(e.concatemoji):e.wpemoji&&e.twemoji&&(t(e.twemoji),t(e.wpemoji)))}))}((window,document),window._wpemojiSettings); </script> <noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-d17b8340b7f21986be72256b99ba858e' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/_jb_static/??-eJyVUEtqw0AMvU1XnQiTQPAi9ChlPFYcNZoPIzlubl/ZIYtAavBm0Dy9jyToOA8wFRdyUkwKhceBksAPavHhCjH3I6OAXjCi05xZIORYvIJOJrgL/Spi2gWRT/jPzaCS2aTL64z7nr+kCIhiZUqD8/3N4LHibFHWM4R67Hx11qYE3Ujcv2KrkS/L2AB3xg38szUFItZKE3qjVGdjiYszbqjXx5+S2Uhmr359mef5v00BAyasNCvfl5tvuXU9Y87EcF2ivuKpOe6bQ9se9u1H6E7NHwKc3fY=' type='text/css' media='all' /></noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-d17b8340b7f21986be72256b99ba858e' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/_jb_static/??-eJyVUEtqw0AMvU1XnQiTQPAi9ChlPFYcNZoPIzlubl/ZIYtAavBm0Dy9jyToOA8wFRdyUkwKhceBksAPavHhCjH3I6OAXjCi05xZIORYvIJOJrgL/Spi2gWRT/jPzaCS2aTL64z7nr+kCIhiZUqD8/3N4LHibFHWM4R67Hx11qYE3Ujcv2KrkS/L2AB3xg38szUFItZKE3qjVGdjiYszbqjXx5+S2Uhmr359mef5v00BAyasNCvfl5tvuXU9Y87EcF2ivuKpOe6bQ9se9u1H6E7NHwKc3fY=' type='text/css' media="not all" data-media="all" onload="this.media=this.dataset.media; delete this.dataset.media; this.removeAttribute( 'onload' );" /> <style id='wp-polls-inline-css'> .wp-polls .pollbar { margin: 1px; font-size: 6px; line-height: 8px; height: 8px; background-image: url('https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-polls/images/default/pollbg.gif'); border: 1px solid #c8c8c8; } </style> <style id='twentysixteen-style-inline-css'> /* Custom Page Background Color */ .site { background-color: #eeeeee; } mark, ins, button, button[disabled]:hover, button[disabled]:focus, input[type="button"], input[type="button"][disabled]:hover, input[type="button"][disabled]:focus, input[type="reset"], input[type="reset"][disabled]:hover, input[type="reset"][disabled]:focus, input[type="submit"], input[type="submit"][disabled]:hover, input[type="submit"][disabled]:focus, .menu-toggle.toggled-on, .menu-toggle.toggled-on:hover, .menu-toggle.toggled-on:focus, .pagination .prev, .pagination .next, .pagination .prev:hover, .pagination .prev:focus, .pagination .next:hover, .pagination .next:focus, .pagination .nav-links:before, .pagination .nav-links:after, .widget_calendar tbody a, .widget_calendar tbody a:hover, .widget_calendar tbody a:focus, .page-links a, .page-links a:hover, .page-links a:focus { color: #eeeeee; } @media screen and (min-width: 56.875em) { .main-navigation ul ul li { background-color: #eeeeee; } .main-navigation ul ul:after { border-top-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-color: #eeeeee; } } /* Custom Link Color */ .menu-toggle:hover, .menu-toggle:focus, a, .main-navigation a:hover, .main-navigation a:focus, .dropdown-toggle:hover, .dropdown-toggle:focus, .social-navigation a:hover:before, .social-navigation a:focus:before, .post-navigation a:hover .post-title, .post-navigation a:focus .post-title, .tagcloud a:hover, .tagcloud a:focus, .site-branding .site-title a:hover, .site-branding .site-title a:focus, .entry-title a:hover, .entry-title a:focus, .entry-footer a:hover, .entry-footer a:focus, .comment-metadata a:hover, .comment-metadata a:focus, .pingback .comment-edit-link:hover, .pingback .comment-edit-link:focus, .comment-reply-link, .comment-reply-link:hover, .comment-reply-link:focus, .required, .site-info a:hover, .site-info a:focus { color: #ff0000; } mark, ins, button:hover, button:focus, input[type="button"]:hover, input[type="button"]:focus, input[type="reset"]:hover, input[type="reset"]:focus, input[type="submit"]:hover, input[type="submit"]:focus, .pagination .prev:hover, .pagination .prev:focus, .pagination .next:hover, .pagination .next:focus, .widget_calendar tbody a, .page-links a:hover, .page-links a:focus { background-color: #ff0000; } input[type="date"]:focus, input[type="time"]:focus, input[type="datetime-local"]:focus, input[type="week"]:focus, input[type="month"]:focus, input[type="text"]:focus, input[type="email"]:focus, input[type="url"]:focus, input[type="password"]:focus, input[type="search"]:focus, input[type="tel"]:focus, input[type="number"]:focus, textarea:focus, .tagcloud a:hover, .tagcloud a:focus, .menu-toggle:hover, .menu-toggle:focus { border-color: #ff0000; } @media screen and (min-width: 56.875em) { .main-navigation li:hover > a, .main-navigation li.focus > a { color: #ff0000; } } /* Custom Main Text Color */ body, blockquote cite, blockquote small, .main-navigation a, .menu-toggle, .dropdown-toggle, .social-navigation a, .post-navigation a, .pagination a:hover, .pagination a:focus, .widget-title a, .site-branding .site-title a, .entry-title a, .page-links > .page-links-title, .comment-author, .comment-reply-title small a:hover, .comment-reply-title small a:focus { color: #000000 } blockquote, .menu-toggle.toggled-on, .menu-toggle.toggled-on:hover, .menu-toggle.toggled-on:focus, .post-navigation, .post-navigation div + div, .pagination, .widget, .page-header, .page-links a, .comments-title, .comment-reply-title { border-color: #000000; } button, button[disabled]:hover, button[disabled]:focus, input[type="button"], input[type="button"][disabled]:hover, input[type="button"][disabled]:focus, input[type="reset"], input[type="reset"][disabled]:hover, input[type="reset"][disabled]:focus, input[type="submit"], input[type="submit"][disabled]:hover, input[type="submit"][disabled]:focus, .menu-toggle.toggled-on, .menu-toggle.toggled-on:hover, .menu-toggle.toggled-on:focus, .pagination:before, .pagination:after, .pagination .prev, .pagination .next, .page-links a { background-color: #000000; } /* Border Color */ fieldset, pre, abbr, acronym, table, th, td, input[type="date"], input[type="time"], input[type="datetime-local"], input[type="week"], input[type="month"], input[type="text"], input[type="email"], input[type="url"], input[type="password"], input[type="search"], input[type="tel"], input[type="number"], textarea, .main-navigation li, .main-navigation .primary-menu, .menu-toggle, .dropdown-toggle:after, .social-navigation a, .image-navigation, .comment-navigation, .tagcloud a, .entry-content, .entry-summary, .page-links a, .page-links > span, .comment-list article, .comment-list .pingback, .comment-list .trackback, .comment-reply-link, .no-comments, .widecolumn .mu_register .mu_alert { border-color: #000000; /* Fallback for IE7 and IE8 */ border-color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2); } hr, code { background-color: #000000; /* Fallback for IE7 and IE8 */ background-color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2); } @media screen and (min-width: 56.875em) { .main-navigation ul ul, .main-navigation ul ul li { border-color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2); } .main-navigation ul ul:before { border-top-color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2); border-bottom-color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2); } } /* Custom Secondary Text Color */ /** * IE8 and earlier will drop any block with CSS3 selectors. * Do not combine these styles with the next block. */ body:not(.search-results) .entry-summary { color: #aaaaaa; } blockquote, .post-password-form label, a:hover, a:focus, a:active, .post-navigation .meta-nav, .image-navigation, .comment-navigation, .widget_recent_entries .post-date, .widget_rss .rss-date, .widget_rss cite, .site-description, .author-bio, .entry-footer, .entry-footer a, .sticky-post, .taxonomy-description, .entry-caption, .comment-metadata, .pingback .edit-link, .comment-metadata a, .pingback .comment-edit-link, .comment-form label, .comment-notes, .comment-awaiting-moderation, .logged-in-as, .form-allowed-tags, .site-info, .site-info a, .wp-caption .wp-caption-text, .gallery-caption, .widecolumn label, .widecolumn .mu_register label { color: #aaaaaa; } .widget_calendar tbody a:hover, .widget_calendar tbody a:focus { background-color: #aaaaaa; } </style> <style id='wp-emoji-styles-inline-css'> img.wp-smiley, img.emoji { display: inline !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; height: 1em !important; width: 1em !important; margin: 0 0.07em !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; background: none !important; padding: 0 !important; } </style> <noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-block-library-css' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=6.7.1' media='all' /> </noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-block-library-css' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=6.7.1' media="not all" data-media="all" onload="this.media=this.dataset.media; delete this.dataset.media; this.removeAttribute( 'onload' );" /> <style id='wp-block-library-theme-inline-css'> .wp-block-audio :where(figcaption){color:#555;font-size:13px;text-align:center}.is-dark-theme .wp-block-audio :where(figcaption){color:#ffffffa6}.wp-block-audio{margin:0 0 1em}.wp-block-code{border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px;font-family:Menlo,Consolas,monaco,monospace;padding:.8em 1em}.wp-block-embed :where(figcaption){color:#555;font-size:13px;text-align:center}.is-dark-theme .wp-block-embed :where(figcaption){color:#ffffffa6}.wp-block-embed{margin:0 0 1em}.blocks-gallery-caption{color:#555;font-size:13px;text-align:center}.is-dark-theme .blocks-gallery-caption{color:#ffffffa6}:root :where(.wp-block-image figcaption){color:#555;font-size:13px;text-align:center}.is-dark-theme :root :where(.wp-block-image figcaption){color:#ffffffa6}.wp-block-image{margin:0 0 1em}.wp-block-pullquote{border-bottom:4px solid;border-top:4px solid;color:currentColor;margin-bottom:1.75em}.wp-block-pullquote cite,.wp-block-pullquote footer,.wp-block-pullquote__citation{color:currentColor;font-size:.8125em;font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase}.wp-block-quote{border-left:.25em solid;margin:0 0 1.75em;padding-left:1em}.wp-block-quote cite,.wp-block-quote footer{color:currentColor;font-size:.8125em;font-style:normal;position:relative}.wp-block-quote:where(.has-text-align-right){border-left:none;border-right:.25em solid;padding-left:0;padding-right:1em}.wp-block-quote:where(.has-text-align-center){border:none;padding-left:0}.wp-block-quote.is-large,.wp-block-quote.is-style-large,.wp-block-quote:where(.is-style-plain){border:none}.wp-block-search .wp-block-search__label{font-weight:700}.wp-block-search__button{border:1px solid #ccc;padding:.375em .625em}:where(.wp-block-group.has-background){padding:1.25em 2.375em}.wp-block-separator.has-css-opacity{opacity:.4}.wp-block-separator{border:none;border-bottom:2px solid;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-separator.has-alpha-channel-opacity{opacity:1}.wp-block-separator:not(.is-style-wide):not(.is-style-dots){width:100px}.wp-block-separator.has-background:not(.is-style-dots){border-bottom:none;height:1px}.wp-block-separator.has-background:not(.is-style-wide):not(.is-style-dots){height:2px}.wp-block-table{margin:0 0 1em}.wp-block-table td,.wp-block-table th{word-break:normal}.wp-block-table :where(figcaption){color:#555;font-size:13px;text-align:center}.is-dark-theme .wp-block-table :where(figcaption){color:#ffffffa6}.wp-block-video :where(figcaption){color:#555;font-size:13px;text-align:center}.is-dark-theme .wp-block-video :where(figcaption){color:#ffffffa6}.wp-block-video{margin:0 0 1em}:root :where(.wp-block-template-part.has-background){margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;padding:1.25em 2.375em} </style> <noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='mediaelement-css' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css?ver=4.2.17' media='all' /> </noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='mediaelement-css' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css?ver=4.2.17' media="not all" data-media="all" onload="this.media=this.dataset.media; delete this.dataset.media; this.removeAttribute( 'onload' );" /> <noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-mediaelement-css' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-mediaelement.min.css?ver=6.7.1' media='all' /> </noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-mediaelement-css' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/js/mediaelement/wp-mediaelement.min.css?ver=6.7.1' media="not all" data-media="all" onload="this.media=this.dataset.media; delete this.dataset.media; this.removeAttribute( 'onload' );" /> <style id='jetpack-sharing-buttons-style-inline-css'> .jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list{display:flex;flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:0;list-style-type:none;margin:5px;padding:0}.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-small-icon-size{font-size:12px}.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-normal-icon-size{font-size:16px}.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-large-icon-size{font-size:24px}.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-huge-icon-size{font-size:36px}@media print{.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list{display:none!important}}.editor-styles-wrapper .wp-block-jetpack-sharing-buttons{gap:0;padding-inline-start:0}ul.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-background{padding:1.25em 2.375em} </style> <style id='classic-theme-styles-inline-css'> /*! This file is auto-generated */ .wp-block-button__link{color:#fff;background-color:#32373c;border-radius:9999px;box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;padding:calc(.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px);font-size:1.125em}.wp-block-file__button{background:#32373c;color:#fff;text-decoration:none} </style> <style id='global-styles-inline-css'> :root{--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--square: 1;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--4-3: 4/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-4: 3/4;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-2: 3/2;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--2-3: 2/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--16-9: 16/9;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--9-16: 9/16;--wp--preset--color--black: #000000;--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray: #abb8c3;--wp--preset--color--white: #fff;--wp--preset--color--pale-pink: #f78da7;--wp--preset--color--vivid-red: #cf2e2e;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange: #ff6900;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber: #fcb900;--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan: #7bdcb5;--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan: #00d084;--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue: #8ed1fc;--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue: #0693e3;--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple: #9b51e0;--wp--preset--color--dark-gray: #1a1a1a;--wp--preset--color--medium-gray: #686868;--wp--preset--color--light-gray: #e5e5e5;--wp--preset--color--blue-gray: #4d545c;--wp--preset--color--bright-blue: #007acc;--wp--preset--color--light-blue: #9adffd;--wp--preset--color--dark-brown: #402b30;--wp--preset--color--medium-brown: #774e24;--wp--preset--color--dark-red: #640c1f;--wp--preset--color--bright-red: #ff675f;--wp--preset--color--yellow: #ffef8e;--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(6,147,227,1) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(122,220,180) 0%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(252,185,0,1) 0%,rgba(255,105,0,1) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,105,0,1) 0%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;--wp--preset--spacing--20: 0.44rem;--wp--preset--spacing--30: 0.67rem;--wp--preset--spacing--40: 1rem;--wp--preset--spacing--50: 1.5rem;--wp--preset--spacing--60: 2.25rem;--wp--preset--spacing--70: 3.38rem;--wp--preset--spacing--80: 5.06rem;--wp--preset--shadow--natural: 6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--deep: 12px 12px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);--wp--preset--shadow--sharp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--outlined: 6px 6px 0px -3px rgba(255, 255, 255, 1), 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);--wp--preset--shadow--crisp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);}:where(.is-layout-flex){gap: 0.5em;}:where(.is-layout-grid){gap: 0.5em;}body .is-layout-flex{display: flex;}.is-layout-flex{flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;}.is-layout-flex > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}body .is-layout-grid{display: grid;}.is-layout-grid > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;}.has-black-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red) !important;}.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;} :where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;} :where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;} :root :where(.wp-block-pullquote){font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.6;} </style>    <script src="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1" id="jquery-core-js"></script> <script src="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1" id="jquery-migrate-js"></script> <script id="twentysixteen-script-js-extra"> var screenReaderText = {"expand":"expand child menu","collapse":"collapse child menu"}; </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/_jb_static/??-eJyVy00OQDAQQOHbWGHSINKFOAs1qLRTMePv9rq0sbB8L/mgd2GCc81MIEESkBk9MrDg5ixNWTccce/b6+ULp/Dh5Ixxs70EkWBhmMW76pcYdzJiA3FUrW9UXahS67LQiekb9QCMh0Gp'></script> <link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/wp-json/" /><link rel="alternate" title="JSON" type="application/json" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/11912" /><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 6.7.1" /> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/28/blog-birthday-5/" /> <link rel='shortlink' href='https://wp.me/p4CxQ-368' /> <link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (JSON)" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sterling-adventures.co.uk%2F2010%2F12%2F28%2Fblog-birthday-5%2F" /> <link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (XML)" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sterling-adventures.co.uk%2F2010%2F12%2F28%2Fblog-birthday-5%2F&format=xml" /> <style>img#wpstats{display:none}</style> <style id="wpp-loading-animation-styles">@-webkit-keyframes bgslide{from{background-position-x:0}to{background-position-x:-200%}}@keyframes bgslide{from{background-position-x:0}to{background-position-x:-200%}}.wpp-widget-block-placeholder,.wpp-shortcode-placeholder{margin:0 auto;width:60px;height:3px;background:#dd3737;background:linear-gradient(90deg,#dd3737 0%,#571313 10%,#dd3737 100%);background-size:200% auto;border-radius:3px;-webkit-animation:bgslide 1s infinite linear;animation:bgslide 1s infinite linear}</style> <style>.recentcomments a{display:inline !important;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important;}</style><style id="custom-background-css"> body.custom-background { background-color: #000000; } </style>  <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Blog: Birthday #5" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/28/blog-birthday-5/" /> <meta property="og:description" content="Yet another year of adventuring is drawing closed. But, spring isn’t that far away and the rock climbing shoes can come out again soon! For now though, here are my highlights of the 2010 blog…" /> <meta property="article:published_time" content="2010-12-28T10:00:28+00:00" /> <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-01-17T17:16:48+00:00" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Sterling Adventures" /> <meta property="og:image" content="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-011-130x130.jpg" /> <meta property="og:image:width" content="130" /> <meta property="og:image:height" content="130" /> <meta property="og:image:alt" content="" /> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> <meta name="twitter:text:title" content="Blog: Birthday #5" /> <meta name="twitter:image" content="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-011-130x130.jpg?w=144" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />  <meta name='impact-site-verification' value='92fc0a01-f66f-4191-9399-dfdf8faff634'> </head> <body class="post-template-default single single-post postid-11912 single-format-standard custom-background wp-embed-responsive group-blog"> <div id="fb-root"></div>  <script> document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => { ((localStorage.getItem('mode') || 'dark') === 'dark') ? document.querySelector('body').classList.add('dark') : document.querySelector('body').classList.remove('dark') }); </script> <div id="page" class="site"> <div class="site-inner"> <a class="skip-link screen-reader-text" href="#content">Skip to content</a> <header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner"> <div class="site-header-main"> <div class="site-branding"> <p class="site-title"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/" rel="home">Sterling Adventures</a></p> </div> <button id="menu-toggle" class="menu-toggle">Menu</button> <div id="site-header-menu" class="site-header-menu"> <nav id="site-navigation" class="main-navigation" role="navigation" aria-label="Primary Menu" style="position: relative;"> <div class="menu-main-container"><ul id="menu-main" class="primary-menu"><li id="menu-item-31323" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-31323"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-26122" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-26122"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/about-the-sterling-adventures-blog/">About</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li id="menu-item-26344" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26344"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/lakeland-letterboxes/">Lakeland Letterboxes</a></li> <li id="menu-item-26298" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26298"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/feedback/">Feedback</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-26120" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-has-children menu-item-26120"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/adventure-blog/">Adventures</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li id="menu-item-26297" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26297"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/popular/">Popular Articles</a></li> <li id="menu-item-26303" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26303"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/tags/">Tags & Categories</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-32525" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-32525"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/world-wide-adventure-venues/">Locations</a></li> </ul></div> <span style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;"> <a style="cursor: pointer;" onclick="localStorage.setItem('mode', (localStorage.getItem('mode') || 'dark') === 'dark' ? 'bright' : 'dark'); localStorage.getItem('mode') === 'dark' ? document.querySelector('body').classList.add('dark') : document.querySelector('body').classList.remove('dark')" title="Light | Dark Mode">🌓 </a> </span> </nav> </div> </div> </header> <div id="content" class="site-content"> <div id="primary" class="content-area"> <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main"> <script> jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery('.slideshow-start, .slideshow-close').click(function() { jQuery('.slideshow-images').toggle(); }); jQuery(document).keyup(function(e) { if(jQuery('.slideshow-images').is(':visible')) { switch(e.key) { case 'Escape': jQuery('.slideshow-close').click(); break; case 'ArrowLeft': jQuery('.slideshow_nav.prev').click(); break; case 'ArrowRight': jQuery('.slideshow_nav.next').click(); break; } } }); jQuery("#slides").responsiveSlides({ auto: true, pause: true, pager: true, random: true, nav: true, speed: 500, timeout: 6000, namespace: "slideshow", before: function() { jQuery('.caption').show(); }, after: function() { jQuery('.caption').delay(2000).fadeOut(600); } }); jQuery('.slide').mouseenter(function() { jQuery('.caption').show(); }); jQuery('.slide').mouseout(function() { jQuery('.caption').fadeOut(600); }); }); </script> <div class="slideshow-images"> <div id="slideshow_container"> <ul id="slides"> </ul> </div> <div class="sa-slideshow-controls slideshow-close" title="Close Slideshow"></div> </div> <article id="post-11912" class="post-11912 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog-adventure tag-blog series-blog-birthday"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Blog: Birthday #5</h1> <div class="entry-date"><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/28/blog-birthday-5/' rel='bookmark'>Tuesday, 28th December 2010</a></div> </header> <div style="position: relative;"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Yet another year of adventuring is drawing to an end. 🙁 However, spring isn’t that far away and the rock climbing shoes can come out to play again soon! 😛</p> <p>So for now lets hope the rest of the winter is as cold and fair as it has been so far. Just as soon as Xmas is out of the way we can get on with the serious business of climbing ice – which we all know is just (arm) training for rock climbing. Then all we need to do is hope that spring 2011 is as <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/06/29/may-2010-the-driest-month-ever/">dry as it was in 2010</a>. Who’d have thought the Lakes could suffer a hose pipe ban?</p> <div style="padding: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd;"> <center><b style="font-size: 1.2em;">My Highlights of the 2010 Blogging Year</b></center></p> <div style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/01/01/olympic-ski-team-on-high-pike/"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-011-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="high Pike ski 01 01 10 011" width="130" height="130" class="alignleft no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/01/01/olympic-ski-team-on-high-pike/">A Cold Start to 2010</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">January</small></p> <p>Last winter was much like this one – cold and snowy! We’d <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/01/25/a-cough-work-and-a-bad-choice-stops-play/">left our ice tools and skis in France</a> so that drove us crazy, but everyone else had a great time… </div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/11/powder-at-brevant/"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/IMG_6110-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="powder" width="130" height="130" class="alignright no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/11/powder-at-brevant/">Big Powder in the Alps</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">February</small></p> <p>We started our sabbatical with <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/06/sunny-cold-wet-birthday-rock/">Birthday Rock</a> in the the Lakes. But mostly we skied and ice climbed (<a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/02/13/tuborg/">Cogne</a> was particularly ace). We also had <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/03/01/ski-medals/">Laurence & Madeline over learning to ski</a>! </div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?series=morocco"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/PWS7394-scaled-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="morocco" width="130" height="130" class="alignleft no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/03/25/road-to-tafraoute/">Moroccan Adventure</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">March</small></p> <p>Wouldn’t you know we’re riding on the Marrakech Express…<br /> The next destination on our sabbatical adventure was Morocco. We met up with Jon, Mina, and Rebecca too! </p></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/04/09/les-trois-cols/"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/thumb.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="ski touring" width="130" height="130" class="alignright no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/04/09/les-trois-cols/">More Snow</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">April</small></p> <p>Before the three month sabbatical ended we managed a whole load of extra ski tours, including the classic long day tour – the Three Cols. We also started to get our <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/04/10/bravo-lapp/">rock climbing</a> heads going in the improving spring weather. </div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/05/16/cornish-bmc-international-meet/"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/bmc-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="bmc" width="130" height="130" class="alignleft no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/05/16/cornish-bmc-international-meet/">International Rock Climbing Meet</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">May</small></p> <p>I’ve been to three BMC International Meets now. They are quite simply brilliant!<br /> Lets hope I can get myself organised (and away from work) for next year’s… </p></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/06/18/north-wales-is-a-sunny-place-after-all/"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_0010-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="welsh rock" width="130" height="130" class="alignright no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/06/18/north-wales-is-a-sunny-place-after-all/">Welsh Rock</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">June</small></p> <p>Before I finally gave up the life of a full time lay-about (aka rock climber) and went back to work, Jon and I headed to North Wales to sample some of the world’s best traditional rock climbing… Jon sent his first E5, no less than the world-class <i><b>Right Wall</b></i> on Dinas Gromlech! Way to go Jon! A lesson for the rest of us – must train harder. </div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/07/26/blog-rendezvous/"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/beer.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="beer" width="130" height="130" class="alignleft no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/07/26/blog-rendezvous/">Blog Rendezvous</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">July</small></p> <p>Despite six months of hard won adventures to celebrate and plenty of notice (not to mention lots of positive votes for all sorts of activities), support for this year’s rendezvous dropped off severely.<br /> 🙁 </p></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/02/bro-call-out-to-little-neath-river-cave/"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bridge_cave_sump-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="Rachel by the formations near the sump at the end of Bridge Cave" title="bridge_cave_sump" width="130" height="130" class="alignright no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/02/bro-call-out-to-little-neath-river-cave/">Perhaps the Best Laugh of the Year?</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">August</small></p> <p>Rachel & Richard (with Keith’s help) gave me perhaps the best laugh of the year with this awesome video (look near the end of the post). What was your best laugh?</p> <p>There seems to be a wedding to attend most years, and this year was no exception, <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/08/14/michele-vic-got-married/">Vic & Michelle got married</a> (and despite August’s endless rain they had a sunny day too). </div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?series=tremadog"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/tremadog-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="tremadog" width="130" height="130" class="alignleft no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?series=tremadog">My First Guidebook: Tremadog</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">September</small></p> <p>After nearly two years of work I published my first climbing guidebook; the <a href="http://www.climbers-club.co.uk/guidebooks/ci-wales-tremadog.html" target="_blank">new Climbers’ Club Tremadog guidebook</a> was an amazing project to lead but without Steve, Don, and Andy it wouldn’t have been possible or nearly as much fun! </div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?series=mountain-leader-2"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Crinkle-Crags-scaled-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="Crinkle Crags-scaled" width="130" height="130" class="alignright no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?series=mountain-leader-2">Laetitia Becomes a Qualified Mountain Leader</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">October</small></p> <p>Planning for a possible future lifestyle that doesn’t involve so much work (which as we all know sucks) Laetitia set about getting qualified for a life in the outdoors… </p></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/11/21/kendal-mountain-festival-10/"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/image-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="KMF 2010 Master" width="130" height="130" class="alignleft no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2010/11/21/kendal-mountain-festival-10/">Kendal Mountain Festival</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">November</small></p> <p>Perhaps the highlight for November was the Kendal Mountain Festival?<br /> It’s certainly an amazing event – the biggest of its kind in the world – and helping out is a privilege. </p></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?series=antarctic-painting"><br /> <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/haley-596-130x130.jpg?resize=130%2C130" alt="" title="haley-596" width="130" height="130" class="alignright no-rate imageframe" /></a></p> <h3 style="margin-top: 0;"><a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?series=antarctic-painting">Ian’s Polar Adventures</a></h3> <p><small class="indexdate">December …</small></p> <p>Ian’s Polar Adventures kicked off in December. With regular updates we’ve all been getting an incredible insight in to Antarctica (including getting there!) that will continue to keep us all totally enthralled right through to March… </p></div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"> </div> </div> <p>The eagerness to check the blog every day to see what adventures people have had is still there; the excitement when there’s a new adventure report is as big as ever, it’s like playing a small part in or experiencing a little of that adventure too!</p> <div style="background-color: Lavender; padding: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid #ddd;"><center><b> :star: Another successful year. :star: <br />A massive thank-you to all the blog’s authors, comment contributors, and readers!<br />Keep Visiting</b>, <b>Get Out</b>, <b>Have an Adventure</b>, and <b>Keep those Reports Coming</b>.<br /> 😀 </center></div> <h3>Series - Blog Birthday</h3><ol><li><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/03/06/wordpress-blog-goes-live/'>WordPress Blog Goes Live!</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/12/28/blogs-two-years-old/'>The Blog’s Two Years Old</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/12/28/blogs-third-birthday/'>Blog’s Third Birthday</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/12/28/blogs-fourth-birthday/'>Blog’s Fourth Birthday</a></li><li>Blog: Birthday #5</li><li><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/12/28/blog-birthday-6/'>Blog Birthday #6</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/12/28/the-blogs-7-year-itch/'>The Blog’s 7 Year Itch?</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/12/28/year-8-of-the-blog/'>Year 8 of the Blog</a></li></ol> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/category/adventure/blog-adventure/" rel="category tag">Blog</a></span> <span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/tag/blog/" rel="tag">blog</a></span> <span class="series-link"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/series/blog-birthday/" rel="tag">Blog Birthday</a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2cd5f1bbcea36cacf808840a83c4f82b?s=20&d=wavatar&r=x' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2cd5f1bbcea36cacf808840a83c4f82b?s=40&d=wavatar&r=x 2x' class='avatar avatar-20 photo' height='20' width='20' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/author/peter/">Pete</a></span></span> </footer> </article> <div id="comments" class="comments-area"> <h2 class="comments-title"> One thought on “Blog: Birthday #5” </h2> <ol class="comment-list"> <li id="comment-11877" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-11877" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3c552e0b6e5c0fe90e81165a585732e5?s=42&d=wavatar&r=x' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3c552e0b6e5c0fe90e81165a585732e5?s=84&d=wavatar&r=x 2x' class='avatar avatar-42 photo' height='42' width='42' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">anna</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/28/blog-birthday-5/#comment-11877"><time datetime="2010-12-28T10:46:00+00:00">Tuesday, 28th December 2010 at 10:46 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>It doesn’t seem possible that the blog has been going five years. Well done everybody!</p> </div> </article> </li> </ol> <p class="no-comments">Comments are closed.</p> </div> <nav class="navigation post-navigation" aria-label="Posts"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Post navigation</h2> <div class="nav-links"><div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/26/another-white-lakeland-xmas/" rel="prev"><span class="meta-nav" aria-hidden="true">Previous</span> <span class="screen-reader-text">Previous post:</span> <span class="post-title">Another White Lakeland Xmas</span></a></div><div class="nav-next"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/30/halley-6-on-the-ice/" rel="next"><span class="meta-nav" aria-hidden="true">Next</span> <span class="screen-reader-text">Next post:</span> <span class="post-title">Halley 6 : On The Ice</span></a></div></div> </nav> </main> </div> <aside id="secondary" class="sidebar widget-area" role="complementary"> <section id="search-2" class="widget widget_search"> <form role="search" method="get" class="search-form" action="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/"> <label> <span class="screen-reader-text"> Search for: </span> <input type="search" class="search-field" placeholder="Search …" value="" name="s" /> </label> <button type="submit" class="search-submit"><span class="screen-reader-text"> Search </span></button> </form> </section><section id="nav_menu-2" class="widget widget_nav_menu"><h2 class="widget-title">Pages</h2><nav class="menu-pages-container" aria-label="Pages"><ul id="menu-pages" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-26133" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26133"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/tags/">Tags & Categories</a></li> <li id="menu-item-26132" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26132"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/lakeland-letterboxes/">Lakeland Letterboxes</a></li> <li id="menu-item-33873" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-33873"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/smileys/">Smileys</a></li> <li id="menu-item-26160" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26160"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/wordpress-plug-ins/">WordPress Plug-ins</a></li> <li id="menu-item-26264" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26264"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/popular/">Popular Articles</a></li> <li id="menu-item-26142" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26142"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/feedback/">Feedback</a></li> </ul></nav></section><section id="recent-comments-2" class="widget widget_recent_comments"><h2 class="widget-title">Recent Comments</h2><nav aria-label="Recent Comments"><ul id="recentcomments"><li class="recentcomments"><span class="comment-author-link"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/11/06/poor-languedoc-footwork/" class="url" rel="ugc">Poor Languedoc Footwork – Sterling Adventures</a></span> on <a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/10/24/seven-days-of-languedoc-sport-climbing/#comment-358774">Seven Days of Languedoc Sport Climbing</a></li><li class="recentcomments"><span class="comment-author-link"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/09/30/austrian-cragging/" class="url" rel="ugc">Austrian Cragging – Sterling Adventures</a></span> on <a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/05/20/durnstein/#comment-358465">Dürnstein</a></li><li class="recentcomments"><span class="comment-author-link"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/09/30/mingulay-washout/" class="url" rel="ugc">Mingulay Washout – Sterling Adventures</a></span> on <a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2023/06/12/pabbay/#comment-358464">Pabbay</a></li><li class="recentcomments"><span class="comment-author-link"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/09/09/lake-district-rock-the-3rd-edition-of-wireds-frcc-guidebook-has-landed/" class="url" rel="ugc">Lake District Rock, the 3rd edition of Wired’s FRCC Guidebook has landed! – Sterling Adventures</a></span> on <a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/11/08/lake-district-rock-wins-at-banff/#comment-357703">Lake District Rock Wins at Banff</a></li><li class="recentcomments"><span class="comment-author-link"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/09/09/lake-district-rock-the-3rd-edition-of-wireds-frcc-guidebook-has-landed/" class="url" rel="ugc">Lake District Rock, the 3rd edition of Wired’s FRCC Guidebook has landed! – Sterling Adventures</a></span> on <a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/06/30/guidebook-launch-goats-crag/#comment-357702">Guidebook Launch & Goats Crag</a></li></ul></nav></section><section id="last-year" class="widget last_widget"><h2 class="widget-title">This Week Past Years</h2><p><strong>2022</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/11/24/more-farmland-and-even-more-tea-plantations-and-on-to-spice-plantations/">More farmland and even more tea plantations and on to spice plantations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/11/21/from-farmland-to-jungle-to-tea-plantations/">From farmland to jungle to tea plantations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/11/20/the-adventure-begins-in-mysore/">The adventure begins in Mysore</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2017</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/11/22/ive-entered-the-marmotte-2018/">I've entered the Marmotte 2018!</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2014</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/11/27/kendal-mountain-festival-14/">Kendal Mountain Festival '14</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/11/27/oswestry/">Oswestry</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2012</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/11/23/hair-cut/">Hair Cut...</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/11/21/thirlmere-canoeing/">Thirlmere Canoeing</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/11/21/kendal-mountain-festival/">Kendal Mountain Festival</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2011</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/11/20/the-halley-season-begins/">The Halley season begins</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2010</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/27/winter-starts-2010/">Winter starts 2010</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/27/warming-the-girls/">Warming the Girls</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/23/feel-alive-outside/">Feel alive outside...</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/23/train-coupling/">Train Coupling</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/21/11664/">Friends, Death Rays and Orienteering Planning</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/21/kendal-mountain-festival-10/">Kendal Mountain Festival '10</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2009</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/11/23/kendal-mountain-festival-09/">Kendal Mountain Festival 09</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/11/22/project-in-plywood/">Project in Plywood</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/11/22/the-wrekin-wrecker-2009/">The Wrekin Wrecker 2009</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2008</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/29/above-the-fog/">Above the fog</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/28/carrot-bolts/">Carrot Bolts</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/27/hello-grampians/">Hello Grampians</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/27/emu-holiday-park/">Emu Holiday Park</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/27/gday-kats/">G'day Kats</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/27/farewell-to-arapiles-for-now/">Farewell to Arapiles ... for now ...</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/25/the-forecast-was-good/">The forecast was good</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/24/more-wainwrights/">More Wainwrights</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/23/more-fells-around-wastwater/">More fells around Wastwater</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2007</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/12/01/canoeing-and-kayaking-on-the-river-eden/">Canoeing and Kayaking on the River Eden</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/12/01/cold-grit/">Cold Grit</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/12/01/frozen-toes/">Frozen Toes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/12/01/mexican-climbing/">Mexican Climbing</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/11/27/dooms-retreat-ink-sump/">Doom's Retreat, Ink Sump</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/11/25/bikes-bogs-boulders/">Bikes, Bogs + Boulders</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/">Novice Trip down Giants Hole</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2006</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/11/24/hancocks-half-hour/">Hancock's Half Hour</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/11/19/what-a-lot-of-old-rubbish/">What a lot of old Rubbish</a></li></ul> <p><strong>2005</strong></p> <ul class="archived-control" id="year-list"> <li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2005/11/21/ama-dablam/">Ama Dablam</a></li></ul></section><section id="calendar-2" class="widget widget_calendar"><div id="calendar_wrap" class="calendar_wrap"><table id="wp-calendar" class="wp-calendar-table"> <caption>Posts Calendar<div id="choices"><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/' class='next'>« ealier</a><select id='calendar-selector' name='selector'><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/11/" >November 2024</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/09/" >September 2024</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/06/" >June 2024</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/03/" >March 2024</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2024/02/" >February 2024</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2023/10/" >October 2023</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2023/09/" >September 2023</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2023/06/" >June 2023</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2023/04/" >April 2023</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2023/03/" >March 2023</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2023/02/" >February 2023</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2023/01/" >January 2023</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/12/" >December 2022</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/11/" >November 2022</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/09/" >September 2022</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/08/" >August 2022</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/06/" >June 2022</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/05/" >May 2022</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2022/04/" >April 2022</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2021/12/" >December 2021</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2021/11/" >November 2021</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2021/10/" >October 2021</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2021/09/" >September 2021</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2021/05/" >May 2021</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2020/08/" >August 2020</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2020/03/" >March 2020</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2020/02/" >February 2020</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/12/" >December 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/10/" >October 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/09/" >September 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/08/" >August 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/06/" >June 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/05/" >May 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/04/" >April 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/03/" >March 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/02/" >February 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2019/01/" >January 2019</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/12/" >December 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/11/" >November 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/10/" >October 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/08/" >August 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/07/" >July 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/06/" >June 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/05/" >May 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/04/" >April 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/03/" >March 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/02/" >February 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2018/01/" >January 2018</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/11/" >November 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/10/" >October 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/09/" >September 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/08/" >August 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/07/" >July 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/06/" >June 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/05/" >May 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/04/" >April 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/03/" >March 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/02/" >February 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2017/01/" >January 2017</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2016/11/" >November 2016</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2016/09/" >September 2016</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2016/08/" >August 2016</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2016/06/" >June 2016</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2016/05/" >May 2016</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2016/03/" >March 2016</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2016/02/" >February 2016</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2016/01/" >January 2016</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/11/" >November 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/10/" >October 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/09/" >September 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/08/" >August 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/07/" >July 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/06/" >June 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/05/" >May 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/04/" >April 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/03/" >March 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/02/" >February 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2015/01/" >January 2015</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/12/" >December 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/11/" >November 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/10/" >October 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/09/" >September 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/08/" >August 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/07/" >July 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/06/" >June 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/05/" >May 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/04/" >April 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/03/" >March 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/02/" >February 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2014/01/" >January 2014</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/12/" >December 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/11/" >November 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/10/" >October 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/09/" >September 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/08/" >August 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/07/" >July 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/06/" >June 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/05/" >May 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/04/" >April 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/03/" >March 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/02/" >February 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2013/01/" >January 2013</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/12/" >December 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/11/" >November 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/10/" >October 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/09/" >September 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/08/" >August 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/07/" >July 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/06/" >June 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/05/" >May 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/04/" >April 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/03/" >March 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/02/" >February 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2012/01/" >January 2012</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/12/" >December 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/11/" >November 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/10/" >October 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/09/" >September 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/08/" >August 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/07/" >July 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/06/" >June 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/05/" >May 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/04/" >April 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/03/" >March 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/02/" >February 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/01/" >January 2011</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/" selected>December 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/" >November 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/10/" >October 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/09/" >September 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/08/" >August 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/07/" >July 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/06/" >June 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/05/" >May 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/04/" >April 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/03/" >March 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/02/" >February 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/01/" >January 2010</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/12/" >December 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/11/" >November 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/10/" >October 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/09/" >September 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/08/" >August 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/07/" >July 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/06/" >June 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/05/" >May 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/04/" >April 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/03/" >March 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/02/" >February 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2009/01/" >January 2009</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/12/" >December 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/11/" >November 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/10/" >October 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/09/" >September 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/08/" >August 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/07/" >July 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/06/" >June 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/05/" >May 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/04/" >April 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/03/" >March 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/02/" >February 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2008/01/" >January 2008</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/12/" >December 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/11/" >November 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/10/" >October 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/09/" >September 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/08/" >August 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/07/" >July 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/06/" >June 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/05/" >May 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/04/" >April 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/03/" >March 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/02/" >February 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2007/01/" >January 2007</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/12/" >December 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/11/" >November 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/10/" >October 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/09/" >September 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/08/" >August 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/07/" >July 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/06/" >June 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/05/" >May 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/04/" >April 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/03/" >March 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/02/" >February 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2006/01/" >January 2006</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2005/12/" >December 2005</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2005/11/" >November 2005</option></select><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/01/' class='prev'>later »</a></div></caption> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col" title="Monday">M</th> <th scope="col" title="Tuesday">T</th> <th scope="col" title="Wednesday">W</th> <th scope="col" title="Thursday">T</th> <th scope="col" title="Friday">F</th> <th scope="col" title="Saturday">S</th> <th scope="col" title="Sunday">S</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="pad"> </td><td>1</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/02/" aria-label="Posts published on December 2, 2010">2</a></td><td>3</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/04/" aria-label="Posts published on December 4, 2010">4</a></td><td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/06/" aria-label="Posts published on December 6, 2010">6</a></td><td>7</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/08/" aria-label="Posts published on December 8, 2010">8</a></td><td>9</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/10/" aria-label="Posts published on December 10, 2010">10</a></td><td>11</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/12/" aria-label="Posts published on December 12, 2010">12</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/13/" aria-label="Posts published on December 13, 2010">13</a></td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/17/" aria-label="Posts published on December 17, 2010">17</a></td><td>18</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/19/" aria-label="Posts published on December 19, 2010">19</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td><td>21</td><td>22</td><td>23</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/24/" aria-label="Posts published on December 24, 2010">24</a></td><td>25</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/26/" aria-label="Posts published on December 26, 2010">26</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/28/" aria-label="Posts published on December 28, 2010">28</a></td><td>29</td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/30/" aria-label="Posts published on December 30, 2010">30</a></td><td><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/31/" aria-label="Posts published on December 31, 2010">31</a></td> <td class="pad" colspan="2"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><nav aria-label="Previous and next months" class="wp-calendar-nav"> <span class="wp-calendar-nav-prev"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/11/">« Nov</a></span> <span class="pad"> </span> <span class="wp-calendar-nav-next"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2011/01/">Jan »</a></span> </nav></div></section><section id="countries" class="widget country_widget"><h2 class="widget-title">Countries</h2> <form name="countryform"> <select name='country' id='country' class='postform' onchange="window.location = (document.forms.countryform.country[document.forms.countryform.country.selectedIndex].value);"> <option value='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk'>All</option> <option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Andorra">Andorra  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Antarctica">Antarctica  (26)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Australia">Australia  (31)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Austria">Austria  (12)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Barbados">Barbados  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Belgium">Belgium  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Bulgaria">Bulgaria  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Canada">Canada  (65)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=China">China  (3)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Croatia">Croatia  (8)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Czech Republic">Czech Republic  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Egypt">Egypt  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=England">England  (795)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Falklands">Falklands  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=France">France  (207)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Germany">Germany  (20)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Greece">Greece  (8)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Greenland">Greenland  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Hungary">Hungary  (18)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Iceland">Iceland  (4)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=India">India  (7)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Ireland">Ireland  (4)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Isle-of-Man">Isle-of-Man  (7)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Italy">Italy  (48)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Japan">Japan  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Jersey">Jersey  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Jordan">Jordan  (2)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Malaysia">Malaysia  (2)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Mexico">Mexico  (4)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Morocco">Morocco  (9)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Nepal">Nepal  (3)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=New Zealand">New Zealand  (19)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Norway">Norway  (36)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Peru">Peru  (12)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Portugal">Portugal  (5)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Romania">Romania  (8)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Scotland">Scotland  (100)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Slovenia">Slovenia  (3)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=South Africa">South Africa  (9)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Spain">Spain  (47)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Sweden">Sweden  (2)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Switzerland">Switzerland  (22)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Thailand">Thailand  (3)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=The Netherlands">The Netherlands  (1)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Turkey">Turkey  (11)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=UK">UK  (84)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=USA">USA  (29)</option><option value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/?country=Wales">Wales  (149)</option> </select> </form> <ul id="country-widget-list"><li><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/world-wide-adventure-venues/" title="World Wide Adventure Venues">World Wide Adventure Venues</a></li><li><a href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/venues/' title='Venues'>Venues List</a></li></ul></section><section id="wp_sidebarlogin-2" class="widget widget_wp_sidebarlogin"><h2 class="widget-title">Login</h2><div class="sidebar-login-form"><form name="loginform" id="loginform" action="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-login.php" method="post"><p class="login-username"> <label for="user_login">Username</label> <input type="text" name="log" id="user_login" autocomplete="username" class="input" value="" size="20" /> </p><p class="login-password"> <label for="user_pass">Password</label> <input type="password" name="pwd" id="user_pass" autocomplete="current-password" spellcheck="false" class="input" value="" size="20" /> </p><p class="login-remember"><label><input name="rememberme" type="checkbox" id="rememberme" value="forever" checked="checked" /> Remember Me</label></p><p class="login-submit"> <input type="submit" name="wp-submit" id="wp-submit" class="button button-primary" value="Log In" /> <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/2010/12/28/blog-birthday-5/?_login=451ac9aa67" /> </p></form><ul class="sidebar-login-links pagenav sidebar_login_links"><li class="lost_password-link"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword">Lost Password</a></li></ul></div></section> <p class="center">  <a href='http://belgique.sterling-adventures.co.uk/' target='_blank' title='Le Belgique'> <img src="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/themes/sterling-adventures/images/le-belgique.jpg" alt="Le Belgique Chamonix" style="margin-top: 8px; border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid black;" /> </a> </p> </aside> </div> <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo"> <nav class="main-navigation" role="navigation" aria-label="Footer Primary Menu"> <div class="menu-main-container"><ul id="menu-main-1" class="primary-menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-31323"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/">Home</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-26122"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/about-the-sterling-adventures-blog/">About</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26344"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/lakeland-letterboxes/">Lakeland Letterboxes</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26298"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/feedback/">Feedback</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-has-children menu-item-26120"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/adventure-blog/">Adventures</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26297"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/popular/">Popular Articles</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26303"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/tags/">Tags & Categories</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-32525"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/world-wide-adventure-venues/">Locations</a></li> </ul></div> </nav> <div class="site-info"> <span class="site-title"><a href="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/" rel="home">Sterling Adventures</a></span> Website by <a href="http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/services/">Sterling</a> </div> </footer> <span class="go-to-control" id="go-to-top"><span class="dashicons dashicons-arrow-up-alt2"></span></span> <span class="go-to-control" id="go-to-bottom"><span class="dashicons dashicons-arrow-down-alt2"></span></span> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if ( document.querySelector('.g-recaptcha.jp-recaptcha') ) { var appendJS = function(){ var js, b = document.body; js = document.createElement('script'); js.type = 'text/javascript'; js.src = 'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?hl=en-GB'; b.appendChild(js); } if(window.attachEvent) { window.attachEvent('onload', appendJS); } else { if(window.onload) { var curronload = window.onload; var newonload = function(evt) { curronload(evt); appendJS(evt); }; window.onload = newonload; } else { window.onload = appendJS; } } } </script> <script>window.addEventListener( 'load', function() { document.querySelectorAll( 'link' ).forEach( function( e ) {'not all' === e.media && e.dataset.media && ( e.media = e.dataset.media, delete e.dataset.media );} ); var e = document.getElementById( 'jetpack-boost-critical-css' ); e && ( e.media = 'not all' ); } );</script> <noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-d98c0ebe2af0f7dc48df081029bfec80' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/post-country/world-map.css?m=1555839607' type='text/css' media='all' /></noscript><link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-d98c0ebe2af0f7dc48df081029bfec80' href='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/post-country/world-map.css?m=1555839607' type='text/css' media="not all" data-media="all" onload="this.media=this.dataset.media; delete this.dataset.media; this.removeAttribute( 'onload' );" /> <script id="wp-polls-js-extra"> var pollsL10n = {"ajax_url":"https:\/\/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","text_wait":"Your last request is still being processed. Please wait a while ...","text_valid":"Please choose a valid poll answer.","text_multiple":"Maximum number of choices allowed: ","show_loading":"1","show_fading":"1"}; </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-polls/polls-js.js?m=1691571526'></script> <script src="https://stats.wp.com/e-202448.js" id="jetpack-stats-js" data-wp-strategy="defer"></script> <script id="jetpack-stats-js-after"> _stq = window._stq || []; _stq.push([ "view", JSON.parse("{\"v\":\"ext\",\"blog\":\"1101482\",\"post\":\"11912\",\"tz\":\"0\",\"srv\":\"www.sterling-adventures.co.uk\",\"j\":\"1:14.0\"}") ]); _stq.push([ "clickTrackerInit", "1101482", "11912" ]); </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/themes/sterling-adventures/slideshow/responsiveslides.min.js?m=1523355708'></script> <script src="https://www.google.com/jsapi" id="google-api-js"></script> <script src="https://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyBgcpxYCEuupnJLE7Zt7GQAmGk4YPgVTL4&libraries=geometry,weather&sensor=false" id="google-maps-js"></script> <script id="world-map-js-extra"> var country_ajax_params = {"ajax_url":"https:\/\/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk","site_url":"https:\/\/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk\/blog"}; </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/_jb_static/??-eJyVzMsKwjAQheG3cWUdgxG6KT6KpMkQai4zzCSU+vSWLlzr9ud8B+ZMEVYePNWGtQHnHpeqwKRtj7022SDhFsTFN1F5svMJw+WlZ/jJ+ty1oaCAiofiJKF8274qvOR//laSHIbi+LCCqod+lMnY8XofjbW3k58n8wF1vFJz'></script> <script src="https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/wp-polyfill.min.js?ver=3.15.0" id="wp-polyfill-js"></script> <script id="sidebar-login-js-extra"> var sidebar_login_params = {"ajax_url":"\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","force_ssl_admin":"1","is_ssl":"1","i18n_username_required":"Please enter your username","i18n_password_required":"Please enter your password","error_class":"sidebar-login-error"}; </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/sidebar-login/build/frontend.js?m=1602968322'></script> </body> </html>