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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Eager to continue with the route today I enrolled a couple of walking friends, they were up for a long walk. With just the three of us we...

Saturday, 3 February 2018 It was pouring with rain but I wasn’t going to let that stop me from going for a walk. I am not water soluble,...

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