Better to be on the hill – than over the hill
My wife Mandi has just smashed her challenge to walk one mile! Ok, I can already hear your comments - I do that just walking the kids to the school, or going to the shops - thats nothing! So lets put this into some form of perspective. My wife suffers from Fybromyalgia, which is a …
Guest Blogger – Roddie Grant, Rugby, Warwickshire Throughout my walking life I have used the facilities provided by the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) many times. In the early years I found they ranged from dire to acceptable, but these days their image has changed and some are more like hotels. There is even a YHA …
Oh no, I can hear you cry, has Glyn finally lost it and gone stark raving mad? Or are we discussing bodily features that develop as we grow older? No we are talking about the plethora of categories or lists created to define hills and mountains. I was recently questioned why I called my blog …
Global recommendations on physical activity for health 65 years and above I have been researching for a while into recommended physical activity levels for over 60's. In the process I have come across many different recommendations from various organisations. Some pertained to be medicaL and others were quite obviously not! I therefore decided that the …
Map Reading & Navigation - Training Resources I could write an entire book on how to read a map and use a compass. I could use the best pictures with clear and concise explanations on how to navigate. But at the end of the day there is nothing better than real hands on training. Now …
As we approach Mothers Day in the UK, my thoughts naturally move towards my own Mother. She will be 84 this year and 5 years ago she underwent surgery for a replacement hip. My Mother has always been a fit and healthy person, she tends a very big garden, and walks most places, but I …
Throughout this series of blogs covering Map Reading and Navigation we have dealt purely with the map and compass. The reason for this is very clear, if you cannot use a map and compass you should never go into the hills, even in the most popular areas. The clear, sunny day can turn bad very …
I have recently paid a visit to my Doctors for the results of a blood test. A couple of weeks earlier I had been sent for X-Rays for suspected OsteoArthritis of the left hip and the blood test was a routine follow-up to this. Well, I was in for a surprise. The suspected hip problem …
One of the main problems with navigating at night or in poor visibility is that errors can occur and this may result in the inability to locate a particular waypoint. This can occur for a number of reason which we will discuss and look at ways to resolve those errors. The most important thing to …
Review: Stance Nepal & Uncommon Arnot Trek Socks In the words of Stance - We have turned socks into one of the world's most exciting accessories in less than five years. Our founders saw a category that had been ignored, taken for granted, looked over, and dismissed. By creating life into something that had been …
