Exploring and learning while out on outdoor adventures.
After a long and tiring week, we skipped our usual morning Pilates (saving it for the evening) and headed out early into a damp morning. The world was still waking up. The roads were quiet, the air peaceful, and the few people already out, mostly runners, seemed absorbed in their own rhythms. I felt a …
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A spontaneous summer microadventure with my son, another weekend came around faster than expected. With weather warnings flashing up for heavy thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday, our carefully planned camping trip suddenly needed a reshuffle. So, we pulled the trigger and shifted our adventure forward. Friday night it was. After work, bags were quickly packed. …
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Each June, The Wildlife Trusts invite people across the UK to take part in 30 Days Wild. A month long challenge to do something wild every day. It’s a call to pause, connect, and rediscover the nature that surrounds us, whether that’s deep in the hills or just around the corner. This year, I took on …
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It’s Friday evening in early July and while most people are winding down for the weekend, Ewan and I are heading north with our bags packed and a healthy dose of optimism despite the sky growing steadily darker and the forecast for rain. Our destination? The 2025 Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon (SLMM). A two day …
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After a gentle, weather dampened day based out of Longthwaite Hostel in Borrowdale, wandering through the rain to the Bowder Stone (a glacial erratic from the last ice age), drying out in a café in Grange, pausing by the stream at the bottom of Gate Gill to soak up the atmosphere and heading up Castle …
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