Category: solo travellers

  • That sinking feeling

    That sinking feeling

    I’m not a strong swimmer. I mean, I’m ok – but I don’t think I could rescue you and I’m always a little unsettled when I can’t touch the bottom. I think it hinders me; my paddling whilst surfing is the least efficient thing ever and it makes me not overly keen to ‘go out…

  • Top 4 tips for a great GoPro movie

    Top 4 tips for a great GoPro movie

    So many people come on our trips come armed with all kinds of wearable ‘action cameras’ – most commonly the GoPro. Fantastic, fully encouraged we loving seeing your videos. But, some of them are pretty rubbish and / or never make it for public viewing! Now, I’m not a pro but I see basic errors…

  • Shall I buy a wetsuit?

    Shall I buy a wetsuit?

    If you are going in the water regularly (particularly in the UK) you should definitely get your own wetsuit. The better the fit, the warmer you’ll be and the better time you’ll have in the sea / lake / river / puddle. Also, there are two types of people in this world: those who pee…

  • Get to the Alps without flying!?

    Get to the Alps without flying!?

    Well, more specifically our little town of Morzine. There are loads of options to get to the Three Valleys, but it is less obvious to get to our end of the Alps without using Stelios’ orange fling machines… but it’s definitely possible and in many ways easier, particularly if you are coming from the South…

  • Learn to surf in the UK

    Learn to surf in the UK

    We just got back from one of our weekends away to Cornwall – there was 28 of us! A bigger crew than normal, I think due to the fact it was May bank holiday and the campsite we stay at hosted the Chill at the Mill festival. Frankly it was epic. Our normal surf weekends…

  • Bag yourself a FREE ski trip!

    Bag yourself a FREE ski trip!

    When people take over one of our chalets there’s always one free place given to the organiser AND that person also gets a free all area 6 day Portes du Soleil lift pass. Why not make that person you!? We have two chalets running in Morzine, France. One has 12 beds, the other has 13.…

  • Summer in the mountains? Really!!??

    Summer in the mountains? Really!!??

    Yep, really. In many ways the mountains are way better during the summer. Obvs, my passion and first love is the snow and all things sliding – but during the summer the mountains are B. E. A. UTIFUL!! And, they can get super warm. What’s not love about wild swimming in a mountain lake, spotting…

  • is it worth going on a dry ski slope?

    is it worth going on a dry ski slope?

    YES. Definitely. It is of course true to say that it is not much like the snow, it is true to say that it hurts more when you fall over and it is true to say that if you have one of those giant fridge places with artificial snow inside they are more like the…

  • Ready for Brexit?

    Ready for Brexit?

    HA! More like neverexit… One day our politicians might work it out for us. We’re ready for anything here at the HOFNAR experience. Obviously our UK activities are entirely unaffected, but for our European operations we are braced and ready for whatever is thrown at us. The HOFNAR experience Ltd now has a French branch…