In May, Rob and I were planning on a kayak and bivi on the Norfolk coast, but a force 5 wind conspired to put that idea out of reach. Instead, we resurrected an idea we had previously had to walk the ‘Edale Skyline’, a walk that unsurprisingly follows the hills Continue Reading
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Review: Exped AirPillow XL – a good night’s sleep?
There are those who consider a pillow a luxury when out camping. I am not one of them. To put it quite simply, for me no pillow = no sleep. At the end of a long day walking, the last thing you want is to get insufficient sleep and be Continue Reading
Wild Camp: Unfinished business on Cadair Idris
In December, Rob and I decided to head back to Cadair Idris, the highest mountain in southern snowdonia. We had tried to climb it in 2019, but it was a bit of a disaster as the weather beat us off the hill and we’d only gone as far as Llyn Continue Reading
West Highland Way Day 4: Kinlochleven to Fort William
I woke on Day 4 to a cold, clear day. A dusting of snow was visible on the higher tops, and I could tell the weather was going to be good today, which lifted my spirits. I had breakfast booked at 8am. I entered the dining room, where most people Continue Reading
West Highland Way Day 3: Glen Coe to Kinlochleven
I will declare straight away that this was the best of the 4 days I spent walking from Crianlarich to Fort William. After a fairly horrendous night in my Hilleberg Soulo, I woke to completely different conditions. For the first time since I’d arrived in Crianlarich on Monday morning, there Continue Reading
West Highland Way Day 2: Bridge of Orchy to Glen Coe
After a good night’s sleep, I broke camp and walked back down the hill to rejoin the West Highland Way, and walked the short distance round to Mam Carraigh. I walked up to the cairn and enjoyed some great views down to Loch Tulla and up to some of the Continue Reading
West Highland Way Day 1: Crianlarich to Bridge of Orchy
The astute amongst you will note that the title of this post says ‘Day 1’ but does not start in Milngavie, which is where the West Highland Way traditionally starts if you are doing it south to north. This is because I had only 4 days available to me, and Continue Reading
Wild Camp: Fur Tor and an emergency tarp re-pitch
In October I decided to drive back down to Dartmoor National Park and walk to one of the more remote Tors, Fur Tor. I decided to tackle it from Postbridge, and I will start this post by saying that having done it, I wouldn’t recommend this route particularly (see below Continue Reading
Skiddaw Little Man and Skiddaw from Keswick
A few days after my trip to Assynt, I drove to Penrith station to meet my wife from the train so we could spend a few days in the Lake District before heading back south. The weather on the first day was looking pretty good, so we decided to take Continue Reading
Packraft UK: Paddling in the shadows of Suilven
This page contains accounts of solo packrafting in remote locations. No paddlesports instructor would recommend this and neither do I. If you choose to packraft solo, then you and you alone are responsible for that decision and your safety. Nothing in this site constitutes a recommendation to paddle alone. For Continue Reading