The summer ebbed away slowly this year, with an endless flow from one task to the next. In fact, it hardly felt like we had a summer at all. The colours of autumn crept up quietly and are now beginning to slip away, just as subtly. At home, the leaves have fallen ungracefully from theContinue reading “A Three Day Trip To The Peak District”
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Hiking the Leicestershire Round: Rearsby to Frisby on the Wreake
Date: Monday 27th May Distance: 5 Miles The fourth walk of our Leicestershire Round Hike started on another bank holiday. This is starting to become a bit of a trend… However, if we only walked on Bank holidays it would take us 3 years to complete. Perhaps we need to make an effort to goContinue reading “Hiking the Leicestershire Round: Rearsby to Frisby on the Wreake”
Hiking the Leicestershire Round: Mountsorrel – Rearsby
Date: Monday 6th May 2024 Distance: 6.5 Miles The fine weather from the weekend carried over into the bank holiday as we laced our hiking boots up once more and headed north to the village of Mountsorrel to embark on our third walk of the Leicestershire Round.
Hiking the Leicestershire Round: Woodhouse Eaves – Mountsorrel
Date: Saturday 4th May 2024 Distance: 4.5 Miles It’s been a few weeks since me and Faye took on our first section of the Leicestershire Round, a local 100 mile walking route. Finding free time can be challenging, but even more so when there are two of you. Anyway, on a sun drenched bank holidayContinue reading “Hiking the Leicestershire Round: Woodhouse Eaves – Mountsorrel”
Hiking the Leicestershire Round: Newtown Linford – Woodhouse Eaves
Date: Saturday 23rd March 2024 Distance: 4 Miles Myself and my partner, Faye, have decided that this year we are going to section hike the 102 mile route around our local county. I’ve been debating this one for the past two years, and after considering bikepacking it, running it or non-stop hiking it, we’ve insteadContinue reading “Hiking the Leicestershire Round: Newtown Linford – Woodhouse Eaves”
Why I Think Local Adventures Are Important
Is there a more pleasant way of spending a warm spring day than hiking to the top of a fell in the lake district and watching the sunset over the mountains? It sounds great and would be hard to argue against. If you are anything like me though, who, between working 6 days a weekContinue reading “Why I Think Local Adventures Are Important”
The Cost of Wild Camping
I fell into wild camping when I embarked on my third bikepacking trip, a two-week cycling trip around Europe. I’d previously spent a week cycling through France, stopping in an Airbnb each night, and then a long weekend in Wales with paid campsites. Both trips were thoroughly enjoyable and having a place to stay eachContinue reading “The Cost of Wild Camping”
A Walk To My Local Hill
A few weeks ago I managed to get a couple of days off work and spend them in the Peak District, climbing up hills and looking at pretty views. It was great to be honest, watching the world from above.
I Bought A Drone
I’ve got a trip planned for next year which I wanted to be able to document in a full video. I’ve been messing about with filming for a few weeks with my camera as it adds a different way of sharing stories. Rather than just writing about it and sharing photos. As well as givingContinue reading “I Bought A Drone”
Let’s Walk Up a Hill and Watch the Sunset
I started to write this blog post last week. Whilst writing the opening paragraph, I got carried away sharing some home truths with myself, and instead ended up with a page of text on my observations of my relationship with social instead. I mention in that blog that I had recently spent a day travellingContinue reading “Let’s Walk Up a Hill and Watch the Sunset”
Get Up Go Outside 