Category: Challenge Walks
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How to Nail the Nine Edges Trail – 13hrs/45km
What have you done on Grit? (If you get the joke then you’re a climber) This, my friends, is what I have just gone and done on Grit. Completing the Nine Edges Trail. All I have to do now is link all the sections together in one go, but that’s for longer daylight hours in…
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Walking the Gritstone Edges: Part 1
Do you have your sights set on a challenge walk this year? If so, this blog series might just help you achieve your goal. I will be covering a famous challenge walk in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, called the ‘Gritstone Edges Challenge’, or sometimes also known as the ‘Nine…
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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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33 Miles of Juggling
Video at the bottom of the article! Every so often, I find myself involved in something that could only really be described as bonkers. A couple of months ago, a very good friend of mine texted me to ask if, as a Mountain Leader, I thought that ‘juggling the three peaks was possible or not?’…
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Beaten by a torrential downpour
In my last blog I mentioned I would write something on the logistics, but never managed to do it before I was off on my trip to Langdale. Essentially, I had planned to hike Scafell Pike via Broad Stand – you might call this the Classic Route from Seathwaite. But the weather forecast of 50mph…
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How to Hike Scafell Pike #2
In this second post, let’s talk equipment. It’s a tricky time of year, being not really very summery (we’ve just changed the clocks) and not really winter (there’s no snow and it’s not too cold). So we need to take extra care with our clothing and lighting and pay attention to the weather forecast. Autumn…
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How to Hike Scafell Pike #1
Many hundreds of people hike to the top of England’s highest summit each year. Some of these people do so as part of the National Three Peaks Challenge, while others do so just for the Lake District adventure itself and for a whole host of other reasons. This mini blog series will outline my approach…
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A Round of Kinder Scout: Part 3
The final blog about the latest of my Greatest Walks in Britain One thing you may notice as you start the west-bound, southern part of the route is the increase in people. It is a really popular area, and for good reason. On a good day you have spectacular views across the southern Dark Peak…
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Kinder Scout Part Two
The full circumnavigation of the plateau is just over 20km, around 6.30 hours. There are two major approaches, one from Snake Pass on the OL1 Ordnance Survey map, and the other from Edale. Both approaches use the Pennine Way. A few other routes exist but these are the most popular. The plateau itself can be…
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