1st guided group hike of 2025, what a fantastic day! 3 Wainwright summits ticked off. Epic views all day, lots of laughs, great company and a perfect finish in the pub! Priest Hole (cave) Dove Crag 792m Little Hart Crag 637m High Hartsop Dodd 519m Want to do this hike? Get in touch!
A few images from a small hike round Gordale Scar & Malham Cove. Such a stunning area!
Amazing day on the Langdale Pikes with fantastic company! Lots of laughter and epic scenery! What more could you ask for!
A very wet day on Great Gable for the Remembrance Service. Great turn out still. Lots of people made the effort despite the poor weather conditions.
On Tuesday I was really grateful to be asked to guide Hotel Indigo York round Captain Cooks Monument & Roseberry Topping. Simon and his team are fundraising for SASH. This was a challenge walk to help raise vital funds. Great effort by all! What a fantastic day!
Amazing Angletarn Pikes Adventure on Saturday, a bunch of lovely people, all of them have hiked with me before! Absolutely delighted to see them again! We were lucky enough to catch site of one of the oldest herds of red deer in the UK. The red deer here have lived on the fells for over […]
On Saturday we were back in the Yorkshire Dales with a small group doing a circular walk up on to Pen Y Ghent and with a visit to Hull pot. A fantastic day out in Yorkshire. Pen Y ghent was in cloud on the summit but soon cleared shortly afterwards.
Helvellyn via Striding Edge, Swirral Edge & Catstye Cam These 3 absolutely smashed it today! What a day! Fantastic! Striding Edge 862m Helvellyn 949m Swirral Edge Catstye Cam 889m
Saturdays Coledale Horseshoe, fantastic day on this amazing hike! In cloud for the first half and we managed to add Wandope on just as the clouds were lifting! 19km in total, 1569m of elevation. Kinn 374m Grisedale Pike 791m W Hobcarton Crag 738m Hopegill Head 770m W Sand Hill 756m Wandope 773m W Crag Hill […]
Another fantastic day in the Lakes. It might have been wet & wild but the weather didnt stop this group from having fun, laughs and a great day hiking up Blencathra via Halls Fell Ridge. Blencathra 868m Atkinson Pike 845m
Absolutely fantastic day doing the Grassmoor round last Saturday. Clear blue skies, lots of sunshine, epic views and great company! A few hills ticked off too! Whin Ben 413m Whiteside 707m Gasgale Crags 703m Hopegill Head 770m Sand Hill 756m Grasmoor 852m Wandope 774m Thirdgill Head Man 734m Saddle Gate 624m Whiteless Pike 660m Rannerdale […]
A few photos from a remote part of Snowdonia earlier this week, Rhinog Fach 711m is the hill we summited. After a 2 mile walk in through a stunning forest it’s difficult & steep paths with bogs and tough terrain, feral goats, 1000’s of bilberries and blackberries & absolutely stunning scenery in every direction. We […]
Sunday’s planned hike was Angletarn Pike’s in the Lake District but with the weather forecast being extremely wet and windy we switched to the only place where the sun was shining, Roseberry Topping, Captain Cooks Monument and the North Yorkshire Moors. What a fantastic day it’s been! The North Yorkshire Moors with heather in full […]
Epic views on Saturdays Helvellyn round from Thirlmere! 10 mile 3 summits: Dollywagon Pike Nethermost Pike Helvellyn Even went up Willie Wife Moor! I know what you’re thinking, who makes these names up ?
Absolutely fantastic day on Sunday hiking up the 6th highest mountain in England. The wind on the top was wild! Everyone had to battle to reach the summit of Skiddaw! Once the clouds broke, the views again were amazing! Skiddaw 930m Skiddaw Little Man 865m Latrigg 368m We decided to tag Latrigg on since it […]
Another free day on Saturday so we went to the Langdale Pikes and hiked an extended route taking in 7 summits. Sergeant Man 736m High Raise 762m Thunacar Knott 723m Pavey Ark 700m Harrison Stickle 736m Pike of Stickle 708m Loft Crag 682m Awesome 12km Route with stunning waterfalls, mountain lake, and incredible scenery!
Potential new routes: Just looking at putting some new routes together for 2025. If there is something you havent seen on my website, please get in touch.
We took advantage of a free weekend and did an extended version of the Coledale Horseshoe in the Lake District yesterday. 22km 14 Summits 5800 ft of climbing Incredible scenery One of my favourite routes, the views on a clear day are stunning!
What an epic day! Sour Milk Ghyll waterfall in full flow! Hanging Stone Base Brown Green Gable & Great Gable Birthday Celebrations for at 899m for Andrea! Views down Ennerdale Views down Wasdale And most importantly – Awesome company! Perfect!
On Sunday we had an amazing day doing Fleetwith Pike, Green Crag and Wainwrights favourite hill, Haystacks! I can see why, huge views for a little hill! We also managed to stop off at Dubs Hut & Warnscale Bothy which has an awesome view of Buttermere through the window! We always try to capture good […]
Fantastic hike up Striding Edge on to Helvellyn with Carol and her partner Lee. Carol did this route with us back in May but as the clouds were low she didn’t see anything. We definitely got the views today! We also had hail stones on top of Helvellyn…. Yes in July!
On Saturday, I was lucky to be guiding an awesome group of determined individuals on the Scarborough Castle to Whitby Abbey Challenge, a 22 mile route along the Cleveland Way coastal path raising money for SASH ( Safe & Sound Homes ) Everyone had a fantastic day and completed the challenge under 12 hours. A […]
Saturdays planned event was a 35km 14 Wainwright hike from Keswick to Ambleside over the Helvellyn Range. After a few last minute weather checks I decided to activate plan B, a hike up Catbells from Keswick, round the lake (Derwentwater), and up on to Walla Crag before a returning to Keswick for the compulsory pint. […]
On sunday we had a great day on the Yorkshire Coast completing the Scarborough Castle to Whitby Abbey challenge! Kate & Jes (Fundraising Friends Jess and Kate ) completed the challenge to raise money & awareness for local charity Menfulness. They were even taking donations on the day not letting anyone pass without talking to […]
We were back in the Lake Districton Saturday 25th May doing the Newlands Horseshoe. What an amazing day! Sunshine, great company, stunning views! Fantastic effort by everyone. 6 Wainwrights completed! Catbells 451m Maiden Moor 576m High Spy 653m Dale Head 753m Hindscarth 727m Robinson 737m
That’s another Yorkshire 3 Peaks completed. Todays team got off to a great start on Pen Y Ghent, we nipped off route to have a look at Hull Pot for a little bonus! The sun was shining, the temperature was hot hot hot! The team did awesome completing the challenge in 11 hours & 51 […]
“We couldnt see a dam thing” Epic day on Helvellyn via the edges. 5 peoples first experience of Striding Edge, 3 peoples first experience of a mountain, everyone did fantastic! What a day! What a team!
Another awesome day in the Lake District, today we hiked to the top of Englands highest mountain, Scafel Pike – 978m, the summit was in total cloud when we set off but luckily it cleared for us! From there we added Great End to our route, with stunning panoramic views of most of the mountains […]
An awesome day in the Langdale Pikes with an amazing group of people that absolutely smashed it. Birthday celebrations too!
Today the trig pillar celebrates its Birthday but do you know anything about them? The trig pillar was first used in the retriangulation of Great Britain on 18 April 1936. With over 6500 built, they were vital in map making. Here’s everything you need to know about trig pillars. What are they? Trig pillars, also […]
We were out with a small group on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, after doing Pen Y Ghent, and once at the viaduct, the group decided to call it a day. Difficult under foot conditions after all the recent rain has caused the route to become extremely muddy.
It was extremely wet & windy but we still managed half of the Coledale Horseshoe, the wind speeds and the heavy rain made it tough going at times but we had an awesome day, even picked up a solo hiker along the way!
We opted for a quieter side of Snowdonia and a shorter easier hike on the Saturday at Easter. Yr Eifl has 3 summits but we decided on only summiting 2 of them. For a small hill it has absolutley stunning views over to Anglesey, Snowdonia and the coast and basicly in every direction! The sun […]
