If this is the first of my UK Coast to Coast Adventure Journal posts you are reading, please do consider going back to the beginning for the full story. Day 13 of our coast to coast hike would be our penultimate day … Continued
If this is the first of my UK Coast to Coast Adventure Journal posts you are reading, please do consider going back to the beginning for the full story. After a short-day walking through Swaledale, day nine of our UK … Continued
Day seven of our coast to coast hike from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay was to include a prominent feature on the landscape that I’d been wanting to hike for years. Nine Standards Rigg has been on my bucket … Continued
Back in October 2021 (last Autumn), friend and hiking partner Jenni (@mrsjtulip) and I hiked the UK coast to coast. On the wish list since we hiked the West Highland Way in 2017, we completed Alfred Wainwright’s traditional route from … Continued
One of the things I am most looking forward to when lockdown starts to ease again, is to get back out on some decent length day hikes. As you know (from such posts as Seven Days of One Hour Outside … Continued
Following on from my recent post week featuring a short hike we did in Teide National Park when on holiday in Tenerife back in February (which you can read here if you haven’t already), today you’re getting another. As with … Continued
While holidays are meant to be relaxing, I love nothing more than to spend mine walking. Of course I do, walking is one of my favourite things to do anywhere, and when I’m not at work I have more time … Continued
Taking time off work at the moment is a bit weird, I certainly didn’t spend it on a road trip here in the UK, travel abroad to explore a new-to-me country, or even do the long distance hike I was … Continued
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of celebrating St David’s Day in Wales. I joined the Over the Bridge to Wales project for a rather lovely couple of days out in the Newport area, first with this walk from Newport to … Continued
I think it’s fair to say that one thing we all have in common during this lock down period is the fact that we’ve spent some time exploring our local area a little bit more than we might have otherwise. … Continued