Peter's Travel Blog

Today’s walk didn’t quite turn out as planned. With an extended trip to Northumberland planned for next week, we decided we rather fancied a walk from Marske, about 5 miles down the road from Richmond. Nothing too strenuous, and nothing too far from home. So, the route was planned and duly loaded onto our OS Maps app, sandwiches were made...

With the glorious 12th of April fast approaching, when the next level of restrictions are eased and we’ll be allowed to travel a little further afield, and legally stay overnight in our campervan, this is another walk with a notable climb in it, designed to get us back into some degree of trimness in preparation for some slightly more challenging...

The weather forecast promised us sunshine and clear skies all day today, so – perfect conditions for a walk out. It being Easter Sunday, I would have expected there to be a lot of people out and about, yet we saw a surprisingly small number of fellow walkers. Our target today was a 6-mile circular walk starting and finishing in...

This was our first non-local walk out since the lockdown began early last November. In the intervening time, we’ve walked our local footpaths to death; not that we don’t enjoy them, but I think it’s fair to say we were ready for a change of scenery. Healey is a small village on the outskirts of Masham (home to the Theakston...