Hiking

  • Hiking The Pennine Way

    On my Hike Across Great Britain in the summer of 2019, I hiked the Pennine Way. Much like the West…

  • Hiking the West Highland Way

    The West Highland Way is the archetypal and most famous of the long-distance Scottish footpaths. In many ways it’s also…

  • Mental Health and Self-Care Outside

    I issued an episode of my podcast “Travel tales from beyond the Brochure” where I spoke about “Get Outside Day”,…

  • Hiking on Orkney

    Hiking on Orkney was one of my major reasons for travelling there. My original aim was to walk around several…

  • Hiking the Norfolk Coast Path

    As I’m sure you all know, in the summer of 2019 I hiked across Great Britain, along with my friend…

  • Hiking in Ardnamurchan

    Ardnamurchan is a peninsula in the far west of Scotland, lying about halfway up, kind of between Fort William and…

  • Podcast #033: Kinder Scout

    Welcome to Episode 33 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is all about Kinder Scout,…

  • Rottnest Island Day Trip

    On my first visit to Western Australia, I took a day trip from Fremantle to Rottnest Island (on my second…

  • The Sani Pass

    Bloody obvious with hindsight, but let me just reiterate the point, so no other backpacker tries the same stunt. If…

  • Five Days in Lesotho

    I only had five days in Lesotho, but it was enough to let me see that it’s a particularly beautiful…

  • Podcast #010: Hike Across Great Britain

    Welcome to Episode 10 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. As you probably know, I’ve recently completed…

  • My First Wild Camp Experience

    I did my first wild camp ever last weekend, and, yeh, I don’t know if any of you saw at…