Long Distance Paths
Pennine Way (North to South) 2024 – Planning
Apologies – this is a long post – and unless you’re planning on walking the
5 January, 2024
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Retrospective Looking back over my shoulder, to the year behind us, I see a bit
22 December, 2023
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Long Distance Paths
Southern Upland Way 2023 – Day 6
2nd August 2023: Longformacus to Cockburnspath – 18.5 miles Once again my watch told a
2 August, 2023
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Long Distance Paths
Southern Upland Way 2023 – Day 5
1st August 2023: Lauder to Longformacus – 15.0 miles I thought I slept pretty well
1 August, 2023
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Southern Upland Way 2023 – Day 4
31st July 2023: Galashiels to Lauder – 16.0 miles Two things struck me at 4.30
31 July, 2023
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Long Distance Paths
Southern Upland Way 2023 – Day 3
30th July 2023: Innerleithen to Galashiels – 15.0 miles I needed to use my ear
30 July, 2023
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Long Walk Journals
This is a selection of my long distance walk journals – you can find the full list using the button below.
Coast to Coast
2006
Pennine Way
2010
Coast to Coast
2011
Walking Projects
Over the past few years, as I’ve looked for inspiration in my weekend walks, I’ve used little projects to bring together walks that have a theme in common. This may be hills in a certain area, like the Howgills or the Bowland Fells, or they may centre around a specific hill, like Kinder Scout.
Walking in the Howgills
Walking in the Howgills
Kinder Scout Ascent Routes
Kinder Scout Ascent Routes
Settle-Carlisle Railway Walks
Settle-Carlisle Railway Walks
Walking the Dales 30
Walking the Dales 30
Walking all the Dales Tops
Walking all the Dales Tops
Lakeland Fells 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.
Memory Map User Guide
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.
Walks Database
I initially created a walks database purely for my own purposes. I wanted a way to track the walks I’d done, where I’d walked, the hills I’d visited and the trig points I’d bagged. The list of walks soon expanded to include a hills database and a trig point database too. Even once I’d shared it to a public audience, I never really expected it to be of interest to anyone else, but it seems I was wrong. Based on my Google Analytics results, this is one of the most popular elements on my website.
About Me
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 & more recently, guide book author. I have a passion for long distance, multi-day walks, malt whisky, fast cars & Man City.
You can use this form to send me a message, ask a question, tell me about an error in one of my walks, or just to say hello!