Setting of from the campsite at Wasdale Head, we parked the car at Greendale and set off along the path towards the south ridge of...

This walk has been a long time in the planning and one I have really been looking forward to. The Sandstone Trail is a long-distance path...

This is a regular walk of mine and one that I always enjoy immensely, usually as part of a longer loop starting and ending at home. One...

Well if the first lockdown could not have been predicted, how on earth could a second? A little different this time round, not least...

Summer 2020, post lockdown and five glorious weeks on Madeira! We were so lucky that the lockdown was eased and travelling permitted....

Well, this is one section I couldn’t have predicted having to write about! What strange times we are living in. A deadly virus, national...

After our recent local successes, I was really looking forward to going back to Madeira and doing some serious walking, and was impatient...

I had been back at the gym for a couple of months, cycling and building up my stamina on the treadmill so that I could now manage 3km on...

After our recent local successes, I was really looking forward to going back to Madeira and doing some serious walking, and was impatient...

I had been back at the gym for a couple of months, cycling and building up my stamina on the treadmill so that I could now manage 3km on...

So, after two months I am reflecting on my decision to accept surgery, and I am optimistic. Functionally I think I am almost back to...

September 2019, two weeks post op and feeling optimistic. “Let’s go for a walk.” My better half raised his eyebrows. “Are you sure?” It...

I suppose my first walk, following my knee reconstruction surgery, was from the hospital to the car. A few hundred yards, with crutches I...