Category Archives: Preparation

LETJOG PEAK No 10: Milk Hill, Wiltshire (295 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 18 April 2023 Having been raised in Loughton, upon the threshold of Epping Forest, family walks in the woods comprise many of my earliest memories, and it is difficult to better a spring walk through the vibrant greens of new growth or theContinue reading “Face The Sun”

LETJOG PEAK No 9: High Holborn, City of London (22 metres) Walk Date: Sunday 16 April 2023 Well, having worked on High Holborn a while ago for the better part of two decades I never stopped to think that the name might indicate a peak of any sort, least of all a County Top! ButContinue reading “Suffragette City”

LETJOG PEAK No 8: Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire (243 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 11 April 2023 Today marked the ascent of my eighth County Top, making this walk, at least nominally, the completion of the first sixth of my LETJOG Peaks challenge! I am not fooling myself too much though, as all eight of my conquestsContinue reading “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)”

LETJOG PEAK No 7: Great Hill Wood, Suffolk (128 metres) Walk Date: Wednesday 5 April 2023 Of all of the regions of England, East Anglia is the flattest, and of the Ceremonial Counties (the City of London aside), Suffolk and Norfolk have the lowest County Tops of all the shires. The latter I will beContinue reading “Small Bump”

LETJOG PEAK No 6: Arbury Hill, Northamptonshire (225 metres) Walk Date: 1 April 2023 How wonderful to enjoy my first rain-free LETJOG Peak with two of my oldest friends, Rick and Eleanor Hewitt, amongst the rolling fields of their lovely backyard in rural Northamptonshire! Our start point was the pleasing village of Badby, just southContinue reading “Smalltown Boy”

LETJOG PEAK No 5: Turner’s Hill, West Midlands (271 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 28 March 2023 An urban walk on a wet March day might not seem an attractive proposition to many, but I have always relished getting around the country and appreciating the variety that we enjoy in our built environment. I have beenContinue reading “High And Lonesome”

With the County Tops of Hertfordshire, Kent, Greater London and East Sussex now completed, I am well under way in my LETJOG Peaks challenge, and I have a couple of announcements to make! Firstly, the unveiling of a customised logo for my venture – please see above, and with due thanks to my son AlistairContinue reading “You’ve Got A Friend”

LETJOG PEAK No 4: Ditchling Beacon, East Sussex (248 metres) Walk Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023 My fourth County Top, and at last a free-standing hill with the prospect of far-reaching views! The three summits so far conquered on my LETJOG Peaks venture have a combined prominence of 15 metres, so Ditchling Beacon, East Sussex’sContinue reading “Can’t Stop Now”

LETJOG PEAKS Nos 2 & 3: Betsom’s Hill, Kent (251 metres), and Westerham Heights, Greater London (245 metres) Walk Date: Tuesday 21 March 2023 Kent’s summit is Betsom’s Hill, a rounded hilltop on the North Downs ridge overlooking the pleasant town of Westerham. This peak has a prominence of only 15 metres, as it isContinue reading “Cloudbusting”

* * * Announcing my new LETJOG Peaks challenge! * * * Ever searching for an outdoor adventure, I have been working on a new walking challenge for this spring and summer. Deciding upon another escapade has not been easy: constraints on time, diary commitments, physical and mental fitness, as well as the opportunity forContinue reading “Do It Again”