Lake District January 2026
by Five days in the Lake District, with a series of shortish run/walks as both training and assessment of fitness ahead of September’s Jungfrau Marathon
Category: hiking
heritage / hiking / miscellany / railway / running
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire holiday
Friday A really enjoyable visit to Bolingbroke Castle which has lots to explore and plenty of information, somewhat less interest at Gainsthorpe Medieval Village which …
Cumbria, January/February 2025
Day 1 A glorious morning’s walk with Brindley up Dow Crag from Torver, via Walna Scar, Brown Pike and Buck Pike, returning via Goats Water. …
heritage / hiking / miscellany / railway / running
Switzerland 2024
Eight nights staying in Wengen, half just Stephen, half with Mark too, enjoying hiking, glorious scenery and trains
heritage / hiking / miscellany / running / waterways
Shetland and home
Two full days on Shetland Mainland, Bressay, Unst and Yell, plus the trip home via Falkirk and Shap
heritage / hiking / miscellany
Fair Isle
A day trip to Fair Isle, most remote inhabited island in the UK, from Tingwall airport on Shetland
Cyprus, April 2023
Eight days’ holiday in Cyprus (with a little bit of villa maintenance) including running, walking, heritage and geology.
Cumbria and Lancashire, January 2023
After two and half days at a conference near Birmingham, I travelled north to the Lake District. I had some online meetings to fit in …
Cyprus, August/September 2022
A week and a half in Cyprus, mostly close to Pissouri but with a few outings west, east and north
Switzerland hiking holiday from St Moritz
A week’s hiking holiday in Switzerland with Dad and Mark, based in St Moritz, using every cable car, gondola, chairlift, and funicular available to us in the Upper Engadin valley.