Tag: travel
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Week 8, Month 2: Why bother with a career plan? Six questions to try and answer as a Mountain Leader
It might feel a bit pointless to plan your future. I mean, nobody knows what will happen for sure and we all change in unexpected ways. Some of those changes are good, some bad. And surely the careers plan for a Mountain Leader is just ‘go out and hike up mountains’, right?! This is a…
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Week 7: No Such Thing as Bad Weather…Except Really Bad Weather!
As regular readers will know, I check the weather forecast on a Thursday evening to see what my weekend might look like. Sometimes it’s time to plan a sunrise shoot, sometimes it’s a walk for one of my guidebook projects. Other times it’s a Quality Day for one of the various awards I’m working towards.…
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Week 6: 100th Blog Post and Quality Lowland Day #7
Before I begin, a bit of a newsflash for you all: I’ve actually gone and booked onto a Lowland Leader training course! And I also just realised that this is my 100th blog! Should I mark the occasion in some way? If you are reading this, can I just say a massive and heartfelt ‘thank…
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Week 3: Busy work life? Here are ten questions I ask myself before I head outdoors.
If you work a 40 hour week in an office, how can you best prepare for a weekend outside? And does that preparation actually make a difference? Here are ten questions I ask myself before heading out. They help guide me towards an objective and minimise missing out on crucial outdoor time. I’m using pictures…
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Week 2: Lowland routes in focus – how do you best plan a walk for varied abilities?
Pushed for time? Check out my video at the bottom! Reading time: 15 mins. As I make progress through the Lowland Leader scheme, it strikes me that it makes a really good qualification to help you as a leader think carefully about the abilities of your group. Why is that? At first, I nearly dismissed…
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Week 1: Navigation Training, Sunrise Hikes and how NOT to photograph the Northern Lights…
See that above? Not bad for a hand-held effort. Just ignore all the blurred streetlights in the bottom right corner. Basically I was just really lazy and couldn’t be bothered to get my tripod. No other excuse. It’s been an adventurous first week into my challenge, so here’s a brief run through of what I’ve…
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How to hike Helvellyn for Sunrise and Sunset shots
There’s noting that beats getting some great photos from your mountain adventures. But how do you give yourself the best chance of getting some great shots? Here are my top tips, using Helvellyn in the Lake District as an example. Scroll down for a YouTube video too! I can’t emphasise this enough. Plan a route…
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Start to the Summit in 90 Minutes: Helvellyn Direttissima.
If you squint hard enough (not when walking!) you could almost be in the Italian Alps… Except this is the Lake District – for those who like it direct, dead easy and done in less than a day. The only major challenge with this route is its test of stamina. Ready for an intensive workout?…
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The Finest Route in the Eastern Fells? The Raise Beck Trek
This surely has to rank as one of the finest routes in the Eastern Fells – The Raise Beck Trek to Helvellyn. And yes, that is a bold statement considering it has to compete with Striding Edge for the same title! Scroll down or read below for a video guide to the trail. It’s a…
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