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”
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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”
A Local Map: Square Two
Fresh from completing my first grid square, it didn’t take me long to get back out again in search of square number two. When I was presented with a Friday afternoon off work, I looked out of my window, seen the clear blue skies, and knew I needed to go fetch my bike and cycleContinue reading “A Local Map: Square Two”
A Local Map: Square One
When most people hear the word ‘Adventure’ they think of epic around the world trips or expeditions to the Arctic Circle chasing polar bears. Big adventures for adventurous people. We probably don’t think of our local area as a place where adventures happen. This is the place we live our day-to-day lives. We know ourContinue reading “A Local Map: Square One”
30 Parkrun Challenge – 1 to 5
So I’ve set myself the challenge of completing 30 Parkrun’s before I turn 31 in December. For those who don’t know, Parkrun is a weekly 5k run which takes place on a Saturday morning. There’s thousands of courses worldwide, all run by volunteers, meaning it’s free to take part! I’ve not been very consistent with attendingContinue reading “30 Parkrun Challenge – 1 to 5”
My Favourite Photos of 2023
I was sitting drinking a coffee the other morning before work, scrolling aimlessly through my phone, and Facebook popped up with a memories post from 14 years ago. It was a picture of 16-year-old me, crouching down in the woods taking a macro photo of some flowers on my Motorola phone. I’d just realised thatContinue reading “My Favourite Photos of 2023”
Turning 30
I’m a week away from turning thirty. I can’t say I’m too bothered about the prospect of it myself, but it does seem to bother everyone else. Ever since turning 29, I’ve been reminded constantly that “you’ll be 30 next year”, almost as if my life is due to end and I can forget aboutContinue reading “Turning 30”
Cycling the NC500: When Adventure Goes Wrong!
Nearly 2 weeks ago I got back from what I had planned to be a 500-mile self-supported cycle around the north coast of Scotland. I’ll write another post about the trip, covering why I did it and how the first 6 days went, but this post is about the final day of the trip. WhatContinue reading “Cycling the NC500: When Adventure Goes Wrong!”
Get Up Go Outside 