• Walks

    Coloured Sheep and Squeezeboxes

    Well wasn’t that a lovely sunny week! I spent most of it camping in the Lake District. My first outing in the van this year, I was getting so tired and stressed I needed to escape. I arrived in a van with the dog to a lovely campsite just outside Ambleside with no phone signal and no wifi, it was a bit like the 70’s but it was bliss. I should probably start by introducing my dog, as she follows me about as I walk around the country and she’d feel left out if she ever learns to read and use a computer. This is Harley, she’s a Schnoodle. She…

  • Life

    Lazyitis and Mars Bars

    I thought before I post many more blogs, I would explain a little bit about what got me started walking and why I enjoy it so much. Obviously what got me started walking was my parents when I was barely 2, but what started me hill walking was a different story.  Around six or seven years ago I was the sort of guy who would drive to the neighbours, take my mum shopping just to use her disabled badge so I could park right outside Tesco, or order pizza to save walking to the kitchen.  I had what is commonly known as Lazyitis.  Although I had been working as a…