Did you know The West Highland was 40 last year, it was officially opened on 6th October 1980, it all started of with a post from Tom Hunter who was an ex RAF man He wanted a walk from Glasgow to the Highlands, Fort William was chosen as the end point. In the summer of 1969 was the beginning of … Read More
Half Price Guided Walks
In June We are running some classic walks that are half price the normal price is £160 but as a special offer i will be charging £80, this is for guiding only The walks/dates are 7th-10th June Yorkshire 3 peaks over 3 days 15th-18th June Wharfedale 3 peaks over 3 days 21st-24th June Lake District 3,000ers over 3 days For … Read More
May Events
Up and coming events for May Special offer Bank Holiday weekend 1st-3rd May Book the 3 guided walks and only pay for 2 as you will get a walk free 8th and 9th May Bundle, Book the Yorkshire 3 Peaks and map reading course together and pay only £70 1st Wharfedale 3 Peaks , Ketttlewell, Yorkshire Dales 2nd Guided walk, … Read More
Wharfedale 3 peaks Blog
The Wharfedale 3 peaks is a challenge walk that climbs the 3 highest Peaks in Wharfedale which are Great Whernside at 704m, Buckden Pike 702m and Firth Fell at 610m the total distance is 18 miles with 1200 metres of ascent, the aim is to the challenge in under 10 hours, We meet in Kettlewell then climb Great Whernside and … Read More
Borrowdale Round blog
The challenge is to climb the highest mountains around the Borrowdale valley Some of which are the highest mountains in England, this is a tough walk, covering 13 miles and 6,200 feet of ascent, the aim is to complete the challenge in under 12 hours. The walk starts from Seathwaite, taking a route up Sourmilk Gill, on to our first … Read More
Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge
Guided Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge Our Guided Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge includes the 3 peaks of the Yorkshire Dales: The walk is guided by a Mountain Leader Pen-y-Ghent (694m) Whernside (736m) Inglebrough (723m) Yorkshire 3 Peaks in 12 hours The challenge is to walk all three of these mountains in 12 hours! The total distance is 24 miles with an … Read More
Cross Fell
Cross Fell is the highest point outside the Lake District at 893 metres high if it was in the Lakes it would be the 8th highest #mountain, Cross Fell is also the highest point in the Pennines and the highest point of the #pennineway the #nationaltrail #longdistancepath , Cross Fell has the largest single area of land over 800 meters, … Read More
Uncertainty with holidays aboard
Covid 19 cases are rising in Europe with a third wave, so where does that leave the uk with holidays? the road map is on the 17th May is people may able to go abroad but that is not set in stone as the government do not want to risk bring new variants into the uk and from later this … Read More
Map reading courses Easter
Do you want to learn how to use a compass, use a map, able to plan a walk, get yourself of the hill in bad weather? then our map reading courses will teach you to do that, the course will cover navigation using linear features, using contours, map symbols, types of map, grid references , and using a compass to … Read More
Walk for a good cause
Raise money for charity by doing a challenge walk, The Yorkshire 3 peak’s is 24 miles climbing Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen y gent with in 12 hours or Walk the Wharfedale 3 peaks climbing Great Whernside, Buckden Pike, Firth Fell that is 18 miles in 10 hours, cost is £60 per person Upcoming dates are 3rd April Yorkshire 3 Peaks … Read More