v-g Backpacking in Britain BlogThe annual New Year post to wish all readers and fellow bloggers the best for 2013, and to reassure everyone that we haven’t been swallowed by a fearsome bog in Wales or the North Pennines. This photo is from a pitch on an unpublished short backpack in June.
2012 was an unusual year, the highlights being […]
A quick post to wish everyone all the best for 2012.
Our backpacks tailed off markedly last year due to other projects, poor weather and stuff happening, let’s hope for more in 2012. At least we started the year today with a very quick walk before the rain rattled in, just a short local outing from […]
Stats table 2010
Miles
Backpacks
Days
Total
442m
14
42
Joint
96m
4
13
Solo
346m
10
29
A belated Happy New Year to all readers and best wishes for 2011, especially those fellow bloggers who have posted about life changes in difficult economic times, I hope events turn out favourably.
14 backpacks and 42 days trekking in 2010 with a tent isn’t bad, considering that we ground to a halt in […]
Just the annual post to wish all readers good fortune for the Christmas period and seriously good backpacking for 2011.
Not much backpacking here for a while, we are waiting for the travel situation to improve - I’m not as brave as some who have made it out to the snowy mountains recently - kudos to […]
Backpacking stats for 2009
Stats table 2009
Miles
Backpacks
Days
Total
412m
16
42
Joint
198m
8
21
Solo
214m
8
21
First and foremost a Happy New Year and good walking to all readers for 2010. We have really enjoyed all the trip reports of fellow bloggers and others over the year.
Our end-of-year review for 2009 is underway and the figures are shown in the table: this time last year I […]
Seasonal best wishes to all readers.
Any hope of a Christmas backpack has been dashed primarily by the weather, in particular the state of the roads: many people seem to have the bravado to drive in these conditions but I’d be a nervous wreck long before I arrived at the hills, not to mention the worry […]
The old plantar fasciitis has improved considerably after a little remedial massage on my back at the physio, and she gave me a new exercise to add to the repertoire that is targetted at the old hamstrings. I must say that quite apart from any beneficial effect on my foot in the recovery phase, I’ve […]
For some time now I’ve had a puzzling minor problem with my right heel, just a temporary internal pain that jarred when I put my weight on it first thing in the morning or after sitting for a while. It always disappeared quickly and I thought little of it, until the recent Pumlumon backpack: something […]
First thing, I’ve collected my observations on the NeoAir into a review on the main site - nothing new added really, but encapsulating it all in one place might be useful to future readers thinking of lightening their loads. From now on it will definitely be my mattress of choice outside winter (speaking of which, […]
Stats table 2008
Miles
Backpacks
Days
Total
633m
26
62
Joint
349m
17
38
Solo
284m
9
24
We have just held our end-of-year review and the figures are shown in the table. While ostensibly quite respectable by many standards, they hide a pronounced trend compared to our best year: 1555 miles with 117 days walking - almost a third of the year.
The 26 backpacks covered only 62 days: the […]
