UK Mountains Blog 2025
Cheeky 500 15/05/2025On the way back from a concert in Buxton, the weather was glorious so I couldn't resist stopping on the way to bag a new peak. It was an easy up and down to Oliver Hill (513m) just above the village of "Flash", taking less than half an hour but it's one more done.
Oliver Hill 15/05/2025
Y Golfa 27/04/2025
Almost a triathlon. I flew up to Welshpool, got my bike out of the plane and cycled into and through Welshpool the out onto the A458 for a mile or so before pulling off into a small parking area. I stashed my bike, padlocking it to a fence, then headed off, steeply up to meet Glyndwrs Way which I then followed for about 1km on a gently rising incline before reaching the final steeper slopes which led to the summit of the hill.
It is a nice view and well worthwhile, looking over to 'Upper Park', another Marilyn and Northwards to the Cambrian Mountains.
Return was pretty much a reversal of the ascent and I was soon enjoying a well earned lunch at the airport cafe.
Y Golfa 27/04/2025
Sharp Haw 24/04/2025
There is a tiny parking space in the village of Flasby which can, literally take just two cars and mine was the second!
Boots on and off we went, picking up the main path almost immediately, which we followed through a small woodland and out onto open land. Rough Haw lay dead ahead but we skirted the lower slopes tending slightly right to our destination. The path is a good one and well marked with blue posts so navigation is simple and in all but the worst conditions, the hill is visible right from the start.
The slope is steady but not steep until the final section where it steepens a little but is soon over. The views on the summit are well worth the effort and I spent some time admiring the Yorkshire Dales and Gargrave village in the distance.
Photos and view done, I set off back down to the car and was soon back and changed. We headed off to the wonderful Dalesman Cafe in Gargrave for a well earned lunch, another Marilyn ticked off and brings my remaining total to 99.
Sharp Haw 24/04/2025
Cracoe Fell 23/04/2025
It was a mixed day. I found a good parking place just above Barden reservoir and headed off on a good wide track which made for easy walking and fast progress. Of course, this wouldn't last forever and after around 45 minutes I had to break off and go direct towards the obvious summit. This was on much slower ground, being heather and (fortunately dry) marsh ground. a further 45 minutes later and I was on the summit area and quickly navigated the rocks to the obelisk which marked the summit of the Marilyn.
Cracoe Fell 23/04/2025
Burnsall and Thorpe Fell 23/04/2025
We found some shelter for a quick break, and then we set off for Burnsall and Thorpe Fell, this time, a Dewey. Given that there is very little height difference and very little drop, I am quite amazed that they qualify as two distinct hills in two categories, but hey ho, I get two for one!
Again, the first section was on a good track, but again, I had to break off for the final summit area, this time marked by a traditional trig point.
It was a lovely warm day, but a cold wind, so once the obligatory photos were taken, we found a wonderful sheltered area and sat down to eat our lunch.
That done, it was a short walk back over to the good track which we then followed all the way down to the lower reservoir. There was a sting in the tail in that the final 800m or so was up a steep hill back to the car, but we soon arrived, just beating the rain that had been threatening for some while.
Burnsall Fell 23/04/2025
Billinge Hill 18/04/2025
Billinge Hill 18/04/2025
The M6 goes very close to Billinge so I must have passed it a million times. Today I decided to bag it. There is a convenient, but very small, car park about 500m from the summit at which I parked. To make the walk slightly more challenging, I headed off in the opposite direction for a 5k circular walk which culminated in an ascent of the hill. At less than 180m, it's not much of a climb but nevertheless, very interesting and a pleasant walk.
The view from the top is mixed, in one direction are the hills of Yorkshire, in another direction, a caravan site and aerials!
Rombalds Moor 17/04/2025
Rombalds Moor 17/04/2025
Most people would know it as Ilkley Moor as in 'bar tat' but the summit is Rombalds. Either way, I parked near to the Cow and Calf pub, actually the cafe car park and walked up through the quarry, pausing to watch some climbers on a route.
The path is very easy going, thankfully after last weeks epic in Wales! The day was also glorious and so we steadily made our way up, via the Dales High Way to the summit area and finally the trig point with its excellent views all around.
It was also lunchtime so time was spent enjoying the sunshine and the views, before heading back down via slightly different route to make a very nice circular walk.
Refreshments were to be had at the cafe which completed the day nicely.
The Summit Trig Point 17/04/2025
The Summit 17/04/2025
Clifton Suspension Bridge 13/04/2025
Dundry Down 13/04/2025
By national standards, or even by Marilyn standards, it's not very high, standing at just 233m. To make it more interesting, I started my walk about 6km away in Chew Magna and enjoyed some very pleasant country paths and tracks which eventually bought me to the summit area.
Due to some redevelopment, the entire area was something of a mess and it was actually impossible to get to the trig point without a serious fight through undergrowth, brick strewn slopes and generally unwelcoming terrain. I got as close as I could and claimed it.
The route back was equally pleasant and mostly downhill which was nice, making a very satisfying round trip. At just under three hours, it made for a pleasant morning out.
The disappointing summit 13/04/2025
South Wales fight 07/04/2025
It started well enough. I parked near Ystradgynlais in a car park. Heading off on a tarmac track in the sunshine, I had high hopes for the day. This soon came to an end as my route took me up on a thin path with fallen trees and brambles. There were footpath signs, one of which pointed more or less directly up. I followed on, the path getting worse and eventually became a fight which I lost to brambles, trees and undergrowth! My arms and legs cut and bleeding I eventually popped out on a reasonable path which I was able to follow upwards. Some more brambly path and I came out onto a forest track which I then followed to the base of the final climb, but once again I was presented with an impenetrable forest of undergrowth so had no choice but to walk all the way around to the back and up that way. Mynydd Marchywel (418m) finally succumbed and I enjoyed my lunch at the summit in a nice clearing.
Lunch over, it was time to head off for summit number two.
The final summit climb 07/04/2025
The summit itself 07/04/2025
Mynydd Allt-y-grug (338m) 07/04/2025
Heading out of the forest the way I came in, I turned left and headed down to join a path that would allow me to retrace the way I'd walked up.
This worked well on good paths. I picked up a well marked path that would bring me back to the river crossing in the valley, still all good.
Across that and a little bit of road walking bought us to the base of the second hill of the day. It was very steeply up on a track, gaining around 150m quite quickly. Then, of course, it deteriorated into a thin brambly track which eventually came to open land. With the summit on my left, there was no choice but to head up through the heather on extremely steep ground. Exhausted, I crested that and walked across to the summit on much easier ground.
After the rather disappointing summit, again, we had no choice but to retrace our route back down and eventually came to the better track back down to the road. Across and over the river bridge it was a kilometre or so back to the car. The planned route was 17km, we'd done over 23km so were somewhat tired. In addition, my watch claimed 900m of ascent and I believe it!
Summit of Mynydd Allt-y-grug ( 07/04/2025
Another Shropshire Way section 22/03/2025
In my quest to walk the entirety of the Shropshire Way, today I picked up where I left off last time; Stage 10 and walked it right the way to the centre of Shrewsbury. From there I began Stage 1 and followed that to Lyth Hill where, after 25km I decided to call it a day. The weather was cool but not cold and there was no rain, so pretty much perfect walking conditions.
View from Lyth Hill 22/03/2025
Stingwern Hill 20/03/2025
Now you might consider it cheating to cycle most of the way up a hill and claim it, but I can assure you, it was probably harder than walking it!
I started from Welshpool Airport where I'd flown in. The cycle ride was a pleasant 8-9km along reasonably nice roads, but the final 3km was up a really steep hill on a barely made road that tested legs and lungs equally. Finally arriving at what was shown on the map as the path to the summit, of course there was nothing!
I found a way across the fence and walked the short, but very steep distance to the summit where I was rewarded with excellent views all round.
The return was considerably easier, being down hill all the way, although I had to take it steady due to the quantity of potholes.
Excellent weather and excellent day out.
Stingwern Hill 20/03/2025
A couple of Deweys for the col 02/03/2025
Shutlinsloe is a fine hill to climb and located conveniently close to a car park, or is it the other way around? Either way, there is a short section of road before a path leads off and upwards, getting steeper, then very steep at the end to finally pop out on the summit ridge. It is short lived and in fact, less than thirty minutes after leaving the car park I was enjoying the summit and the excellent view over to my next destination.
The main ridge of Shutlingsloe 02/03/2025
The View from the summit 02/03/2025
Whetstone Ridge 02/03/2025
Retracing my steps right back through the car park, I followed the track signposted to the Cat and Fiddle. This track is clearly popular with off-road trail riders as I was passed by several motorbikes. Luckily they headed off to the right as my track went straight ahead and upwards to Whetstone Ridge. It is mostly on good paths, only the final couple of hundred metres to the summit is pathless, but on easy terrain. The view was excellent and I could see my first peak clearly.
On the way down I found a nice sheltered spot for lunch and enjoyed the view and the relaxation before descending back to the car park. Two Deweys added to the list and a fine couple of hours in the Peak District.
The summit of Whetstone Ridge 02/03/2025
South Wales summits 25/02/2025
I parked at a convenient car park on the A4061 just past the bends for the first walk of the day. I decided to climb Craig y Llyn (600m) first which was probably just as well. Good tracks all the way to the summit. It didn't feel like 600m. From there I modified my planned route to take advantage of the wind farm dirt roads which bought me all the way back to the main road.
Craig y Llyn 25/02/2025
A grim mountain 25/02/2025
Crossing that and more wind farm roads right the way to within about 500m of the summit of Hirwaun Common (515m). Then the trouble started! The entire rest of the walk to the summit was over very boggy ground on very tussocky grass - it was tough going!
At the summit, I considered my options but there was a good looking track heading in the right direction. I followed it. About a third of the way back to the road, it ended! I had another kilometre of the same nasty tussocky grass I'd encountered on the way up. I was exhausted when I finally reached the road! I walked along the road for the final few hundred metres to the car.
Hirwaun 25/02/2025
Harder than I thought 25/02/2025
I parked in Seven Sisters for the ascent of Hirfynydd and headed out on an initially very muddy track, but then got onto a good service road which I followed right the way up to the old opencast workings. The contours on the map were very deceptive. The ascent is steep! I managed to climb right to the top without stopping but it was steep enough to touch the ground in front of me!
Once at the top I had a small woodland to get through and onto a path that took me more or less right to the trig point, which was well hidden in the trees.
I sat and had lunch, then began the descent, taking a slightly different route down which was at a marginally shallower angle than the ascent. Fifty minutes up and forty minutes down, my third bag of the day.
Hirfynydd 25/02/2025
Toubkal Success 06/02/2025
On Wednesday 5th February our whole team reached the summit of Mount Toubkal, the highest mountain in the Atlas mountains of Morocco, standing 4,167m high. There's a full report on the Previous Expeditions page, or, at least there will be soon. Essentially we had a couple of acclimatization walks, then headed up to the refuge at 3,200m and an early start to climb the mountain. It was cold all the way up, temperatures as low as -15/-20 reported.
Mount Toubkal Summit 06/02/2025
Quite a bagfull 27/01/2025
Last weeks trip to Wales certainly bagged the peaks. I managed no less than ten Marilyns, completing all those in Shropshire and all but one in the Clywidians. On top of that, I also bagged seven 500m Peaks. Okay, to be fair, some of the Marilyns were 500m Peaks as well, but it's a good total either way and hopefully put me in a good position for Morocco next week. Time will tell!
Cheeky Peak 25/01/2025
On the way home from Wales, I stopped off not far from Welshpool to bag the final Marilyn peak in Shropshire. Parking was interesting - it was up a very narrow farm track to a triangle of grass and pull off the track as best I could. From there, it was straight up, literally. There were no obvious paths leading up, but quite a few contouring around, so I arrived breathless at the summit, just 20 minutes after leaving the car.
A quick photo or two and I was on the way back, arriving less than 40 minutes after leaving. Job done!
Heath Mynydd 25/01/2025
Final day in Wales 23/01/2025
For my final days walking in Wales, I did a double. Parking in a convenient car park at the South of Moel Famau, my walk started with a very steep ascent of Foel Fenlli (511m) which is both a Dewey and a Marilyn. The weather was extremely unkind, so bad in fact that I had to get into my waterproofs in the car!
We set off up the steep hill to the summit, which was actually over quite quickly and we headed down the Southern side without stopping, picking up Offas Dyke path. The worst of the rain had finished but there was still damp in the air, although the cloud cleared enough to see the second objective some distance away. The path takes the long way around some of the fields to eventually emerge onto the A494 which we had to follow for a short section before heading off and onto the ascent of Moel Gyw (467m), this one being just a Marilyn.
Foel Fenlli 23/01/2025
Moel Gyw 23/01/2025
It is not straightforward and the path goes around to the Southern side on a rising traverse before turning North for the final ascent to the summit. The weather was not good and it was quite windy so we soon left and began to retrace our steps.
Back past the main road, we stopped for some lunch before tackling the final last long climb, this time on Offas Dyke which avoids the summit of Fenlli, wisely preferring to contour around and bought us back to the car.
A total of 12.5km walked in a shade over three hours.
Moel Gyw 23/01/2025
Mynydd Nodol 22/01/2025
I was up at a reasonable angle on a decent track, but that soon deteriorated to thin sheep tracks through the heather and the angle steepened.
Slowly we made our way up, Rosie in the lead of course, right to the summit ridge where a few minutes bought us to the summit cairn. Another excellent view all around, making the climb well worth the effort.
The return was a case of trying to find the sheep tracks with mixed success down to the railway line where lunch was declared. After lunch we retraced our steps right the way back to the car.
Todays walk was 11 km in 3 hours.
Llyn Celin 22/01/2025
Mynydd Nodol 22/01/2025
Todays peak was mostly about the walk-in. I parked at the Western side of Llyn Celyn at a convenient car park/picnic area and headed off. The first ten minutes or so were along the main road but we soon left it to cross a boggy meadow and a wide river (Afon Tryweryn) that feeds the Llyn. Over another field and we joined the disused railway that at one time of day would have taken stone from the quarry to the shore of the Llyn. This should have been the easy part but flooding put paid to the easy walk and we had to scramble up the embankment to the top and follow that along until past the water.
Back down and we soon came to a halt - the railway line has been encroached by houses, or at least, their gardens so we had to leave, along the road and back onto the railway line again. A bit further along, some fields with gates slowed our progress as we negotiated those and finally came to the jump off point and the start of the climb proper.
Mynydd Nodol 22/01/2025
Easy Peak 21/01/2025
After yesterdays epic, today was an easy stroll to the summit of Hope Mountain (330m). I parked in the Waun y Llyn Country Park car park and headed over easy fields on good footpaths right to the base of the summit. Technically the summit is not on a footpath but there is one at the bottom of the field so it was only a minor diversion. Well worth the ascent as the views were excellent. Return was simply retracing my outward route.
Hope Mountain 21/01/2025
Big Day in the Clwydians 20/01/2025
Today was the longest and hardest day of the week (I hope!). No less than five peaks today, two of which I had to do twice!
I parked at a lay by on the main Horseshoe Pass road and headed over via paths to the Ponderosa Cafe and on to Cwrn-y-Brain (565m), which was both a 500m peak and a Marilyn. From there, a long walk down and through some woods to the main road again, then steeply up to Moel y Gamelin (577m), the highest point of the day and another Marilyn.
Cwrn y Brain 20/01/2025
Moel Gamelin 20/01/2025
From there, I could see the next two and it was a long slog down and back up to Moel Gaer (504m) followed by another long down and up to the furthest point away: Moel Morfydd (549m). Turning, I could see back over the previous two peaks. There was no choice but to retrace my steps.
I decided to stop for lunch on the way down but it was cold so I was soon away.
Gaer and Morfydd 20/01/2025
Moel y Fan 20/01/2025
The second ascent of Gamelin was really tough but it was a relatively easy hop over to the final peak of Moel y Fan (548m), then more or less straight down to the car.
The weather was cool all day with a bit of light rain but nothing serious.
Moel y Fan 20/01/2025
Mynydd Rhyd Ddu 19/01/2025
I parked on the main A494 at a layby and we headed down a track to a farm. The path should have headed right but there was a barbed wire fence blocking the route. Left it was which then required some major steep slope scrambing to a path. Back right and into a quarry where steep tracks eventually bought us onto open land. We made our way through and over gates to eventually follow a good track which led to two fields from the summit. The first fence was easy, just a wire, then second required climbing a fence, then through a gate and onto the final climb. The views made it worthwhile but it was very cold so we soon headed back down, more or less retracing our steps apart from the last bit where we had to walk through a car off-road rally course. We watched the racing for a while before walking through (it had finished!) and back up to the car. Just over 6km in two hours,
Mynydd Rhydd Ddu 19/01/2025
Caeliber Isaf 18/01/2025
The village hall car park in Sarn was an ideal starting point for the walk. Up the lane opposite I missed the footpath to the right so continued to the farm track which led me up across a couple of fields and into woodland through a gate. Here the trouble started. No ongoing path. I fought my way through the woods and down to a fence with no gate so had to clamber over. There should have been another path across the field but nothing. Eventually I located a path that took me in the right direction and via a long way around came onto a forest track. Unfortunately there was a shooting party out so Rosie was on the lead. At the end of the woods, a left turn went very steeply up, eventually onto easier ground and we made our way to the rather disappointing summit.
Return was a reversal apart from the initial woodland where we elected to walk to the main road and follow that back to the car.
10km in 2hrs 20 mins.
Caeliber Isaf 18/01/2025
Ascent of Burrow 18/01/2025
Convenient parking in Hopesay on the roadside. Initially steeply up following a section of the Shropshire Way that I had done before until the top of the rise, then it was steeply down through some woodland and back steeply up again onto a forest track that led to the outskirts of the hill fort that is Burrow. The actual summit is fairly obvious and there is a line that avoids the ramparts right up to it. Not much in the way of views so I was soon on the way back down, an exact reversal of the ascent. One hour and fifteen minutes round trip almost half and half up and down. 5 1/2km walked.
Burrow 18/01/2025
Cefn Eglwysilan 02/01/2025
South Wales day out 02/01/2025
I started the day with an ascent of Cefn Eglwysilan (382m), a Marilyn. I'd identified a church in a tiny hamlet and generally where there is a church, there is parking. Well I was right, but only just! I managed to park by the graveyard entrance where there was enough space for one car! From there, I followed the road for a short while, then a farm track which led up in the general direction and finally, headed off directly towards the summit. I managed to find a marshy area and gingerly made my way across without getting too wet!
There is a trig point on the summit and generally excellent views across the Brecons and South Wales.
My return was a reverse of the way up. Back at the car after just one hour. First Marilyn of the year bagged.
Mynydd y Glyn 02/01/2025
Marilyn Number Two 02/01/2025
For Mynydd y Glyn (377m), I had a short drive down a very icy looking road, and through Pontypridd I parked at the Country Park. The hillside is a forest with lots of mountain bike routes. I decided to make the walk as hard as I could in training for Morocco so picked some of the steeper tracks. This worked well and I gained height quickly, although the final track proved somewhat arduous being very overgrown and lots of branches to get in my way.
Once clear of the woodland, it was a fairly easy final section onto the hill and across. There is a trig point, but according to the map, it is not on the summit, so I aimed for the summit rather than the trig point.
On the descent I decided to follow some of the wider forest tracks as the ascent tracks would not work well on descent. This was fine until I encountered a number of big trees that had fallen across the track! Some careful clambering to get past and I continued down, soon arriving back at the car park. Second Marilyn done.
View from Domen Fawr 02/01/2025
Going for a Dewey 02/01/2025
My final climb of the day added to my Dewey collection. Domen Fawr stands at 504m so just squeezes in. I parked above Ebbw Vale on a cinder track and headed up the track. Electing to leave my rucsac behind as it was just a quick up and down with no objective dangers, I felt light.
It seems like a long slog on the cinder track, but the hill is the obvious one dead ahead. Soon I was off the track and making the final ascent to the summit, which is the only steep part of the entire walk. I didn't linger long and was soon on the way down, retracing my steps back to the car.
It had been a fine day out with three hills bagged, in excellent weather to boot.
My next expedition 26/12/2024
Having not done an overseas expedition in 2024, I was keen to plan and book something for 2025. I spied a winter trip to Morocco to climb Mount Toubkal (4,167m). I have never been to that part of the world and being just a week long trip, combined with a notable peak and the bonus of lodge based accommodation, it pretty much ticked all the boxes.
It is booked! All I have to do now is to get fit. Weekly outings to mountainous areas and a week in the Welsh mountains in January should go some way to achieving enough fitness.
Axe Edge 30/11/2024
I had hoped for equally good weather that I had enjoyed all week. Sadly, not to be! It was misty and rainy as I pulled into the car park. Determined to do something, I headed up for Axe Edge moor (551m). The visibility was about 20m at best as I made my way across the moorland towards the summit. Eventually it came into view and I soon bagged it.
Retracing my steps to the road, I crossed and headed up Axe Edge (549m). Equally poor visibility so as soon as I stood on that summit, I decided that would do for the day and headed back down.
A couple of bags for the Dewey collection so happy with that, shame about the views.
Axe Edge 30/11/2024
Back Tor and Howden Edge 28/11/2024
As there are no Nuttalls or Marilyns to go for in Derbyshire, the next group of mountains are the 500m peaks, these are mountains higher than 500m but lower than the magical Nuttall height of 610m (2,000'). Back Tor and Howden Edge are two such peaks.
I parked in the Severn Trent Car Park at the end of Ladybower Reservoir, rather reluctantly forked out £6 for parking and headed off up the side of the dam to join the lake side path for a short way before breaking off and heading steeply up the path which followed Hollin Clough, making my way up to open countryside and via good paths over Lost Lad to the rocky summit of Back Tor (538m). The trig point is right on the top of the rocks so requires a spot of scrambling to reach it.
It was pretty cold so I wore a mid-layer and jacket, the latter of which was on and off during the day, but mostly on.
I'd planned a long circuit around Howden Moor to avoid the various streams in the centre of the moorland. Clearly I'm not the first as there was a flag-stoned path for most of the outbound journey. This was a mixed blessing. It was a great idea to avoid the bogs, but due to the icy conditions, required extreme care to avoid slipping.
Back Tor Summit 28/11/2024
Howden Edge and return 28/11/2024
Eventually the flagstones came to an end and I had to break off to the North West to reach the far Western side of the Moor and the summit area of Howden Edge (550m). The path became thin, then non-existent and I found myself forcing a route through the heather and undergrowth, occasionally picking up sheep tracks, but mostly making my own route until I came to the far side, feeling very tired, and reached a good path.
Turning South I followed the path right to the summit where I decided on lunch. Locating some shelter stones we (Rosie and I) tucked into our lunch. We didn't stay long as it was so cold, and were soon off descending slowly, then steeply, down to the Derwent reservoir and the good track that led us back to the car park.
We'd done around 17km with around 500m of actual climbing, although my watch claimed 1,871m which I don't believe for a second.
An excellent day out and a couple of good peaks bagged.
Howden Edge 28/11/2024
Burbage Common 27/11/2024
Traveling up to Derbyshire in the face of Storm Bertie was perhaps not the best move, but I'd rented a cottage just outside Hathersage so wanted to get there.
Actually, it was not as bad as expected, in that part of the world anyway , and I had no real hold ups, arriving at the cottage around 1pm. Rosie and I took a walk onto Burbage Common for a couple of hours, and whilst it rained constantly, it wasn't stupid.
Near the NT Cafe 27/11/2024
Burbage and Stanage 27/11/2024
The next couple of days the weather brightened up considerably and we enjoyed exploring the Burbage area and over to Stanage Edge to relive my youth looking at the various rock-climbing routes. One highlight was the 'discovery' of the Longshaw NT Estate, in particular the cafe that did an excellent coffee and toasted teacake!
Stanage Edge 27/11/2024
Great Views 27/11/2024
There are some superb walks and in fact, there are so many tracks, it is easy to make up routes. It's not somewhere I was particularly familiar with so enjoyed nice easy walks in new countryside. Due to the good weather, the views were superb, being able to easily see over to Castleton, Mam Tor, the Great Ridge and beyond to Kinder Scout.
Looking to The Great Ridge 27/11/2024
Superb Skies 27/11/2024
Walking
From single day to several weeks, I have walked many of Britains long distance footpaths. Below are some of the more well-known routes.
| Route | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isbourne Way (August 2024) | 15 miles | From Cleeve Hill to Evesham. |
| Shropshire Way (August 2023 onwards) | 200 miles | Figure of eight centred on Shrewsbury. |
| Hadrians Wall (April 2023) | 90 miles | From Bowness to Newcastle. |
| Wysis Way (April 2022) | 55 miles | From the Wye to the source of the Thames. |
| St Kenelms Way (March 2022) | 52 miles | Clent Hills to Winchcombe. |
| The Ridgeway (September 2019) | 87 miles | Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon. |
| Three Choirs Way (March 2019) | 100 miles | Gloucester to Hereford to Worcester to Gloucester. |
| Gloucestershire Way (December 2018) | 100 miles | From Chepstow to Tewkesbury. |
| Severn Way (August 2018) | 210 miles | Following the River Severn. |
| Winchcombe Way (May 2013) | 42 miles | Around the Cotswolds. |
| Limestone Way (December 2012) | 60 miles | Rocester to Castleton in Derbyshire. |
| Welsh 3000s (July 2000) | 28 miles | All 3,000' mountains. |
| Worcestershire Way (July 1992, August 1992 and August 2004) | 38 miles | Wyre Forest to Malverns. |
| Pennine Way (August 1977) | 270 miles | Edale to Kirk Yetholm (Scotland). |
| Cotswold Way (August 1991) | 96 miles | Bath to Chipping Campden. |
| Coast to Coast (August 1990) | 192 miles | Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire to St Bees in Cumbria. |
| 6 Shropshire Peaks (July 1990 and April 1992) | 40 miles | East to West Shropshire. |
| Lyke Wake Walk (July 1983) | 40 miles | Yorkshire Moors. |
| Offas Dyke (July 1980) | 180 miles | Length of the Welsh Border. |
Rock Climbing
Some years ago, I qualified as an SPA Instructor, and whilst it has probably lapsed due to inactivity, I have fond memories of rock climbing in many areas of the UK & abroad, particularly at Symonds Yat, North Wales, the Peak District, Mid-Wales, Cornwall & Scotland. I have many hundreds of logged climbs in my log book and during my time, have climbed many more than I have recorded.
Mountaineering
There are many beautiful mountain ranges in the world, many within easy reach of the UK. I am fortunate to have been to a large number of them. Below are the best.
| Mountain (Range) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Toubkal (February 2025) | The Highest Mountain in North Africa 4,167m. | |
| Mount Ararat (September 2023) | The Highest Mountain in Turkey 5,137m. | |
| Elbrus (August 2019) | The Highest Mountain in Europe 5,642m. | |
| Nepal (October 2018) | Trekking in the Himalaya to a maximum of 5,643m. | |
| Kilimanjaro (September 2017) | The highest mountain on the continent of Africa at 5,895m. | |
| Teide, Tenerife (April 2015) | Highest Mountain in Spain (Tenerife) at 3,718m. | |
| Alesch Glacier (August 2001) | Including the Hexenstein in the Jungfrau region of Switzerland. | |
| Aconcagua (January 2001) | Highest Mountain in South America at 6,960m. | |
| Dolomites (August 2000) | Northern Italys' most famous range. | |
| Matterhorn (August 1997) | Most famous Mountain in Switzerland at 4,405m. | |
| Mont Blanc (September 1995) | Highest Mountain in Western Europe at 4,807m. |
