Reasons to go North

I woke with the realisation that I’d hiked up three hills higher than Scafell Pike yesterday and was about to, hopefully, hike two more....

After Easter’s foray ‘up north’ and the typical Scottish weather. It was a shock to to have temperatures around 20oc. In a half...

I’ve spent nearly a year now ticking off boxes and completing tasks towards obtaining my Mountain Leader accreditation. From my first...

Easter Sunday in Braemar. MWIS announced more gales and rain. Over breakfast the sun shone. We gambled on the weather not playing to the...

So now I’ve walked my first Corbett. After the Wainwrights I have no intention of embarking on another list. Morrone, the hill,...

A bit like ‘coals to Newcastle’. A Weekend in London, much of it spent walking. Round parks and gardens. Along riverbanks and canals Even...