I am not a gambling man. If I was though, then I’d put good money on the fact that you probably have never heard of this area of mountains. Even if you have, I bet …
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A Guide To The Cambrian Mountains
Occasionally something enters our lives that can make a lasting impression. It might be a book we’ve read, a film we’ve watched or even a person that we have met. I believe places can have …
Continue readingSolo Wild Camp and An Amazing Night In Snowdonia
Spending a week in the Scottish Highlands recently has been both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand I have amazing memories of some jaw-dropping vistas that I can re-visit in my mind …
Continue readingMountains, a film location and an incredible loch
I’m sitting here on a leather sofa, drinking a fine glass of scotch, while watching the sun sink behind the snow- covered mountains across the loch. It’s safe to say that Scotland has blown me …
Continue readingMy First Solo Wild Camp On Kinder Scout
As I stare at the stream of red lights making their way south on the M1, I am buzzing and feel totally alive. I know that this makes me sound like some mad traffic spotter, …
Continue readingSearching For Snow In The Peak District
A Mad idea Is Born This weekend I did something crazy. With the day free on Friday and the forecast of snow in the northern hills, I decided what better than complete a three hundred …
Continue readingThe Shepherd’s Hut Bothy In The North Pennines
I’ll admit it. For the last several months I’ve been obsessed with a little- known jewel in the far north of England. A little bothy so remote and unknown that it’s not even officially marked …
Continue readingTravels With My Father In The Cambrian Mountains
Before you mention it, I know that title is remarkably similar to the one Jack Whitehall created with his Dad. I also know that my report features a town and lots of driving, which doesn’t …
Continue readingTiming Is Everything- Rain, Pain and Never Again!
Timing is everything. A quick Google search told me that a man I’ve never heard of before called Anthony Liccione coined that now very well- known phrase. I don’t know what else the man did …
Continue readingDay 2 In The Cambrian Mountains-Claerddu Bothy
Riding a wave of good fortune and morale after hitching a lift with the off-road crew and rescuing Sheepy The Sheep from a barbed wire fence, we reached the comfort of the car and were …
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