Hello fellow hikers. I’m Ken Reece and I’ve been a keen walker for about 40 years now – most of this has been in the Peak District. As well as the thousands of day walks I’ve enjoyed, I’ve also completed several of the UK’s long-distance walks. The last one of these was my longest –…
WAY’S END Shirley to Ashbourne, by Mark Halliwell [Back to start] It dawned a fabulous day for my last leg of the Centenary Way, and the first half of the section from Shirley to Ashbourne turned out to be a highlight of the whole route. Recommencing just south of Shirley, I set off north on…
BRAILSFORD AND THE BONNIE PRINCE Mercaston to Shirley, by Mark Halliwell [Next page] The next opportunity I had to hike was a fine day, but it began grey and cool. The other days’ hikes had been around 13 miles, but this was over 15, though I covered less of the actual Centenary Way than the…
ESCAPE FROM 2020! by Mark Halliwell, January 2021 [Next page] I hadn’t really meant to do the Centenary Way, at least not yet. But I’m so glad I did! I’d hiked for as many years as I could remember. I’d started walking as a kid with my dad, and then began long-distance hiking some 15…
NATURE IN ABUNDANCE Ilkeston to Stanley Brook, by Mark Halliwell [Next page] The Centenary Way starts on West End Road in the south-west of Ilkeston, at its crossroads with Oakwell Drive (B6007). I’d reached Ilkeston on a blue-sky day by walking out eastwards parallel to The Way on its southern side, through Stanley village and…
WEST TO WESTON Duffield to Mercaston, by Mark Halliwell [Next page] The privilege of living adjacent to the beautiful Derwent Valley meant it was no hardship to return to the river at the Bridge Inn for the start of the next leg. Pausing for a few minutes to see the river birds, I then headed…
THE THREE WAYS Stanley Brook to Duffield, by Mark Halliwell [Next page] I was now totally with it on the Centenary Way! A four-day working week brought about by Covid-19 had the fringe benefit of giving me more days to hike. A fine day allowed me not only to do the second leg of The…
Im still not used to this whole writing thing yet but im gettting there I think. Recently I completed the Cotswolds Way, for those of you unsure of what one of them is, its a 102 mile national trail in the UK. It starts in Chipping Campden and finishes in Bath. Normally when I got […]…
Starting at Wray Castle, here she spent her first holiday in 1882 at 16 when Dalguise in Scotland was no longer available.It’s here she met Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, a vicar of Wray, who was one of the founding Secretaries of the National Trust, who Beatrix Potter left nearly all her land and estate too.From there…
Walk with me .. During lock down COVID19 I stopped for the first time in ages. I stopped working, stopped getting the train every day, stopped hiking and wild camping on my days off and I thought about myself and my life for the first time in years. I stopped to think about the relationship…
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This is what you’ve all been waiting for, the announcement of the winners! Third place prize the Brew it stick goes to Tony Bain Second place prize of the Primus Lite Stove goes to Kyle Mahognay And the number one prize, the MSR Elixer 2 tent goes to Moriel Ram
I know some of us like a bit of friendly competition, some of us use it as a motivator to get outside and walk while some of us will use it as a target that needs to be smashed. Many of us i’m sure will already be familiar with Strava and its use with running…
Congratulations to Mel Riley for winning the UK Hiking cover photo competition! Here is the winning image
The Malvern End to End is a 9.3 mile route from Chase End Hill in the South, up to End Hill in the North of the hills and takes you across 15 peaks. You start the walk at a little car park on Chase End road opposite Fernlea Villa. From there you take the well…
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