Hello. I have decided to move my blog away from WordPress.com, and to a self-hosted site. The domain remains Onepaceforward.com, but any new updates and blogs may not now appear in your WordPress.com reader. And I don’t want you to miss out! Therefore, you may need to update the way you follow my adventures. And…
Built in 1841, the Balcombe (or Ouse Valley) viaduct is surely one of the most mesmeric structures in the south of England. A footpath passes right underneath the viaduct, allowing you a close up view of this amazing piece of Victorian railway architecture.
In the summer of 2014, I visited Zermatt and took a trip on the Gornergrat mountain railway for an incredible view across the valley towards the Matterhorn, surrounded by a panoramas of high alpine peaks over a sea of ice far below.
Courtesy of @inntravel, a travel company who specialise in slow holidays, I’m giving away a hiking kit that incorporates everything you would need on your hiking trails.
The Zephyros 1 tent is a lightweight, one person tent, and exceptional value for money for what you get.
At under £100, this compact tent is, quite honestly, a bargain.
I’ve used the tent for four nights so far, in a variety of conditions (other than torrential rain). Once in a campsite in the New Forest in Hampshire, and then three nights wild camping in the far north of Scotland.
Here are my thoughts on this tent.
The words echo around my head with a crushing disappointment and realisation.
As a prelude to hiking up Suilven, we walked an 8 mile circuit around the attractive Cam Loch, a few miles south from the hamlet of Elphin in the far northwest reaches of spectacular and wild Scotland.
Take the overnight sleeper train, leaving London Euston just after 9pm, to pull open your curtains the following morning and pressing your nose up against the early morning window light to reveal the peaks of Scotland awaiting you.
We were on the 21:15 departure from London Euston. The hills would be ours the following morning.
I really don’t visit Cornwall enough.
The county at the very far south-west tips of England is home to some of the finest coastal scenery in England, surrounded on three sides by rugged coastline, and interlinked around the coastal edges by the 630 miles of Southwest Coast Path.
Delving into the flat and sandy stretch of pristine, unspoilt tranquillity – a night wild camping under the stars was one of the more memorable nights I’ve enjoyed in the UK, Sandwood Bay is unlike anything I’ve seen – a truly special place.
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