Tag Archives: camping
A Pennine Way Gear List
In response to several queries as to the practicality of walking the Pennine Way with just a 30 litre rucksack…
Trekkertent Stealth, a compact but reliable ultralight tent.
A tent that’s designed and made in the UK by people who themselves hike and camp in the British hills.
The Pandemic Pennine Way – Itinerary
A quick summary of my 2020 itinerary, mainly just to show how flexible and informal a Pennine Way can be.
The Pennine Way in Eighty-Three Sleeps
Pennine Way enthusiasts (or planners) might be amused to see this diagram, which I painstakingly drew for my book. It shows all the places on the trail where I’ve slept. Using the word ‘sleep’ loosely. Only three of my five PW completions (so far) are exhaustively (or exhaustingly) described on here, June 2016, October 2016 […]
Coast to Coast – Norfolk to Wales 6
When I first ventured into Snowdonia, fortunately under experienced leadership, there were rules…
Coast to Coast – Norfolk to Wales 5
How would I survive a bivy in this? I began to cry out loud to the forest Gods for shelter, oh please, any shelter…
Coast to Coast – Norfolk to Wales 4
I just plonked the bivy down rather informally on the towpath. A couple of dog walkers said hello, but after that I had the place to myself…
Coast to Coast – Norfolk to Wales 3
On my Cosmic Solstice Rebirth Pilgrimage across Britain I now found myself slinking like a damp rat from pub to petrol station, scrounging brownies off innocent residents and slurping instant coffee from cardboard with desperate enthusiasm…
Coast to Coast – Norfolk to Wales 2
What a heritage, what a country. And what better way to appreciate it than to blunder through the whole accumulation, the whole palimpsest of it all, on foot…
Coast To Coast – Norfolk to Wales 1
I stumbled with unusual optimism off my own front doorstep and onto the first long distance hike I’ve ever devised myself. It was to be my best and most unique adventure yet…
Making a Micro-Tarp
My first venture into the murky and laborious world of MYOG – Making Your Own Gear…
Pennine Way Blog 3 – Days 12 to 14
I am running out of expressions for ‘it started to rain really quite heavily’…
Pennine Way Blog 3 – days 1 – 3.
The Purposeless Pennine Way – a third, more philosophical, journey along Britain’s premier long distance hiking trail…
An Oldie Outdoors 