Stop being concerned about your daily mileage when hiking

Don't worry about how far you should hike in a day or compare yourself to other people!

Welcome to 2024 & the first Q&A of the year!

Questions and Answers (Q&A's)

The year that was 2023 and the year that will be... 2024

2023 was an outstanding year! Here's to 2024...

Merry Christmas 2023

On this, the Eve before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse... I am now telling myself to stop reciting poems and paraphrasing Christmas carols! It's been an amazing year so far but it's not over yet, at

Cross Borders Drove Road

Hiking the Cross Borders Drove Road in challenging winter conditions, at the end of November and, the start of December was incredible. It challenged us both physically and mentally, hiking into the darkness with ice forming on our cloths and backpacks.

Cross Borders Drove Road | Day 6

Our last day on the Cross Borders Drove Road was superb. We fished as the snow was falling all around us. It was the perfect finish!

Cross Borders Drove Road | Day 1

A cold exhausting day on the Cross Borders Drove Road, hiking 12.1 miles from the carpark at Little Vantage to West Linton over the Pentland Hills.

A wee video for you from the start of the Cross Borders Drove Road

It's been a while...

so let me update you!

Spiced Halloween Apple Crumble

This spiced apple crumble is quick, simple and easy to cook over a campfire. We cooked it for the first time in the middle of a Scottish woodland with nothing more than a frying pan, an old broken cook pot and some tin foil.

How many trails have we completed & how far have we hiked?

With 29 official long distance trails in Scotland, it can be hard to keep track of the ones that we have completed. So, here is a list of all of the ones we have completed so far, and the ones still to be completed!

Beyond The Spectrum | The Documentary

Being approached by Stirling University to have a documentary produced about our lives for a showcase to all the major UK TV channels was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that we couldn't turn down.