Category Archives: Preparation

Monday 25 September 2023 One week on, and the local walking continues, but now that my LETJOG Peaks venture is complete I am enjoying settling back into ‘normal’ life, without the need to plan for my next trip away, and with all of my outdoor gear back in a drawer rather than piled up nextContinue reading “Every One’s A Winner”

LETJOG PEAK No 50: Haddington Hill, Buckinghamshire (267 metres) Walk Date: Sunday 17 September 2023 How time flies when one is enjoying life. Exactly six months ago, to the very day, I set off alone from my front door on the walk up to Pavis Wood on the summit of Hertfordshire. The trek was theContinue reading “Seasons End”

LETJOG PEAK No 49: Currock Hill, Tyne & Wear (246 metres) Walk Date: Wednesday 13 September 2023 Since yesterday’s adventure across the tops of the Cheviots I have travelled 50 miles or so south on the Great North Road, to Wylam on the banks of the Tyne, just a few miles west of Newcastle, whereContinue reading “Heading South On The Great North Road”

LETJOG PEAK No 48: The Cheviot, Northumberland (815 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 12 September 2023 My 48th and antepenultimate County Top walk was certainly not anticlimactic. Far from it, and far from human settlement, this walking day across the peaty terrain of the remote Cheviots ranks as demanding as any of the rambles on myContinue reading “Vertigo”

LETJOG PEAK No 47: Bishop Wilton Wold, East Riding of Yorkshire (246 metres) Walk Date: Monday 11 September 2023 One of the great pleasures of this LETJOG Peaks adventure has lain in discovering new parts of our varied island, and the countryside of Yorkshire’s East Riding is one such region that I have rarely visitedContinue reading “Sheep”

Wednesday 6 September 2023 Well, we all need a break from time to time, and this week my LETJOG Peaks challenge is on hold whilst Rachel and I take in the sunshine of North Norfolk and enjoy a slower way of life for a few days. Despite the early autumnal heat such relaxation does notContinue reading “Dreamy Skies”

LETJOG PEAK No 46: Mickle Fell, County Durham (788 metres) Walk Date: Sunday 27 August 2023 It is my fairly certain guess that not many people get to climb Mickle Fell. I knew from the start of my LETJOG Peaks venture that this would be the most tricky County Top to conquer, as there areContinue reading “List Of Impossible Things”

LETJOG PEAK No 45: Bardon Hill, Leicestershire (278 metres) Walk Date: Wednesday 23 August 2023 Today’s walk proved to be one of contrasts: town and country, quarry and forest, activity and stillness, noise and silence. Coalville is an unusual town insofar as its existence is quite recent – a product of the Industrial Revolution. TheContinue reading “Footsteps”

LETJOG PEAK No 44: Cold Overton Park, Rutland (197 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 22 August 2023 Rutland, at a mere 147 square miles, is the smallest of the provincial English shires and has just 40,000 inhabitants, but whilst this most modest of counties may lack something as far as rankings are concerned it certainly makesContinue reading “Surprise View”

LETJOG PEAK No 43: Green Hill, Lancashire (628 metres) Walk Date: Wednesday 16 August 2023 Travelling around the country by train can be quite a joy and, as I start writing this Blog on the rail service home from Lancaster after three glorious days of walking, I now have a spare couple of hours watchingContinue reading “Sunshine Smile”