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, …
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Searching 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 …
Continue readingBothy Adventures In The Cambrian Mountains
The Cambrian Mountains are about as far removed as you can get from the hectic life we are so used to in the south east. They cover a huge area and are often referred to …
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