Tag Archives: walking

A Three Day Trip To The Peak District

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”

A Photography Everyday Adventure

I’m a big advocate of trying to enjoy the little things in life. I don’t have the time to go on big, dangerous adventures. Instead of being down in the dumps about this, I think about all the adventure I can squeeze into my life. Whether a walk on my lunch break or a quickContinue reading “A Photography Everyday Adventure”

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”

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”

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”