“… And then I was like, I’m just going to pour myself a bottle of wine and call it a day.” Julia Howell Waking up to a spectacular cloud inversion in the Grisedale valley.…
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“When things don’t go as expected, trust the reroute.” Lalah Delia Getting accustomed to the changeable weather as we head down from the summit of Lingmell in readiness to tackle the unrelenting route up…
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“Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest; always there will be the exhilaration of the summits. These are for the seeking, and those who seek and find while…
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A Wild Camping Weekend in The Lakes (That Went To Plan!) So we found ourselves with a free weekend early August and the weather forecast for the northwest of England was remarkably good (quite…
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Walking the Wainwrights… Another 19 In The Bag! So we might not have completed all 50 – severe weather conditions once again the reason for us conceding and coming down off the fells (foresight, common…
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Walking the Wainwrights… Another 9 Bagged! Making the most of every school holiday and it being May half-term, our crazy idea of a relaxing week off work was to create our own circular route…
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Taking on the Via Ferrata Xtreme at Honister Slate Mine! Located at the head of Honister Pass in the centre of the Lake District, Honister Slate Mine offers a range of indoor and outdoor…
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Walking the Wainwrights… It’s been our favourite hike in the Lake District to date! We decided on embarking on a 12 mile circular route from Wasdale Head, the remote and picturesque valley on the far western…
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A Circular Hike From Wasdale… A ‘Bank Holiday’ weekend in England is usually synonymous with rain. Remarkably however, this Bank Holiday weekend was our first successful camping trip of 2016! Intent on sticking to…
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Taking A Mini Road Trip Around Classic England… After severe weather put paid to our plans of hiking the Beacons Way in Wales during the Easter holidays, ‘The Cotswolds’ became the focus for the…
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Stonehenge, Avebury & Salisbury Sightseeing… Well, what do you do when your thru-hike falls through? It might sound simple – but when it comes to hiking, always assume your Plan A won’t work –…
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Returning To Our Favourite Spot On The Pennine Way… It doesn’t seem almost two years ago that we first encountered the magical glaciated chasm carved into the side of the Cumbrian Pennines that is…
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Taking On The Popular Yorkshire Dales Circular Walk! Feeling at peak fitness having just returned from Corsica on completion of the GR20, we decided the following weekend (maybe crazily so) that we would undertake…
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An Epic English Hiking Adventure! St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay – We made it! We were all smiles after finally reaching Robin Hood’s Bay, the official end point of Alfred Wainwright’s iconic Coast…
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Food, Glorious Food… Woo-hoo! Not only are we just 5 days away from reaching Robin Hood’s Bay, the end of our Coast to Coast walk – but today we finally finished our giant bag…
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A Wedding Anniversary To Remember! I’m sure it’s not often that someone can say they celebrated their wedding anniversary whilst walking the Coast to Coast path. Well this year, we did just that! It…