Distance: 12 miles I originally intended to be walking in the Lake District today, but I'm on a mission to save some money. So the £25 petrol for a lakes trip is saved instead. I've seen a few pictures of the Hundred Acre Plantation at Oakenshaw on Darren Christies blog and decided I would re-visit the ponds there. The map abovet shows my tracks from the walk along with the elevation and for a change my heart rate. For anyone who doesn't know me or hasn't
Frosterley & Stanhope Drowning
Distance: 6 miles I did this walk last Sunday with my dad, it was in very heavy rain. The original plan was for a 10 miles walk but the rain was so heavy we cut it short. It would be quite a nice walk on a sunnier day, but this was the heaviest rain I've walked in for a long time. When I got back to the car I found my iPhone and Camera had drowned in the dry bag. The bag is supposed to keep
Eggleston Routes
I've done 2 walks this week both around the Eggleston area, both fairly easy walks. Eggleston Burn Distance : 8 miles I was scanning old walking routes into Evernote before throwing out the original magazines and this was one one of the 400 routes I've scanned so far. Although I was too busy talking and went the wrong way according to the original route. We ended up jumping a wall to rejoin where we should of been. We also changed the end and decided to walk down
Walking Gear
I decided to finally buy a few walking gear bits and bobs I've been wanting. The main thing I fancied was a Therm-a-Rest Neo Air, I struggle sleeping on my back and my current Alpkit Slim Airic is a bit thin when sleeping on my side. It's also nearly 3 times heavier and considerably bigger rolled up than the small Neo Air. I have previously bought items from Backpackinglight.co.uk (3 years ago) and had received excellent service. So, when I became undecided over which