I’d not done much walking in the Derbyshire dales recently in spite of having a genuine affection for Tideswell. It’s a fantastic little town with pubs, chippies, cafes and an excellent bakery all sitting in the shadow of “The Cathedral of the Peak” , the parish church of St.John the Baptist, a magnificent 14th Century
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30.6-2.7.14Walking with; More House School Well, it has finally paid off! This was my first gig as a professionally qualified ML. I picked up the job with Class Adventure at the last minute and headed down to Crickhowell in South Wales for a couple of days walking and working with a group of 55
As part of the progression from being a general “man about the hills” to being a Mountain Leader I am having a new website built and am going to integrate my blog into it. This means that the blog is likely to be off line for a few days! Hope to see you on the
25.6.14Walking with; Nobody Over the years I have acquired a fair number of different walking books describing routes for many different parts of the country. In recent times I have mostly devised my own routes and derived great pleasure from it, but once in a while I find myself thinking “Why bother inventing the
22/06/14Walking with; Ruthy Ever since I completed my ML things have been very busy and I’ve not had much of an opportunity to actually get out into the countryside, slightly ironic. Sunday, it was too nice a day not to get out and do something though and what with it being Puffin season and
13.6.14Walking with; Nobody The days since my ML assessment have been filled with the mundane duties of trying to arrange professional insurance, build a new website, get a DBS check and generally doing all sorts of things that involved sitting in my living room and not being out in the countryside, so it was
Hi there folks, as you may be aware I recently qualified as a Mountain Leader after a long and demanding process and am hoping that this might be a life changing experience which might take my career in a new direction. I am currently now looking for work in this field and am open to
If you were to go on the reviews that adorn the cover pages of this book alone, you would expect this to be one of the finest mountaineering books ever written. Luminaries such as Stephen Venables, Chris Bonnington, Joe Simpson and Andy Kirkpatrick are amongst the many big names singing the praises of Gordon
28.5.14Walking with; Al & Tristan I’d planned my first walk after assessment a couple of weeks ago not knowing whether it would be a celebratory or commiseratory outing. The forecast and my experience of the Snowdonian weather over the weekend meant I’d figured a coastal route might be the best bet in terms of
24-26.5.14Walking with; Ed (assessor) and Ads (other candidate) I’VE DONE IT !! Eighteen months ago I undertook my Mountain Leader training and realised that I had a lot to learn to take me from being a competent, experienced walker to a true Mountain Leader . The last year and a half have been a
