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LETJOG PEAK No 28: Helvellyn, Westmorland (950 metres) Walk Date: Saturday 17 June 2023 If you have been reading these Blogs for a while then firstly my thanks for following my journey; and also you will know by now that I tend to wax lyrical about the landscape in most areas of our fine countryContinue reading “The Challenge”

LETJOG PEAK No 27: Brown Willy, Cornwall (420 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 13 June 2023 Many a time I have driven down the A30, en route for more distant Cornish destinations, but I have never before done so much as a day’s walking on Bodmin Moor – an omission from my Rambling CV that IContinue reading “Bright Red”

LETJOG PEAK No 26: High Willhays, Devon (621 metres) Walk Date: Friday 9 June 2023 Leaving behind the sedimentary sandstones of Exmoor for the Permian granite of Dartmoor, I started out early today on the 40-mile drive to Okehampton, ahead of my quest to conquer High Willhays, the peak of Devon. The drive through theContinue reading “Higher We Aspire”

LETJOG PEAK No 25: Dunkery Beacon, Somerset (519 metres) Walk Date: Thursday 8 June 2023 So off again, into the second half now, of my LETJOG Peaks challenge. I travelled down yesterday afternoon to the lovely Somerset town of Wiveliscombe (or Wivey, to the locals) for a most convivial evening with friends Rick and Eleanor:Continue reading “Here I Go Again”

Tuesday 6 June 2023 Having achieved the numerical halfway point on my LETJOG Peaks challenge, of 24 County Tops conquered during the last three months, I have a day of quiet reflection today while I look at my calendar and decide which of the remaining peaks to tackle next and how to access them. TheContinue reading “Man In The Middle”

LETJOG PEAK No 24: Ebrington Hill, Warwickshire (261 metres) Walk Date: Friday 2 June 2023 Numerically at least, today’s ramble marks halfway in my LETJOG Peaks challenge. Ebrington Hill, in south Warwickshire is my 24th County Top, the mid-point of my attempt to conquer the summits of all of the 48 Ceremonial Counties of EnglandContinue reading “Wonderful World”

LETJOG PEAK No 23: Beacon Hill, Norfolk (103 metres) Walk Date: Saturday 27 May 2023 Along with my family I have been visiting wonderful north Norfolk for around 50 years, so it is fair to say that I know this part of England as well as any outside of the South East. I never tireContinue reading “Call Me The Breeze”

LETJOG PEAK No 22: (Eastern slope of) Dundry Hill, Bristol (160 metres) Walk Date: Monday 22 May 2023 Outside of London the city of Bristol, as an entity in itself, is unique in holding ‘Ceremonial County’ status. A product of the 1997 Lieutenancies Act, the built-up area was separated from its environs, comprising the short-livedContinue reading “The Riddle”

LETJOG PEAK No 21: Black Down, West Sussex (280 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 16 May 2023 Today’s LETJOG Peaks walk took me southward from the Surrey towns of Hindhead and Haslemere and over the border into West Sussex, thence entering England’s most newly-designated national park. Although not part of the chalk ridge that makes upContinue reading “A Forest”

LETJOG PEAK No 20: Leith Hill, Surrey (295 metres) Walk Date: Monday 15 May 2023 For all the wildness of the higher summits further north, today was the first time on my LETJOG Peaks challenge that I have let out an audible ‘Wow!’ on reaching a County Top. Leith Hill, at 295 metres, is notContinue reading “Always The Sun”