Tideswell To Home, May 2022

Day One - 12 miles - Tideswell to North Lees Campsite Geoff dropped me off in Tideswell in the morning and I wiggled my way across to North Lees, passing through Litton, Wardlow Mires, Foolow, Eyam and Hathersage. It was warm anyway and heavy rain made for quite uncomfortable going with full waterproofs on. The …

Four Day Circuit From Home

Well, what amazing weather we had for this trip! Feels like I don't know how long since we were last out with all four of us, too, and we've never done 4 days on the run before with both doggies, so it was kind of a special little trip. It was also the first time …

Camps of 2021

Not so many wild camps in 2021 then, but plenty of camps if you include campsites. I've also been lucky enough to do three, decent long distance routes, all of them great fun. I did have a flight booked out to Sweden again in August, but, as in 2020, I once again postponed it. Hopefully …

The Herriot way

The Herriot Way takes in some of the best scenery around Wensleydale and Swaledale, and is an absolutely delightful walk. It's a circular route, so it doesn't matter where you start and finish, but we chose Grinton. I found an Airbnb there where we could leave the car, as long as we spent the nights …

The Cumbria Way

Day 1, Ulverston to Beacon Tarn, 9 miles The day started off perfectly with a Second Breakfast at Peter Dixon's, where we met Jill and Maggie too - weather was mostly dry and sunny but a bit of rain in the last couple of miles - very quiet on the trails - wild camp Day …