My photo
Alicante, Spain
This Blog has been created by an adventurer,traveler and fun-junkie.An English woman living in Spain,who runs a British sailing school with her gorgeous husband and is passionate about adventure sports and the environment - and willing to share the good stuff with you.
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts

Monday, October 12, 2009

Crazy Days

Well, last week was pretty crazy. Richard (partner and Director / Principle Yachtsmaster Instructor of Serenity Sailing) had taken some more experienced students to Ibiza for the week so I had decided to pack my week full of fun things to keep me entertained.
Cut to me getting hopefully lost south of Murcia in search of an airfield, I forgot to print off my directions and maps!! Darn! I ended up being 1.5 hours late and was so stressed out! I hate being late and have never been THAT late before, gggrrrr. I was visiting a microlight (ultralight in Spain) school for a flying session which I have just drafted an article about. That was a really cool experience, although not as adrenaline-pumping as I would normally get my kicks from :)
I then dropped in to a fabulous yoga retreat - Tara's Retreat - run by Vivienne and Dan from the UK. It was a lot easier to get to :) I took part in a great Pilates session with two other guests, Ben and Belinda. Ben has worked on the motor racing circuit since the 90's as a commentator, notably for Eurosport. I must get his full name so I have a proper claim to fame! Belinda is an events coodinator on the same scene and they both were just lovely. I really wanted to stay an extra day so I could talk with them more and do more pilates but the next morning, I had to dash off and climb a mountain!
I had made contact with a resident at the famous La Manga Club resort as they are running a month-long fiesta!! All the proceeds go to local charities and so far, it's all going really well and they've raised loads of money. I volunteered to walk a local mountain with a good-sized group of enthusiasts. The gentlemen leading the walk (Robyn) has a great knowledge of the local area and made it very interesting for all of us. He even managed to get us in to a mine that will eventually be opened as a tourist attraction! Good man! That was pretty cool inside. The walk took just over 3 hours, the highest point looking over La Union, Portman and if not for the haze, Cartegena. It was so hot that day and we were all drenched with sweat, nice :)
Anyway, you'll be able to read all about these adventures in my next few articles so watch out!

Friday, September 25, 2009

Ryanair Calender Girls Photo Shoot



Wow! This week was fun! We worked on a great project with the publishing house that deal with Ryanair's in-flight magazines. They approached us about helping them our with their 2010 calendar, use this link to read more:

http://www.roundtownnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20865&Itemid=31

The calendar will be out from 1 November and as it's for charity, you should treat yourself or someone you know :)