I first met Jo when she overtook me on Jacobs ladder on our first day on the Pennine Way. I was carrying a 65l rucksack complete with my camping kit and was ...

Many years ago most of the UK was covered in woodland. As humans began to settle they made clearings in the wood. The settlements got bigger and the clearing...

Religion and Navigation So what is the link? I’m sure that some of the early explorers appealed to their Gods before setting out on their expeditions, imagin...

Last September I walked The Pennine Way. People ask if I enjoyed it and I can't honestly say that I enjoyed all of it. Some parts were physically hard, some w...

I've come to realise that I have lots of things I've said I will do 'one day' and that days are running out, so I thought it's time to make a start. Driving ...

Hiking, Eating and Drinking

I wanted to walk the Coleridge way when it only went from Porlock to Nether Stowey. Then I discovered it had been lengthened to include Lynmouth, making it 5...

Part Two: Scotland. After squashing all available apples we headed up the M6 to Scotland. We pretty much left the lovely sunny weather behind. My first task w...

Part one: Somerset. For the past 19 years I have been a teacher and tied to school holidays. Autumn half term was always welcome break from learning names an...

Well I've finally done it, I've been saying I would walk The Pennine Way one day since I was 13 and visited Malham with my parents. 43 years of dreaming and ...

A couple of months working on Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions as an instructor and assessor, then four days walking along Hadrian's Wall meant I spent rather a...

Well, I was unsure I would be able to make it as a freelance instructor, but so far so good. June found me mostly in the Chiltern working on Bronze D of E as...

I’ve been ridiculously busy over the last month or so, Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions every weekend, (I’m an assessor now!) working out my notice, including t...

Mothers Day unexpectedly free. Even more unexpected was that Mr G offered to go for a walk, he even suggested we try the Brendon Hills and mentioned an incli...

From the Sublime to the Rather Lovely. Just over a week after my freezing adventures in the Mountains of South Wales, I found myself cold again but on two of...

So, last March, before I was a proper mountaineer and still honing the skills I would need to become one, I worked out a high level route in the Brecon Beac...

Dartmoor. 15th February I went to an MTA course on the archaeology of Dartmoor on Saturday the 11th of Feb. The course leader, Simon Dell, was knowledgeable,...

I went to see 'The Darkest Hour' this week, I was moved by this film more than any other war film I've ever watched. His speech ending in 'we shall never sur...