Category Archives: Preparation

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”

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”