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This was an obvious choice for the first hike of my spring 26’ Welsh trip.

My mind is purely focused on my N3PX Charity Hiking Challenge coming up in May

These are some of my favourite hiking routes in Wales, where I have headed out

This is my first in a series of post which are going to go through

This Munro had been on my list for a while. The second highest mountain in

Quick Links The West Highland Way is a iconic trails that passed though some of

Balance is my buzzword for 2025. I’ve got to try and find it in all

The Carneddau mountain ranges might be one of my favourite in Eryri National Park. This

This was an ideal winter morning for hiking. I quite like it when there is

I’ve planned out a few long distance hikes and a plethora of shorter day hikes

I didn’t get very far on this hike, the conditions were, well amazingly exciting! The

The Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB) is about the same distance away from me as

It’s been a bit of a challenge to get back into the flow of things

This was originally a hike to review some sections of my draft route for my

I started with this as my first route on my first hiking tour of Scotland.

This mountain classification is definitely one of the biggest ones in the UK covering the

After researching all the different mountain classification across the British Isles one thing came to

This is my review of the Alpkit Tarpstar 1 and 2. This tent has very

Welcome to my latest post about mountain classifications in the United Kingdom. This week I’m

This hike is a tale of when to know when to turn back. I turned

It has taken me a little longer to recover from my challenge back in June

There isn’t a lot to say about the hiking on the third day of my

The second day of my challenge was definitely the toughest. My feet had picked up

In June 2024 I took on a huge hiking challenge, Stafford2Snowdon. A nice little one

I really want to carry as little as possible on this long distance challenge. The

So I wanted to share the full route which I’ll be taking on my Stafford2Snowdon

Ahh my last moments in Glenmore for another year. I got all packed up and

A dull cloudy start, but it has that sort of foggy mist that suggest a

I had one reason for visiting Glenmore and that was to take on Cairn Gorm,

And the rain is back, just in time for me packing away my tent. Thankfully

It’s not the nicest of days today, the rain has been constant since I woke.

Starting the day with a stroll around loch Katrine did help to realise I’d made

The day started off well. The morning view of Beinn Nairn and the Cobbler was

Over the next week I’ll write a post for everyday covering my Scotland tour at

I’ve had a pretty amazing month of hiking in March. Shropshire Hills It might have

This is a rather new classification in contrast to some of the others that I’ve

Maybe the truest definition of a British Mountain!It’s one of the few lists that covers

The title does say a lot. Planning out a route for a nine day hike,

I’ve driven past this Welsh mountain a lot on my trips through the Eryri National

Time to continue with my series of posts discussing the classifications of the mountain of

If nothing else I absolutely love how they came up with the name, to create

This wasn’t my first attempt to reach the summit of Pen y Ole Wen. During

There are a lot of different definitions of mountains across the UK. Today I want

So 2023 was a year full of adventures. Camping trips in the Lake District, a

During this hike I managed to experience pretty much every type of weather from a

Visiting the Black Mountains area of Bannau Brycheiniog, or the Brecon Beacons as the Welsh

After having to take a forced three week break due to needing some work done

An absolutely beautiful morning for taking on the highest mountain in Wales. For me it

Another day of Ethel bagging in the Peak District, started off pretty foggy and stayed

This one was a little different to the other hikes that I talk about on

Even though the weather wasn’t quite on my side it did improve during the day

My main focus of this hike was reconnaissance. I’m starting to plan out a large

The Route The path to the path You might have noticed that a lot of

A 6am start on a warm Saturday morning. A beautiful June day, and a pretty

I wanted to start to give my views on a bit of the gear that

Nearing the end of my Scotland trip I paid a visit to the Cairngorm National

My trek up Ben Ledi might have been of the biggest treks I’ve ever done. From

After six months of hiking, I’m diving in to take on the biggest mountain in

In the grips of winter, what better place to go for a hike than on

This was one of those hikes where throughout the first hour, I debated about turning

This was not the easiest of hikes that I have done and even though I

Snow…check. Sun… check. I knew that I was going to really enjoy this hike before

Reaching the small town of Malvern just in time for seeing the sun rise over

One of the quieter treks that I have been in, there was still plenty of

Starting the day in a forest, taking a climb up to Moel Famau.

Prepared for anything

To complete all 15 of our National Parks, I need a plan!

Just on my doorstep!

Not following a trail and not getting lost.

A beautiful hike in the Betws-y-Coed area of Snowdonia National Park was a great way to spend a Saturday.

The hike didn’t go exactly to plan, but it was still a great experience.

Even the sheep and cattle seemed to welcome me to the Cressbrook Dales.

What am I doing with this blog and why am I doing it?