One Tree Hill: a natural vantage point for London’s skyline

One Tree Hill: a natural vantage point for London’s skyline

There are many great places to view London’s iconic skyline. Greenwich Park in the south, or Alexandra Palace to the north are two well known viewing points. This weekend we discovered another lesser known vantage point…One Tree Hill in south

Campfire pizza

Campfire pizza

Campfire pizza… Forget Domino’s… you can still get your pizza hit when you are camping in the great outdoors. Try these suggestions for delicious campfire pizzas. 1. Get hold of an old fashioned hand held sandwich toastie maker/jaffel maker (which are

Camping in the Wye Valley: Tresseck Campsite

Camping in the Wye Valley: Tresseck Campsite

Riverside camping in the Wye Valley     There are two ways to reach Tresseck Campsite, in Hoarwithy, in the Wye Valley, near Ross-on-Wye: by land or by boat. We took the former for our Wye Valley camping trip, an

Sunrise from Cnicht on Midsummer’s Day

Sunrise from Cnicht on Midsummer’s Day

I’ve always wanted to reach the peak of Cnicht on midsummer’s day, to catch the sunrise and looks over the border hills to the east. With this in mind, I had to make an early start.  The alarm was set

City life with a difference: Hengistbury Head in Bournemouth

City life with a difference: Hengistbury Head in Bournemouth

It’s owned by the local council and is on the edge of a major UK City… it’s hardly edgy though. Can you guess where it is? It’s Hengistbury Head, the headland that juts out of the coastline and marks the most

Streamcombe Farm

Streamcombe Farm

  Streamcombe Farm … now there’s a name that conjures up images of rural tranquillity and bliss…the perfect antidote to the stresses and strains of the city, where life is simple and the living is good. Well…it is. It’s just

Foraging in Cornwall … food for thought

Foraging in Cornwall … food for thought

    OK, it’s quiz time…can you spot the difference between sea beet and samphire, or elderflower and sea buckthorn? We can.  Well, we can now we’ve been out foraging in Cornwall with the excellent Adam Clark. We were staying at

The Pennine Way

The Pennine Way is a national trail which follows the Pennine hills, the backbone of England. Like all backbones its contour is far from smooth: it contains some fierce hills which challenge your feet, lungs and imagination. It also offers you the opportunity to experience the beauty of Northern England in a way which will always be denied to the car passenger or the day tripper.

Blencathra: the people’s mountain…

Blencathra: the people’s mountain…

What do you do to celebrate climbing to the top of one of the UK’s most iconic mountains? Take a selfie?  Buy a T shirt…capture the moment by cracking open that bottle of champagne you’ve carried up the mountain with you?

Alpine flowers in Britain

Alpine flowers in Britain

There’s a taste of the Alps closer to home in the British mountains than you might think. The British mountains are home to a range of alpine flowers and reveal Britain’s alpine past …