A while ago we considered changing the name of Bruton Walkers to reflect the fact that many of us don’t live in Bruton. We didn’t change...

During the Autumn two very different news items made me think about the paths we walk today and how they might have been made. ‘The Slow...

From any one place, there will be a limit to the number of walks which can be easily completed without resorting to the motor car. Most...

With the Walking Group currently curtailed again because of the latest Covid 19 restrictions, there is another walking activity which has...

One of my aims for lockdown walking was to find a Triangulation stations, commonly called a Trig Point, marked on the OS maps by a blue...

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...

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...

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...

I spent an interesting morning in the Gym today with Nathan from Defined by Movement having my gait and way of walking analysed. Very...

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...

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...

If you haven't already read it. Try The Salt Path, a true heartbreaking, funny and inspiring story. The Salt Path, by Raynor Winn.

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...