Travel & Hiking

Where The Cheviot Wild Goats Roam

If you venture off St Cuthbert's Way onto the quieter footpaths that lace the remote hills above College Valley near Yeavering Bell in...

The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 6 - Byrness to windy gyle

Day 14 (Sunday 26th September 2021) - The plan had been to do this stretch in August, when the heather was in full flower, but August...

The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 5 - Bellingham to Padon Hill and on to Byrness

Day 12 (Sunday 27th June 2021) - After a bit of a break from the Pennine Way due to some leave and an overwhelming urge to do a border...

Completing The Wainwrights - The Adventure So Far

The Wainwright fells of the English Lake District, a collection of photographs taken while hiking and wild camping on these beautiful fells.

The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 4 - Greenlee Lough to Bellingham

To say exploring this stretch of The Pennine Way was a bit higgledy-piggledy would be an understatement as things didn't quite go as...

The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 3 - Walltown to Hotbank Crags, Hadrian's Wall

Hiking and photographing the Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way, from Walltown to Cawfield Quarry, Sycamore Gap and Hotbank Crags.

The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 2 - Greenhead to Walltown, Hadrian's Wall

With a couple of week's leave booked off from my day job work over the Christmas holidays, and a letter permitting travel to work on a...

The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way (plus a bit) - Part 1 - Alston to Greenhead

Having started The Pennine Way about four times from the end, with the intention of hiking it the wrong way round for the Northumberland...

The Beginning of The End - The Pennine Way

Over the years I've walked along stretches of The Pennine Way as it passes through some of Northumberland's best landscapes. The year...

Scotland's North Coast 500

If, like me, you love Scotland but are so overwhelmed by the sheer number and variety of stunning places to go for a holiday and...