Ever since our trip to Summerhill Farm back in January, I’ve been desperately looking forward to our return to Dumfries and Galloway in mid-July. Just two nights in Galloway was enough to convince me that…
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Back in May we started the Shepherd’s Round, a 64km circular alternative to the more popular Lyke Wake Walk. We’ve said for years that we need to take advantage of some of our local long…
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North Yorkshire missed out on the heatwave sweeping the rest of the country during the first week of July. We’d pop the TV on to watch a bit of Wimbledon, where you could practically feel…
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Making good on our promise to ourselves to spend more time in the North Pennines, we recently managed to get back up to Teesdale for another walk in this most underrated of areas. With the…
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For years now, we’ve been talking about how we would love to tackle one of Britain’s many long distance paths. Top of the list are iconic trails like the Pennine Way and the Coast to…
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Readers of last week’s blog will know that we recently spent a (rather wet and soggy) week in the Lake District. The first half of the week was slightly better weather wise and we did…
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Day tripping to the Lakes to bag more Wainwrights has taken a back seat over the last year or so. We’ve reached the point now where we’ve bagged a lot of the peaks which are…
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