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LETJOG PEAK No 39: Worcestershire Beacon, Worcestershire (425 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 8 August 2023 Great Malvern is a most interesting place, sited at the foot of the Malvern Hills on the east flank of the range of mounts that includes the Worcestershire Beacon, my LETJOG Peaks destination for today’s walk. The town originated withContinue reading “Purple Sky”

LETJOG PEAK No 38: Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire (540 metres) Walk Date: Monday 7 August 2023 One very welcome facet of my LETJOG Peaks adventure is that steadily, and initially unknowingly, the experience has informed my understanding of the topography of the southern half of Great Britain, namely England, to an extent that I hadContinue reading “Walk On Air”

LETJOG PEAK No 37: Black Mountain, Herefordshire (703 metres) Walk Date: Thursday 27 July 2023 I would recommend this fabulous high-level walk to anyone who is game for climbing the initial 500 vertical metres, around ninety minutes, from Longtown by taking the path over the meadows, across Olchon Brook, and then up the steep scarpContinue reading “Higher Than Heaven”

LETJOG PEAK No 36: Normanby Le Wold Top, Lincolnshire (168 metres) Walk Date: Wednesday 19 July 2023 Rural Lincolnshire is another part of the country that I have rarely visited, and neither have I walked in the area prior to my quest today to reach the County Top. Lincolnshire is the second largest of theContinue reading “Stormy Weather”

LETJOG PEAK No 35: Newtonwood Lane, Nottinghamshire (204 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 18 July 2023 If I handed out grades to my LETJOG Peaks walks for ‘Exceeding Expectations’ then, of those that I have climbed to date, this one would be in first place! When the alarm went off at six this morning I roseContinue reading “Country Song”

LETJOG PEAK No 34: St Boniface Down, Isle of Wight (241 metres) Walk Date: Thursday 13 July 2023 Well, this really is beyond exciting – my first LETJOG trip overseas! There is always something special, at least to me, in taking a ferry; perhaps it’s the memories of childhood holidays in France, or just aContinue reading “A Floating Life”

LETJOG PEAKS Nos 32 & 33: Pilot Hill, Hampshire (286 metres), and Walbury Hill, Berkshire (297 metres) Walk Date: Wednesday 12 July 2023 Today is the last of my walks to encompass two of my LETJOG Peaks in one ramble, in this case on the North Wessex Downs within a couple of miles of eachContinue reading “The Next Storm”

LETJOG PEAK No 31: Lewesdon Hill, Dorset (279 metres) Walk Date: Friday 30 June 2023 What a joy it is to be able to combine a family weekend away in Dorset with the latest of my LETJOG Peaks County Tops walks. Rachel and I were joined last night by our elder son Alistair, and theContinue reading “Lucky Man”

LETJOG PEAK No 30: Bushey Heath, Middlesex (155 metres) Walk Date: Monday 26 June 2023 Still standing, and still walking! A low level jaunt today, but a significant milestone reached with the thirtieth County Top of my LETJOG Peaks challenge now bagged. Of course Middlesex was never going to match the majesty of my twoContinue reading “I’m Still Standing”

LETJOG PEAK No 29: Scafell Pike, Cumbria (978 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 20 June 2023 Today’s walk certainly was a step or two further than any other on my LETJOG Peaks challenge to date. Of course this was to be expected of Scafell Pike as England’s highest peak – as the old adage would haveContinue reading “One Step Further”