One Pace Forward my blog for hiking, adventure, travels, history & more, both in the UK and beyond. I’m using the site to share my experiences and passions with others, to provide some inspiration and information.
I’m James, and I’ve lived in London for the past few years, having previously worked for Ramblers in their membership department and also for VisitBritain, the British tourist board. I’m a qualified Lowland Walk Leader, certified by Mountain Training England, with the long term plan to gain full Mountain Leadership & walking/tour guiding/expedition qualifications or work with adventure/walking tour operators, youth development/DofE volunteering/freelance assessment or become an outdoor counsellor helping those struggling with mental health issues through outdoor education.
I’m a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), where I attend regular lectures and travel events hosted both by the society and external organisations. Additionally, I am a Trustee and Community Champion for Sustainable Merton, Merton’s leading environmental charity.
I’m also a home brewer and beer enthusiast – be it in keg, cask, bottle or can, and I can often be found exploring breweries, pubs and restaurants in London and around, trying to spend as much time as possible doing the things I enjoy.
After growing up in Surrey, I lived in Bristol and Edinburgh, and I consider the Highlands of Scotland my home away from home, being fortunate that I can often be found on the shores of Loch Sunart in Strontian, near Fort William.
Thanks for taking the time to read my pages. If you wish to contact me, you can find me on Instagram, LinkedIn or by email jamesdwebb4 [at] outlook [dot] com
Finally, if you have any questions, or advice to give me, please get in touch!
(2020 update – please note these pages are relatively dormant now)
Cheers!
One Pace Forward 
Home brew & beer enthusiast ~ you’d fit right in in the Northwest part of the States (Seattle – Portland): great beer and great mountains/sea as well. Cheers!
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Thanks! I’ve been lucky enough to go to Vancouver and Whistler three times when my sister lived there, absolutely love the region but haven’t (yet) made it south of the border! Soon!
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Whistler and Vancouver, two of my favorite places! If you get a chance, venture south as adventures await there as well ~
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Thanks for following my blog! It helped me to find yours as well, it’s always nice to discover more fellow travelers! 🙂
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Thank-you for visiting my blog and liking one of my posts. I have been reading some of your more recent posts this evening – you write really well and your photographs are lovely. I’ll be back for more.
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Sounds like you’re living life right. Cheers!
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i love walking too! do you snowshoe? it’s walking… in the snow! 🙂
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Never enough snow in London for that, that might look a bit strange walking to the supermarket!
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I’ve been trying to get in 10,000 steps each day but with all the snow on the ground it is hard work on the treadmill right now. But walking and homebrew would be a good thing. I do love nice light wheat beer. 🙂
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Well, we should get along just fine. I developed such a love for hiking, that even now, almost at the age of 60, with no real way to get out of town, I still walk (in the city) roughly 14-16 miles per day, or more during the warmer months, and 8-12 miles per day during the cooler seasons. That basically makes up my Blog. So, nice to meet you, and we’ll see you again, real soon.
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Hi, and thanks for stopping by our blog for a “walk”! LOL! Hope you enjoyed the trip, and we look forward to reading about more of your adventures.
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Well done, James. Sam and I are very impressed with your writing. Els and Pete are pleased as punch, I’m sure. Now, I’ll be very interested to see how you integrate beer styles into the travelogues. Your Dad and I did Belgium last year, where we reckoned there were hundreds of beer brands and styles. Now that is a task. But given that it’s Belgium, the beer sampling can make it a more compelling destination than for – shall we say- the scenery.
We’ll be in Cornwall this October, and I was wondering if you could give me some brewery tips, and walks, to impress my travel companions.
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Hey Mark. Thank you – that’s very kind of you! I’m well overdue a beer post, yes! We travelled back from Sweden by train through Germany & Belgium last year, which I’ll get to writing up at some point. I’m sure Liz won’t mind me saying that the destinations were slightly beer influenced!
Hope to see you when you are over – I’m down that way in May for a weekend, so I’ll pass information on! Certainly you can’t go wrong with walking the SouthWest Coastal path. I think Harbour Brewing are pretty good, and I’m sure there will be other smaller breweries who only distribute locally (or rarely up to London). The bigger breweries beers from Sharps (DoomBar is now a national sized beer, partly after a takeover by Coors), Skinners and St Austell, you’ll be able to find fairly easily in most pubs I would have thought.
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Thanks, James. I seem to recall an ale called Tinners in Cornwall – the name makes sense given all the old tin mines. Is that still around? With any luck we’ll see you in the Fall. Plenty of great trails here in Palm Springs, and elsewhere in California, should you get the urge. Lots of room at our hacienda.
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