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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Joined June 2013
It’s time for some Blue Sky thinking… Follow my outdoor adventures here: bsky.app/profile/teamwalking…
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You’ve no doubt seen in the media about how influencers are making some people head to the hills without the appropriate skills, experience or kit which can lead to problems. I can help. I’ve got Map Reading, Mountain Skills, Advanced Nav & NNAS courses teamwalking.co.uk/walks-cale…
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Highlights from October’s adventures. Join me in November for an adventure to remember. Geography walks, Map Reading courses, Mountain Skills, Autumn Adventures, Advanced Navigation, Backpacking Weekend, Compass & Contours, Night Hikes, NNAS courses… teamwalking.co.uk/walks-cale…
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Four new TripAdvisor reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you for your feedback - it makes it all worthwhile! If you'd like to get outdoors with me and find out why people are saying nice things, then have a look at my website teamwalking.co.uk
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Day 5 of our Walking the Wainwrights - Eastern Fells. Birkhouse Moor (718m) Catsye Cam (890m) Helvellyn (950m) Nethermost Pike (891m) Dollywaggon Pike (858m) Seat Sandal (737m) 20km / 1250m ascent Today’s walk up Fairfield has been postponed due to adverse weather
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Day 4 of our Walking the Wainwrights - Eastern Fells. Clough Head (726m) Great Dodd (857m) Watson’s Dodd (789m) Stybarrow Dodd (843m) Raise (883m) White Side (863m) Hart Side (756m) Sheffield Pike (675m) Glenridding Dodd (442m) 20km / 1295m ascent
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Join me on my NNAS Bronze navigation skills course at Reeth in Swaledale on the 26th & 27th of October. This course is ideal for beginners or people who follow phone apps – plan and follow your own routes, change plans easily and stay safe on the hills. teamwalking.co.uk/events/nna…
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Day 3 of our Walking the Wainwrights - Eastern Fells. A drizzly day on the Mells and Fells! Did you know the word ā€˜Mell’ is derived from Old Welsh ā€˜Moel’ for ā€˜bare hill’, as in Moelwyns, Mallerstang etc Great Mell Fell (537m) Gowbarrow Fell (481m) Little Mell Fell (505m)
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A day of 2 halves: 40-50mph winds on Red Screes then it brightened up & the winds dropped Day 2 of our Walking the Wainwrights - Eastern Fells Red Screes (776m) Middle Dodd (654m) Little Hart Crag (637m) High Hartsop Dodd (519m) Dove Crag (792m) High Pike (658m) Low Pike (508m)
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TeamWalking Top Tips #16 DECISION MAKING Heuristic Traps - Social Proofing This Heuristic Trap is a cognitive bias where people assume what they are doing is safe simply because other people are doing it. Follow for more Top Tips!
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Out on our Nature of the Yorkshire Dales workshop today in wonderful Wensleydale. Coming up… Geog of the Lake District - 18th Nov - Ambleside Geog of the Dales - 25th Nov - Reeth teamwalking.co.uk/walks-cale…
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Today’s Map Reading course at Reeth, Swaledale. An empowering day of learning, skills & strategies. These days are about exploring further, visualisation of the landscape, staying safe, decision making plus much more. Next course: 4th Nov at Stainforth teamwalking.co.uk/events/map…
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Howgill Fells 2000s Challenge! The nine 2,000-ft summits of the Howgill Fells. 20 km and 1,350 metres of ascent in 9 hours In order of completion… Great Hummocks Calders Bram Rigg Top The Calf White Fell Bush Howe Fell Head Randygill Top Yarlside A great day on the fells.
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Ooooh... this is exciting! I'm now a Fellow of the Institute for Outdoor Learning If you love the outdoors, then join me on an adventure to remember where I'll share the geology, geography, flora, fauna, history and heritage of the places we walk through. teamwalking.co.uk/walks-cale…
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Coming up in October.. 13th October - Howgill Fells 2000s Challenge Walk 14th October - Map Reading course, Reeth 18th - 23rd October - Walking the Wainwrights, Eastern Fells 26th & 27th October - NNAS Bronze Award, Reeth teamwalking.co.uk/walks-cale…
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Heuristic Traps - Familiarity The Familiarity Trap is a cognitive bias where people mistake previous experience for competence, safety or quality - simply because you've done a route before with no issues doesn’t mean you’ll have the same outcome next time.
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A pebble from each year I’ve done the Coast to Coast over the past 10 years, & a photo from June 2017 just before my first crossing (I wore shorts back then 😲) & from Sept this year just before my 10th. 2,000 miles, guided over 100 people along the route & countless memories.
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Photos from Day 14 - and our final day - of our Coast to Coast to Robin Hood’s Bay. 15 miles of moorland, woodland and coastline, and the end of the journey at the North Sea, or is it just the beginning?. This was my 10th C2C, and it was just as good as the 1st!
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Photos from Day 13 of our Coast to Coast and down into Esk Dale. 14 miles of moorland, crosses, tracks, standing stones, views, bridges, paved trods and trains. This is my 10th C2C, and it was downhill pretty much all the way today!
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Photos from Day 12 of our Coast to Coast and a long day across the Cleveland Hill. 20 rollercoaster miles along the escarpment of the Cleveland Hills and then the long Ironstone Railway to the Lion Inn This is my 10th C2C, and what a feeling to walk into the Lion Inn šŸ˜…
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Photos from Day 11 of our Coast to Coast and into the North York Moors and Osmotherley. 17 miles of more farmland, pretty villages, spooky farms and beautiful Osmotherley. This is my 10th C2C, and our third National Park.
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