Category: Ian Howells

Trekfest The Peaks 2015

Walking with; 600+ charity trekkers 4/5.9.15   Full album from the weekend   Trekfest is a mass participation challenge event which sees around 600 walkers take on 13, 27 or 54 mile courses to be completed within time parameters. The first one of 2015 was held in the Brecon Beacons and I was able to

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HIKING IN MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL PARK

25.-29.7.15 Walking with; Kennet School Team 2 Full album from the trek Mount Elgon National Park lies on the Kenya/Uganda border and is named for the extinct volcano that dominates the park itself. The caldera caused by the collapse of the volcanic cone is reckoned to be the world’s largest and creates an impressive feature

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The Dark Peak with Drew and Rebecca

6.7.15 Walking with; Drew and Rebecca   Drew and Rebecca contacted Come walk with me via the Tours by locals website and we arranged to meet them at “The Old Hall Inn” in Chinley. The guys were from Jacksonville in Florida and had spent an unseasonably warm week in London watching the tennis at Wimbledon

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Tarn Hows from Coniston

1.7.15 Walking with; Nobody I had a new pair of boots that needed breaking in and whilst modern boots are much easier on the feet than the older models it still seemed prudent to choose something short and sweet in order to check that my feet would suit the boots. Tarn Hows is one of

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Yorkshire 3 Peaks with Didsbury TOC H RFC

27.6.15 Walking with; Gaz, Russ, Massy, Tango, Chappy, Geoff, Richie, Mike, Matt, Az, Tom and Dylan   The Yorkshire 3 Peaks is one of my favourite walks. It combines some spectacular scenery with a tough physical challenge and I have heard some truly inspirational stories from some of the teams I have worked with. Aside

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Yorkshire 3 Peaks

22-23.5.15 Walking with; Maximum Adventure and the Candlelighters It is the time of year when the “challenge event” season is starting to get into full swing and one of the most justifiably popular challenges in the Yorkshire 3 Peaks which takes in the summits of Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough. and covers a total distance of

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Snowdonia with The Bushcraft company-Week two

19.5.15-22.5.15 Walking with; Cokethorpe School A second week in Wales with The Bushcraft Company and a mixed bag in terms of the weather but we achieved some fantastic results with a bunch of very motivated and able kids. Day one saw the usual Trangia and tent workshops but with the forecast being for some fairly

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Snowdonia with The Bushcraft Company

11-14.5.15 Walking with; Kew Green School Snowdonia when the sun shines is one of the greatest places in the British Isles and having the chance to introduce a bunch of 9 and 10 year olds to this wonderful landscape was a real privilege. I spent the week working with The Bushcraft Co at the Outlook

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A Kinder wild camp

16/17.4.15 Walking with; Sam Sam and his family were on holiday in the UK from their home in the Carcassonne region of France. After a couple of days exploring the area around Hadrian’s Wall they had made it as far as the Peak District and Sam had decided he wanted some time to explore the

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The Carneddau and Llech Ddu Spur scramble

9.4.15 Walking with; Gary Gary had never been walking in Wales before and having climbed with him at the Manchester Climbing Centre over the last couple of years I decided his debut should be on a route that might enable us to do a little scrambling as part of the day. We were blessed with

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