Lonewalker
Long walks, hills and wild camps
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Speyside Way – Day 2
15th May 2022: Fochabers to Dufftown – 17.5 miles I have the full set, all nine of them: 10, 11,
Speyside Way – Day 1
14th May 2022: Buckie to Fochabers – 11 miles Oh my goodness, I’m in post-walk heaven! I’ve had one of
Memory Map for All
Regular readers will know I have something of a love-hate relationship with Memory Map software. I absolutely love the Windows
Looking Behind (and Ahead)
Looking Behind This time last year we were just coming out of what was hopefully the final lockdown in England
A Dales ‘Adventure’
If you’d have asked me last week if it was possible to have a proper ‘adventure’ in somewhere like the
I’ve Bought a Campervan!
I’ve been toying with the idea of buying myself a campervan for about 3 or 4 years, but never had
Cross Borders Drove Road – Day 5
16th June 2021: Selkirk to Hawick – 14 miles I escaped in to the murk and mizzle at exactly 7am
Cross Borders Drove Road – Day 4
15th June 2021: Innerleithen to Selkirk – 14 miles Day 4 has just snatched the ‘best day of the walk’
Cross Borders Drove Road – Day 3
14th June 2021: Peebles to Innerleithen – 11 miles I found the bed a bit lumpy last night and the
Long Distance Path Journals
Lakeland Fells Topology Map
A while ago I spent some time creating a wall map of the Lakeland Fells. I wanted something I could hang on the wall, something that would help me track my progress through all the Lake District hill lists and above all, something that looked good. In short, something that possessed both form and function.
My Guide Books
Back in 2005 I got horrendously lost following the route notes in a guide book on my first long walk. I decided that I could probably do a better job myself and went about doing a new guide for the Herriot Way. I have since followed that with several other books, having great fun along the way.
A User's Guide to Memory Map
I’ve been a Memory Map user for several years now and I’ve helped quite a few people get to grips with the idiosyncrasies of the program, because although it’s a Windows application, it doesn’t behave like one in several important ways. The help I’ve provided has spawned a parallel user guide to the one that’s provided by Memory Map – one that covers some of the issues that first time users come across and struggle to find answers for in the MM Help files and on-line manual.
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I'm fast approaching my dotage it seems, with various bits of my body refusing to work in the way they used to, but I still manage to drag my sorry load up a few hills every now and again. Lover of the Yorkshire Dales, fell-walker, trig-pointer, peak-bagger, Wainwright-er & Pennine Way author. I have a passion for long paths, malt whisky, fast cars & Man City.
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