As I write this in June 2022, there is currently a cost of living crisis in England. Energy prices have soared as have fuel prices, which are at an all time high and make my …
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Wild Camping In The Cambrian Mountains- Solitude In Spades

As I leave my car parked all by itself in the middle of nowhere, I feel a mix of excitement and nervousness. The last farm house was about two miles back and I am heading …
Continue readingI Can’t Sleep In The Woods

The sun is shining, I’ve just had a great sleep and I’ve officially broken up for the half term holiday. I should be over the moon, yet I feel annoyed. It is true that I …
Continue readingWhy The North Of England Is Better Than The South

Who Says It’s Grim Up North? I just smiled again to myself today, as I drove home across The M1 motorway in Hertfordshire and spotted that sign ushering drivers towards ‘The North’. Clearly it’s such …
Continue readingWhy Going To The Toilet In The Wild Isn’t As Bad As You Think

The Normal Reaction I remember trying to entice my dad into a spot of wild camping last autumn after already successfully persuading him to visit the amazing Cambrian Mountains. Perhaps it was a step too …
Continue readingSand Tarn- The Hidden Gem In The Dales

The Unknown Corner Until three weeks ago, I hadn’t heard of the hidden gem that is Sand Tarn in The Yorkshire Dales. When I thought of The Yorkshire Dales National Park, I pictured the places …
Continue readingThe Wild Howgill Fells of Cumbria

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 …
Continue readingA 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 …
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