This post was an idea after one of many long discussions on Facebook with Helen Fisher. We appear to have the same routes and ideas on places to walk like the PCT (Helen calls it the PTC), Wainwrights Coast to Coast and dozens of others, the conversation turned to walking with my dad and how cool she thought it was. I thought about this and realised that my parents are the reason I started walking and camping in the first place (explained shortly). I have read
Outdoors
A 103-post collection
Cross Fell & Wild Camp
Distance: 19ish miles (over 2 days but easily done in 1) GPX File This trip was planned as a test to try two people in the Trailstar. My dad and I set off from Garrigill at lunch time on Saturday to walk the planned 19 miles. The aim was to camp somewhere before Great Dunn Fell, but no firm plans were made and would just see where we found. The weather was sunny on the Saturday but with a breeze. I had only had a quick
Tandem Parachute Jump
Skydive from Steven Horner on Vimeo. I was going through some of my video and found this, its the video from the tandem parachute jump I did at the end of 2006 (I think). I look quite miserable (and fatter), maybe I was nervous, but I can remember being strangely calm. I tried uploading this years ago to YouTube, but it was over their 10 minute limit.
First run in months
Today I went for my first run in months on my lunch break. I struggled, which isn't surprising considering how long its been and the enforced recent lack of exercise due to my feet. This probably wont be a regular posting on the website, but thought I'd checkout how Garmin Connect looks embeded in a website which is below. You can use this for walking, cycling, running, etc... If you really want to keep track of me, you could click view details and from there follow
Doris Does Ullswater
It takes me ages to write a blog post, which is why they are so infrequent and the draft posts list for this blog is so long. I dabbled with video on the Loch Lomond Adventure and decided to give it another go. This may not be exciting I'm afraid, but let me know what you think. To make it more interesting count how many times I say "fantastic" and thought about adding Vic Reeves- Dizzy at one point but decided against it. The boat was