Richard Cole

Tag: Camping

  • Challenging Myself with Microadventures: January – from Dreaming to Doing

    Are you ready for an adventure? Alastair Humphreys, author of Microadventures has inspired me to embark on a year-long micro adventure challenge. Years ago, I took up the once-a-month microadventure, with a night out wild camping. Now I’m ready to take it on again and hopefully with a range of different activities. I am planning…

  • Menu Plan Camping at Glenbrittle Skye

    As a seasoned mountaineer, I know that a successful expedition on the mountain depends as much on its provisions as its prowess – here are some ideas to nourish your body and fuel your mountaineering days out from my recent trip to Skye. I experimented in traveling to Skye by public transport and as the…

  • Mountainbiking with my daughter at Dalby Forest

    In September, my daughter and I had the pleasure of exploring the mountain bike trails at Dalby Forest. This was my daughter’s first trip to a purpose-built cycle route, so we decided to tackle the blue trail to start with. The trail was perfect for beginners, with plenty of fun challenges and beautiful scenery to…

  • Isle of Skye Cuillin Ridge Sheffield Mountaineering Meet-up

    Before the trip. At the end of the lockdowns like a number of people I was looking to get back outside, spend time doing my hobbies and meet new people. So I joined the Sheffield Mountaineering Meetup group to get out on some local days out scrambling. Which in turn led to some trips to…

  • What do I use as my bivvy set up

    Bivvying is one of my favorite ways to connect with nature. Unlike tents, bivvys provide a simple sleeping place where you can lie down and watch the stars while feeling the rain and wind on your face. Of course, when the rain becomes too much, you can always pull the fabric over to protect yourself.…

  • Fastpacking Weavers Way in Norfolk from Great Yarmouth to Cromer

    Fastpacking Weavers Way in Norfolk from Great Yarmouth to Cromer

    I found this walk split into three distinct parts with different landscapes throughout these. Starting by the water and heading through the broads, then along the ‘Muddle and Get Nowhere’ discussed railway line before heading through the landscape of old estates and villages. Colin Elliott’s book Long Distance Trails introduces this walk as follows: ‘Though…

  • Winter Backpacking Trip along the Cumbrian Way

    A great trail across the Lake District. Swapping the more normal fastpacking kit for plenty of warm clothes and a tent as we followed the Cumbria Way signs. Each day as we headed north we got to experience the changes to the landscapes across the Lake District through fields and on into the fells and…

  • Preparation for a family trekking holiday to Nepal

    Lao Tzu  said that ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’ This post covers some of my thoughts on how we took that first few steps preparing for our family trekking trip to Nepal. Nepal has always had a special place in my heart and the idea was hatched to go…

  • Introducing my children to wild camping in the UK

    “The best adventures, big or little, are those shared with the ones you love.” – Clangers, episode 32, `Granny and Small’ Some of my favourite adventures have been wild camping in the mountains, sleeping with the sound of a stream and waking up to amazing views, and feeling connected to nature. Once my wife and…