Walking & Hiking 

As the UK begins its slow journey of repair, following the crisis of Covid-19, our countryside also begins its repair from Winter.  I haven’t walked very much over these winter months.  I’ve gone out every day of course, as and when I could, but my purpose...

Welcome to the concluding Blog of a three part series:  The Yorkshire 3 Peaks, Part THREE - INGLEBOROUGH! With the sun still shining, we crossed fields, over styles and through gates as Ingleborough loomed in all its magnificence over us. It was impossible...

Welcome to Blog two of a three Blog Series. The Yorkshire 3 Peaks, Part TWO - Whernside! Personally, I found the descent from Pen-Y-Ghent much easier than the climb.  My body was under less pressure and we’d had those precious few minutes to top up on...

Welcome to Blog one of a three Blog Series: The Yorkshire Three Peaks part one – PEN-Y-GHENT!‘The Yorkshire Three Peaks’ is the collective name given to three of the mountains nestled in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.  On a clear day, they stand within...

I was recently asked by a lady who has just started out walking, how I got from zero walking to climbing mountains!  Re-igniting my love for walking started slightly differently to most I guess, as I was recovering from a horrendous MS relapse &...

Climbing Snowdon at midnight for charity.  A crazy, stupid thing to do? Or a wonderful memory to make?  Between my brother and I we convinced ourselves it was most definitely the latter and we signed up, with hope of making several hundred pounds for the...

I have been hiking since I was very young. As a child we used to go off for walks locally with my parents’ best friends, my Godparents. At 10 years old, my first pair of ‘proper’ walking boots were purchased whilst holidaying in the Lake District and off I...