For the early May bank holiday I decided to head to Cornwall with a small group of friends from my hiking group. Fiona, Nicole, Roy and myself would stay in the motorhome whilst May and her little dog would be camping in her tent. Our accommodation was SeaView International who claim to be the only…
Four of us met up for this weekend to do the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge. I’d done the challenge twice before and was delighted to see a weather forecast that seemed to promise bright sunshine. We got up early on Saturday morning to drive to the start point, Pen y Ghent cafe in Horton in…
For the past 8 years or so I’ve always organised an Easter hiking weekend. This year was no exception as 17 of us made the journey to Beddgelert in Snowdonia, leaving London on the Thursday. I’d booked a National Trust property, Craflwyn bunkhouses for most of the group but the motorhome was also put to…
This was to be the longest journey yet for my new motorhome, over 250 miles North West to The Lake District. Parmeet, Blossom, Barney and myself left London at 2:30pm, finally arriving at The Quiet Site near Ullswater seven hours later. Tim had already arrived and was doing his best to support the local economy…
The main reason for my trip north to Scotland was to attend the Up Helly Aa festival. The organisers describe Up Helly Aa as ‘Europe’s largest fire festival’. The festival takes on the last Tuesday in January. The location for the festival is Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands. It seemed a long way…