Author Archives: tpltravelled

The part of the Peak District that i rove about isn’t all that different to many rural parts of the UK …. except for ‘what lies over the hill’ … People. >800,000 of them minutes away in Sheffield and about 19 million of them within one hour. So as well as everything that ‘normally’ goesContinue reading “Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy 2025 – 2028”

Two vehicles off roading in the walled enclosure on Houndkirk Moor last night. Various technology solutions used to confirm and record their presence off the Houndkirk track. One of them left its engine oil on Houndkirk. Thanks. One of them wasn’t insured at 1946hrs but was magically insured at 2117hrs after the lack of insuranceContinue reading “Cause and Effect”

Same old same old for me for Christmas Day Early rise and a cold walk to the cabin …. it was empty 🥳 Unfortunately i found it had been recently used by firestarters and rubbish leavers So Grumpy Santa had to do ten minutes of tidying and cleaning before he could put his kettle onContinue reading “Down the Usual”

was the name of an article i wrote for UKC about 13 years ago. Probably the first thing i had published. It re-emerges every time i see someone enjoying the remarkable snaking line of Spanish limestone about which the article is written. I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time there between 2000Continue reading “The Seven Year Itch”

Crap title Lovely little film by one of the founders of DMM about the evolution of the ice axe. That’s it. Niche as it gets.

Posted as a way of illuminating a few issues … The clip is from a video by ‘Chunky Captain Does It All’ called ‘2 Days Wild Camping & Hiking In The Peak’ which was uploaded to Youtube 4 days ago.  There’s some sensible content in the video about preparedness for adventuring outdoors in the winter. Continue reading “Winter Fires”

Tea out on Wednesday. Int’ Grouse. With two blokes. One bloke said he’d ‘done a bit’ … became a British Mountain Guide in 1977 and achieved the International IFMGA Guide carnet the next year. Was one of the first 10 British Guides ever to earn the IFMGA qual. Currently a globally renowned educationalist. The otherContinue reading “Dining Company”

A video from 18 years ago when (i believe) we three were the first to run the Devil o the Highlands Highland Fling and West Highland Way trail ultras in a year when there was only a month between each race. You can go far with a bag of growlers (wee pork pies) and aContinue reading “Once A Distance Runner …”

In the 40 minutes between the first dusk photo and the last one the temperature dropped 7c Then a trip to the head of the Porter Valley at 10pm and minus 2c to admire the night sky. On both occasions the illegal off-roading activities of someone in a Suzuki in the last ~3 days hadContinue reading “The Invasion”

A film by Sean Delahay about his homeless brother Sam who has chosen to live a nomadic life in nature. You can support Sam via his Patreon account ‘nomadsam’.