Category Archives: Preparation

LETJOG PEAK No 42: Whernside, North Yorkshire (736 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 15 August 2023 Walking days do not come much better than this. Of all parts of the country (and certainly with a nod to the Lake District, to Cornwall and to my new-found loveliness in the Welsh borders) there is nowhere in ourContinue reading “Brighter Skies”

LETJOG PEAK No 41: Billinge Hill, Merseyside (179 metres) Walk Date: Monday 14 August 2023 More than a couple of folk have asked me why I am undertaking this LETJOG Peaks challenge. Having trekked the length of the country two years ago, why would I need, or want, to go traipsing around the country allContinue reading “The Fool On The Hill”

LETJOG PEAK No 40: Whitehorse Hill, Oxfordshire (261 metres) Walk Date: Friday 11 August 2023 I may have mentioned in one of my earlier Blogs that when I was very young, certainly well before the re-designation of the English counties under the 1972 Local Government Act, I had a jigsaw comprised of thick wooden piecesContinue reading “Jigsaw Falling Into Place”

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”