The Duke of Edingburgh Award Scheme have launched their Virtual Adventure to raise funds which will support young people by walking the entire coastline of the UK (no you dont have to do all of it..!!!)
Here’s a few thoughts from myself on how to pack your bag, but also your companions, care, smiles and sharing…
Recently I recorded a podcast with Jane Booth MBA of the OPUS 29 Consultancy about Finding the Happiness in Being You. We covered a lot of subjects from my initial forays into the mountains, inspirations, my view on reality, and thoughts for the future…
To listen to the Podcast, click here..!
The 21st anniversary of my fateful climb on Mt.McKinley has coincided with the COVID-19 Lockdown and Mental Health Week 2020.
Here’s a few thoughts and life lessons I’ve learned over those 21 years…
How well do you know your local area? You may be surprised by how many paths and greenspaces are waiting for you to find! Now’s the time to explore from your door, on foot or by bike, and discover the lesser-known paths and trails. We asked our GetOutside Champions how they’ve been exploring their local area and what they’ve enjoyed the most.
21 Years have passed since my fateful expedition to Mt McKinley in Alaska. Besides the obvious surgery, I also experienced isolation, fear, mental fatigue, physical damage and came out of lockdown a very different man.
I’ve shared a few thoughts with Ordnance Survey on how the present COVID-19 lockdown brings back those memories and how much both of them have affected me…
Recently I was interviewed by Ian Skye on BBC Radio Derby about the present COVID Lockdown. I come in at 1:36:36…
I recently spoke to Dave Cornthwaite on his Self Propelled Podcast about life, mountaineering, frostbite and resilience. Dave is an accomplished traveller and creator of the YesTribe.
I hope you enjoy listening..!
This April and May will be the 21st anniversary of my fateful climb on Mt. McKinley in Alaska.
Using original diary entries, 35mm slides and kit, I’m going to retell the story, day by day as it happened those 21 years ago.
The video logs will be posted here, Youtube and via Social Media.
We flew to Alaska on April 30th 1999…
I’m delighted to announce that I’m a Ordnance Survey #GetOutside Champion for 2020, but these are different times for us all. Getting outside isn’t easy for many people due to the present restrictions imposed due to COVID-19, but we can still enjoy our gardens and go out for exercise. We need patience, understanding and have plenty of time to plan ahead.
We’ve launched the hashtag #getoutsideinside to reflect the present situation and will be posting lots of ideas to keep you busy whilst the lock down is on.
Let’s get through this and get into the hills again soon..!
The lockdown caused by COVID-19 sees many children being schooled at home. Here’s a few links which you may find useful to keep their creative minds going. They’re all engineering, travel or outdoors based and I hope will be of use to you. If you have any suggestions, please drop me a line and I’ll add them to the list… Continue reading “Homeschooling Resources…”
In these difficult times, it’s important that we keep physically and mentally fit, but also work within the rules.
Here’s some important information about the restrictions that have been placed upon us as a nation. They are regularly updated, so please adhere to them and stay safe.
Our time will come…
The British Mountaineering Council
I’ll be speaking at this years Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show at the NEC next week along with a list of TV Celebrities, Travellers, Campers and Spaniels..! (I don’t think they’ll let me bring my VW through the doors though)
Tickets are available via the show website and it would be great to meet you there…
January is over and 2020 brings a New Year and fresh new decade. At this time of year, the media is filled with adverts for gym memberships, diet plans and holidays, modelling waistlines to die for. Many of you may have looked in the mirror, or God forbid weighed yourselves and realised that you’ve enjoyed just a little too much pudding over the last few weeks. You might be wanting to get back in those favourite trousers, feel happier in yourself and find some of life’s normality again, but how do you do it? Moreover, how do you keep at it?
Here’s a blog for Ordnance Survey…
Having lost my Father, I concentrate much of my life caring for my Mother. She still enjoys getting out walking and enjoys the fresh air, company and exercise. It’s vital that we done forget our elders, but continually respect them…
On Friday 6th December I officially opened the ‘Big Screen’ In the Vicar Lane Shopping Centre in Chesterfield. The screen aims to promote Chesterfield and the Peak District National Park.
I was recently interviewed by Christian Stahl about how my experiences on the mountains had changed my life. Taking decisions in critical moments is vital when the world is throwing everything at you. Right, wrong, good or bad, you have to live with them for the rest of your life.
Heres the podcast on Christians ‘Beyond Blindness’ Website…
011 – How to take decisions in critical moments of our lives
Here’s the podcast on other sites…
For almost 30 years I’ve led a New Year’s Walk to get family and friends together. For many, it has become a must in their diaries and I often get asked for the date months in advance.
Leading 50+ people isn’t an easy task, so here’s a few of the lessons I’ve learned along the way…
Here’s a blog for Ordnance Survey
https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/guides/planning-group-walks/
There will be no party for my 50th birthday, no barbecue or Easter celebration, but I will be racing across South Africa in honour of my Father…
Here’s an article from the Derby Telegraph…
Spring should be a time for celebration as new life bursts forth and drives the grey skies of winter away. As a child I spent many happy days with my father watching the buds burst, flowers rise and listening to the birds call, but this spring is different.
This spring is grey again. On the first day of spring this year, I lost the man who gave me my love of the outdoors. An early morning call was like a tolling bell and within a few hours, he was gone…
