Author Archives: tpltravelled

The act of camping on land that is not yours and where you do not have permission from the landowner / landmanager is, in law, a civil matter of trespass. For every fire and whatnot that appears on my socials and on my blog (that the Eastern Moors Partnership team have found) there are dozensContinue reading “Auf Wiedersehen, Pet”

Got to Winnie’s bench. There were a bloke sat on it. Now then. Now then. Come far ? No, not far. You ? No, not far. Grand day eh ?  Aye cracking.  Then he starts vaping about 3m upwind of me and covered me in some sickly stink. Minging.  I did one for half hourContinue reading “Scorchio”

Experience made us twitch. A quiet Friday night and Storm Dave on Saturday left us expecting a busy Sunday.  We was right we was … Early evening glimpses of groups walking in to woodland. Two fires in BoleHill / Lawrencefield before 9pm. NT Longshaw Rangers dealt with the second of these.  This was the thirdContinue reading “Unsurprised View”

‘Only when you drink from the river of life shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance’ – Kahlil Gibran @couldntgetmike #bemoremike Keep It Simple

I have been lucky enough to attend a few of the Arc’teryx Academy events. In 2023 i went to the Alpine Academy in Chamonix. The little group i was in for the week was guided by @freddegoulet and @benjaminribeyre . As often on this kind of compressed learning experience one hangs off the shirt tailsContinue reading “Another.”

I dug the bike out of the back of the garage just now She’s called Geraldine (she has her own Insta account at @theadventuresofgeraldine albeit nowt has gone on there for millenia ). Tyres were flat. Tubeless sealant had glued the tyres. Etc etc. Must be 18 months since i swung a leg over her.Continue reading “Mechanised Tramp”

If you’ve got an animal that needs rescuing …. if no one else can help …. and if you can find them …. maybe you should call … It wasn’t a cat called Ramsley this time …. it was a calf called Frank. Frank was a twin born yesterday afternoon in woodland at the bottomContinue reading “Be More Frank”

The how and where you can and can’t commercially film in the Peak District National Park is clearly articulated on the PDNPA website. Look under FAQ’s.  If you’re pointing a camera at something or someone in order to sell, film or promote something for income then that is commercial activity. That includes ‘only on socialContinue reading “Pay Per View”

For the record it was Sunday 8th March when i saw my first of the season. Near Curbar Edge. In October last year, following a public consultation, the Derbyshire Dales Council voted in a Public Space Protection Order which was effective from 10 October 2025 It prohibited the following actions: In public spaces. The PSPOContinue reading “The First of the Season”

Books for Books Day In no particular order … One Thousand Days – SiriusA book about an extraordinary military patrol in Greenland which also happens to be best book ever written on selecting and training high performing teams Joss Naylor MBE Was Here – the best book ever written on human powered endeavour. How ToContinue reading “Books from Boxes”