Right to Roam Poetry by Sophie Sparham
Big congratulations to Sophie who passed her Lowland Leader Assessment last week.
Sophie is a poet, writer and creative writing facilitator. Sophie leads guided poetry workshops in the Peak District, where …
Review: Peak District Gritstone by Graham Hoey
Is there really space for another Peak District guidebook? A few friends asked this as we passed around a brand-new copy of Graham Hoey’s Peak District Gritstone (published by Vertebrate …
Victoria Writes About Walking While Pregnant
There’s nothing like a surprise blessing of a pregnancy to stop you in your tracks and make you look at the world around you. This was particularly strange during 2020 …
Book Review: Sheffield Round Walk by Jon Barton – a 24km Scenic City Walk
When you pick up a walking route card or guidebook, you expect to read line after line of dry directions. Turn left at the stile then descend down to a …
Women’s Only Courses
In 2021 International Women’s Day asked us to #choosetochallenge.
Here in the outdoor industry there is a gender gap. For there to be more women working in the outdoors and …
The Redmires Round: a 5 Mile Walking Route on the Outskirts of Sheffield
On this Sheffield walk Hati takes us on a 5 mile loop from Redmires Reservoirs to Stanage Edge. Walk or run this route at your leisure!
Up on the outskirts …
Solo Night Nav as a Woman: How to Ease Anxieties and Feel Safe when Practising Night Navigation
Do you enjoy or endure night navigation? Hati shares how she built her confidence and discovered the freedom of going solo on the moors by night.
(For more general advice on …
Top Ten Travel, Nature and Adventure Books
Below are my favourite top ten travel, nature and adventure books from the last 11 months of lockdown.
I read a lot anyway but the lockdowns have enabled me to fully …
Patagonia Stand Up Shorts Review
With this lovely spell of sunny weather at the beginning of April I decided to treat myself to a new pair of shorts. I wanted something not too technical that …
Clothing and Equipment For Scottish Winter Walking and Mountaineering
This is a up-dated version of a post on clothing and equipment for Scottish winter walking and mountaineering first published in 2017. Not much has changed but some brands have …