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Dark Peak Bagging: The Nuttall’s
Did you know there are three mountains in the Peak District? You’d be forgiven for thinking that this National Park was just a collection of peaty moorland, especially if you were gazing north from the summit of Mam Tor or The Great Ridge. None of it looks particularly ‘mountainous’. According to the Government, any terrain…
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The Edale Skyline (28km)
Last weekend, I finally got round to completing the mega-classic hiking trail of the Dark Peak: The Edale Skyline. It had been on my mind for a long time, years in fact, but I had never quite felt ready for it and there had always been something else to distract me (logging days towards qualifications…
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Dark Peak Walks #4: Crowden to Black Hill via Chew Reservoir (22km)
Every so often, there’s a day comes along that’s one to remember. This was one of them. An absolute belter. Video on my channel here Reasons? Well, firstly, the plan was ambitious but succeeded, showing me that I had learned from the previous walk. The Peak District is pretty merciless to those who choose not…
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Quality Hill Day #1: Wessenden Moor – Peak District
Well, it could have gone better, let’s put it that way! But how else do you get a Quality Day for your logbook? Basically, I was massively over-ambitious with me route plan (20km over rough ground) and forgot to check out the road section on Google Maps to make sure there was actually a way…
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#OHMG 7: August 2023
One Hundred Month Goals – Number 7! Once again this month, I faced a number of tough questions, with the main one being how to best approach the walking schemes. I have had various ideas which I’ve discarded but now settled on what I believe is the best one for me. I will be logging…
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QLD#4: Ladybower, Derwent and Howden Reservoirs 25k
28th August 2023 For the first time, when planning this one, I actually had some doubts that I could complete the route and fulfil all of the aims/objectives I had set out for myself. This was because the route length is 25k, which would take a long time in itself, plus the aims that would…
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QLD#3: Arnside to Leighton Moss via Jenny Brown’s Point
The circuit in the map screenshot above looks innocent enough – a nice coastal route with an RSPB reserve thrown in for good measure. What’s the worry? In short: cows, and sinking sand. And some pretty fast cars. The Morecambe Bay estuary is known for its sinking sands. There are hazard signs up everywhere saying…
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Marsden to Holmfirth
Blog Categories for you to browse: I have been busy recently trying to sort out the content of the WYHT guidebook into some sort of clear order. While writing up the directions and the historical info, I realised there were some pictures that really needed re-taking, and also some research that could be done to…
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Back in the game!
Hearing the diagnosis at the hospital a couple of weeks ago was not very comforting. The doctor had reckoned on at least two to three weeks out of action; I had basically consigned all of August to time spent hobbling about and being generally frustrated. But then something happened – whatever it was that had…
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Rehabilitation…
Sustainability isn’t just about the environment, it’s also about how you take care of your body, especially when it decides to malfunction. I recently ended up in A+E. Not a place I go on a regular basis – in fact so infrequently that when my friend offered to drive me there I actually had no…
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