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04Oct 2022 by The Mahojos No Comments

5 Amazing Advent Calendars For A Happy Christmas!

If you're thinking that it's too early to start thinking about Christmas, then you're right. It's 82 days from today, but who's counting?! One of our favourite things about Christmas is getting a lovely advent calendar. Traditionally, we go for the chocolate kind and it's always Cadbury's (other chocolate brands are available). Have you noticed the growing trend in 'alternative' advent calendars? Have you received one? Was it any good? FOR FILM LOVERS Here are 5 of the best that we've noticed so far. What's the first film you think of when it comes to Christmas? Home Alone? Elf? Die Hard? Well for all the Die Hard fans out there, you'll be pleased to know that someone has invented a Die Hard advent calendar! Available on Etsy, this version is…

10Mar 2020 by The Mahojos No Comments

Storm Dennis and Pontypridd Floods

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In the early hours of 16th February 2020 the River Taf in Pontypridd flooded. No-one expected the river to flood in the way it did. Over 1000+ homes and businesses were affected when the river rose to a new record height of 5.5 metres at around 5am. We knew things were going bad when the river flooded into the street at 2:30am. Just past 4am we were hastily tying our car onto a metal fence to stop it from washing away. Luckily, our home wasn't affected. But many of our neighbours were. Storm Ciara the week before, closely followed by Storm Dennis, brought an incredible amount of rain to the area. With the ground already saturated, there was nowhere else for the rain to go except down river. Watch our…

13Apr 2019 by The Mahojos 1 Comment

Our Dryad Bushcraft experience

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Ever wondered how to survive in the wild? When we were in the middle of applying for a new TV show in Alaska* called 'The Claim', we realised that we needed to up our outdoor wilderness skills, so we booked on a one day Bushcraft course... A search on Google told us that there were a few Bushcraft course providers in South / West Wales. We did a bit of a comparison with prices, locations and dates before picking Dryad Bushcraft. Off we went to the Gower one weekend to learn some new skills. Luckily, the weather was perfect. The sun was out and there was barely any wind. This meant that we had a comfortable day messing about in the woods. As soon as we arrived, the big old…

08Mar 2019 by The Mahojos No Comments

5 reasons to go and watch the film ‘Maiden’

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Thirty years ago, a crew of female sailors took on a round the world yacht race. Against all odds and many barriers, they had an incredible and awe-inspiring adventure... At the time that a band of women entered the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race for the very first time, Amy and I were both children. I have a vague memory of people being excited about a yacht race, but I had no idea of the significance of it until now... Last night we went along to the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff to catch 'Maiden' and it blew us away. Here are just 5 reasons to go and watch it: 1. It's a life lesson in determination When someone told Skipper Tracy Edwards that she couldn't sail in the…

10Feb 2018 by The Mahojos No Comments

Banff Mountain Film Festival – Cardiff

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Have you heard of Banff before? It's a Canadian town situated under the shadow of the Rocky mountains and is famed for it's iconic range of mountain sports. Now they have an annual mountain film festival that is shown across the globe, including various locations across the UK. We first came across the event a couple of years ago and were blown away by the selection of films on offer. When we saw dates advertised for Cardiff in February, we quickly booked our tickets. St David's Hall hosted the event and showed the 'Red' programme of films. At each event, there was a choice of either the Red or Blue programme so you could pick which set of films you wanted to see. We were treated to 7 films, each…

23Apr 2017 by The Mahojos No Comments

Swapping two wheels for two oars

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We've just had an inspirational weekend in Bristol following a last-minute booking to go to the Women’s Adventure Expo. This Expo had a line up of INCREDIBLE women who’ve adventured on, or in water. Inspirational women The event kicked off with Della Parsons from the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. She shared a unique insight into the challenges on board the 70+ foot yacht. The Clipper race involves 12 identical boats with crews from all walks of life, many with no sailing experience until they enter into the Clipper training programme. Find out more. Next was Beth French. She is an open water swimmer who has crossed the English Channel and is midway through an epic 7 Oceans challenge. Only 6 people have completed it to date, and Beth is aiming…