The weather is good enough and hiking season is back! After last year’s aborted ascent due to dangerous winds I was glad to get the right weather to summit Helvellyn. Please like and subscribe to me on YouTube.
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Vlog:Grisedale Pike – Abandoned!
At the weekend I attempted to hike Grisedale Pike. Sadly winds became so dangerous that they lifted my companion off the ground. Clearly it was time to abandon the climb! We will get here in the summer.
Even though we didn’t reach the summit it was still a great day o climbing and hiking.
Vlog:Hiking The Old Man of Coniston
Today was the first hike I have been able to do for ages so I went up to Cumbria and climbed The Old Man of Coniston. Considering the time of year it was glorious weather and a great climb.
Bolton Abbey Trail
Yesterday was not so much a hike as a gentle stroll over to Bolton Abbey and it’s infamously dangerous water course, the Strid. For some reason there was a long conversation about the eighties. The outdoors not only takes you to new places, it also takes you mentally to new places.
International Dog Day – Barkley’s First Hike!
As today is International Dog Day I decided to share Barkley’s first hike. Barkley is my four month old border collie puppy who will be travelling with me over fells, mountains and wherever else he can go. Yesterday it was a gentle start over on Thieveley Pike in Lancashire and he had a whale of a time. The vlog is below. Please like and subscribe.
Never Hike on Friday 13th!
Yesterday I set out to traverse Striding Edge in order to summit Helvellyn in the Lake District, Cumbria. What transpired is a lesson: never hike on Friday 13th!
Bronte Waterfall Loop
The eponymous Bronte Way is where the famous sisters used to live and hang out. If you have read Wuthering Heights then hiking this moor allows you to see easily where Emily found inspiration for the opening scenes with Lockwood trapped in the snowstorm and lost on the Moors.
Yesterday I intended to go all of the way to the large waterfall but time got the better of things, however it is was a good hike with great scenery and plenty to appreciate.
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Hiking Catbells
Hiking Catbells, one of the smaller but steeper fells in the Lake District. Despite high winds and showers as well as getting pelted by a ten minute torrential downpour at the summit I managed, against all the odds, to get some pretty fantastic drone footage and time lapses. I am learning as I go along to make better videos and I think that this one stands up well.
I am dreaming of and working at building a YouTube presence and hopefully over the next few years I can start producing genuinely great content for people. I’ve got the gear and the eye, I just need to work at turning what I see in my head into real videos, which is harder than you think. Luckily I have a pretty creative mindset and I’m a decent photographer so it’s all about learning the techniques. I have always believed that it’s better to have a natural eye for things like this and develop as you go, but that is just me. As an autodidact that’s how I learn and figure it all out. Please like and subscribe on YouTube, and feedback is always welcome.
Data
I have my watch set not to auto pause when I stop walking because it is buggy when it does, so the time here includes all of my stops for eating and filming and so forth.
Topological Map and Heat Map
Heart Rate, Elevation and
Elevation, Pace and Heart Rate
Climbing Scafell Pike
Recently I ascended the highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike the Lake District. This was a fantastic day and a great climb. Below is my vlog from the day.
Big thanks to Editor’s Keys who gave away a pack of five LUTS, one of which (Forest) is used in his video. Please support them.
Exploring Thieveley Pike
I managed to get out yesterday on my bike, with my drone so I went exploring over the tops of Burnley and Dunnockshaw. It was beautiful.
It is amazing how, even in a relatively small and unimpressive town like Burnley there is such beauty everywhere. If you enjoy the video please do like, share and subscribe.
Junior's Gone Wild 