Collected Musings of a Hill Wanderer

That prospect of two dry days with a wet one in between certainly put paid to any ideas of spending a few days away progressing my Pennine Way walking project. Even then, the wonderful British weather ensures that you can’t hope for each of those dry days to frequent the same location. The result was yesterday saw me go exploring Teesdale, sampling a short stretch of the aforementioned long distance trail in advance of more concerted trekking along its length around those parts. Plans for tomorrow see me looking to the west while I rest my legs after yesterday’s exertions, in between the other things that need doing of course. A full trip report report for my Teesdale outing should come soon and we shall see what happens tomorrow.

It was after a bank holiday weekend two years ago that this blog came into being and a goodly amount of water has flowed under the proverbial bridge since then. Since this time last year, the name of the blog has changed but the walking trip reports remain centre stage. Long distance trail bashing has continued with both the West Highland Way and the Gritstone Trail having been completed. In addition, I have made a start on the Rob Roy Way and continue to nibble at both the Pennine Way and the Offa’s Dyke Path. Speaking of the latter, Shropshire has started to see my footfall as has Staffordshire. With the onset of what I consider to be the best month of the year, I am hoping that those walking experiences continue as I continue to explore the British landscape. Also remaining in my mind are thoughts of wandering through Irish hill country, something that has remained on my to do list for far longer than it has right to do.