Scrummy Homemade Granola Bars: The Perfect Pocket Fuel
In “The Hiker’s Kitchen,” a good trail snack needs to do three jobs: it has to be packable, it has…
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GoPro Animals on My Travels and Wanders
The Gopro is one piece of kit I carry with me most of the time. Local walks or high climbs…
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Shugborough Estate: A Walk Through Global Adventure, Arcadian Dreams, and Unsolved Mysteries
There are places that feel like a single, perfectly preserved photograph of a moment in time. And then there is…
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Miles of Fun at Camp Jeep – Bassella
Many of you know me as being on foot, in the hills, mountains or over the countryside. But you can’t…
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Dove Stone Reservoir: An Oldham Lad’s Guide to the Gateway of the Peaks
I grew up with the outline of the Pennines etched into my horizon. Being an Oldham lad, Dove Stone Reservoir…
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Kirkenes and a Hike Toward the Russian Border
Whilst aboard the Hurtigruten, cruising around the magnificent coast of Arctic Circle Norway, you get to do some extremely interesting…
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Journey to the Edge: A Personal Guide to North Cape (Nordkapp) and Magerøya, Norway
There are places on this planet that pull at you simply because of what they represent. The “ends of the…
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Garden Camera Highlights – In The Eden Valley, Cumbria
One of the many joys I had living in the Eden Valley, Cumbria was the variety and amount of wildlife…
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Conwy Castle: The Magnificent Fortress of the “Iron Ring”
There are castles, and then there is Conwy. If you’ve followed my journeys through Wales, you know I have a soft…
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Beaumaris Castle: The Unfinished Masterpiece of Anglesey
There are castles that impress you with their sheer, brute scale, like the imperial towers of Caernarfon Castle. There are…
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Caernarfon Castle: More Than Stone and Story in the Heart of North Wales
There are some places that photos and stories can never quite prepare you for. Caernarfon Castle is one of them….
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Harlech Castle: The Epic Fortress on the Welsh Coast
There are some places that just take your breath away, and Harlech Castle is undeniably one of them. I came…
