Coast to Coast – Planning
Following in the legendary Wainwright’s footsteps and walking the coast to coast is something we have wanted to do for a few years now, but have never really given it any serious thought, then a few months ago we decided that it may be a good way to spend our 30th birthdays (in 2011) our birthdays are 13 days apart so in theory we could set off on Emily’s 30th and finish on my 30th. However when we were sat in the pub after doing the Glaisdale Round, we got talking and decided that we would prefer to do it sooner rather than later, so we are now planning to bring it forward a year and do it in 2010. I’ve already got a book and a few useful websites, have a rough idea of how and when we want to do it, using a mixture of campsites and...
Read MoreBeer reviews, chilli recipes and winnings
The last week or so has been really busy for me both at work and at home. The weather has been a mix of the good, the bad and the very bad, which has meant a little less gardening and walking and a little more blogging and jobs around the house. I finally got round to moving all of my stuff from my parents house, so some of bank holiday weekend was spent up to my eyeballs in CDs and other stuff I had left there, I forgot just how many CD’s I own. I’ve done a fair few new blog posts, both on Beer Reviews and Chilli Up North I forgot just how long it takes to write stuff up and i have a huge backlog but the ones i have published recently are: Spicy Mozarella Melts Recipe Reggae Reggae Chicken Chargrills Review Garden Update August 2009 Hogs Back A over...
Read MoreThe Glaisdale Round (11 Miles)
Bank holiday monday was reserved for a walk, it had to be something worth walking but something that wasn’t too long as we didn’t have all day. We chose to do the Glaisdale round as we love the area around Glaisdale and hadn’t been there for a while, we also knew there was a cracking pub at the end of the walk which always helps. The walk can be found here courtesy of yorkshiremoors.co.uk so i won’t go into turn by turn detail. The walk it’s self is nice and simple and a nice easy walk the main problem being that most of it is along roads or tracks, which one a bank holiday were full of 4×4’s, who weren’t the most careful in the world, however the views along the walk are absolutely stunning, especially when you get...
Read MoreTrainers on the hills, moors and mountains
Right, it’s time for me to have a bit of a rant (so it might not be a very cohesive post) Yesterday i read and watched a lot of news stories concerning the rise in the number of call outs that the various Mountain and search and rescue teams had received this year. Each report mentioned that the increase was mainly due to people venturing into the hills without the correct gear. Having witnessed many people heading off onto the North Yorkshire Moors or up into the Lakeland fells with nothing more than the clothes they were wearing and a map on the back of a leaflet, i can see their point. What really wound me up was the constant point that you shouldn’t head off walking in anything other than hiking boots, this may surprise some of you reading this,...
Read MoreGreat Day
Today was a fantastic day, one of the best in a long while, i had a quick 8mile walk to saltburn for a beer and some fish and chips, i took a bottle of flying dog classic pale ale with me and sat on the beach with it and a cracking portion of fish and chips, which was pretty perfect. then to top things off England won the Ashes in emphatic style – Congratulations to all the team, i hope freddy goes on a bender like last time as that was great...
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