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: running
Sweden and Finland parkrun holiday
Thursday – Haga parkrun, Stockholm The Nordic countries hold their special parkrun on Ascension Day (in the UK it’s Christmas Day), and this gives a …
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. …
Cyprus, November 2024 including Larnaka Half-Marathon
Day 1 – Ayia Napa Ayia Napa is widely famous for its sculpture symposium, and since 2014 a vast area has been its combined Sculpture …
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 / miscellany / railway / running / waterways
Germany and Denmark 2024
Visits to Halle (for parkrun and schnitzel), Nordhausen for the Harz railway to the Brocken, Hamburg for Miniatur Wunderland plus Chocoversum, boat trip, running and a bus tour, Lübeck for marzipan and a swim, and Copenhagen for parkrun and a boat tour.
heritage / miscellany / railway / running
USA 2024
A day in Seattle, a train trip to Chicago, time in Bossier, a total solar eclipse, and the Johnson Space Center.