Easter week brought fine weather – blue skies and sunshine. I dashed to North Wales for my first expedition of the year and the last before I move to Scotland for the TGOC. This was a chance to test equipment and review fitness. North Wales is a popular destination at school holiday time, but more […]
Easter days in Eyri – Wild camp in Wales Read More »
There has been some strange happenings with my access to OS mapping. After a couple of weeks it suddenly became unavailable. At first I thought it was a service problem, but other sites continued to work normally. Without help from OS Technical Support all I could do was set up a new user ID and
TGOC 2014 route day by day Read More »
Scarpa Rebel Lite On the last long walk my feet suffered badly from Scarpa SLs. There’s half a size or a bit more difference between my feet, and getting a perfect fit is impossible. Walking long in Scotland means walking with wet feet, and good fitting shoes and thoughtful foot-care is essential. There are many
New light weight boots from Scarpa Read More »
The Snake Pass Inn is in an excellent location between two of the highest masses in the Peak District – namely Kinder and Bleakhow. The room decor is bizarre, but people aren’t coming here a 4 star hotel experience. Several of my companions in fact decided to forego the room experience altogether and camped
Wrecks challenge the TGO ers on Shelf Moor Bleaklow Read More »
I bought the Harvey maps for Dark Peak and White Peak in 2012. I’m not sure why. I suppose I want to support this small company with just 8 employees as they compete with Ordinance Survey for our custom. The scale 1:40000 is better for walking than OS’s 1:50000. In most cases it is also
First peek at the Peak District – Kinder from Edale Read More »
Anti-blister kit My new anti-blister kit! Keeping feet in good shape is essential for a walking trip long or short. Blisters and foot pain comes from friction. Reduction of friction must be a priority – and is something Compeed and the newer specialist blister plasters do not address. Also a priority is to keep dressings
Begone Bad Blisters! (or Compeed is Not Enough) Read More »
What will set the limit? i) Two months after an arthroscopy, will it be the knee?, or ii) With no long walking for many months will (un)fitness by my undoing? or iii) as we approach the shortest day of the year will the number of hours of daylight? The route starts at Caversham Bridge in
Dawn to Dusk in December – A 50k walk in the Thames Valley Read More »
It is now nine weeks since the knee operation. There’s been remarkably little pain and I have been able to increase my walking distances without incident. At the 8-week check I was given the all-clear to increase distances while ‘listening to your body’. Time for a trip to the mountains! A trip to North Wales
Knee test: 3 walks in Wales! Read More »
What is the best GPS for the backpacker and walker? It is hard to find a definitive answer to this – I’ve been looking for more than a year. Without great conviction I’ve settled on the Garmin GPSMAP 62s in the knowledge that it is at least better than some. My first GPS was the
New Generation GPS? Some thoughts on GPS for mountain walking .. Read More »
Need to get the maps out and find the timetable for Torridon! …
‘Ere we go! TGO challenge 2014 Read More »