First-person field notes from UK outdoor trips — routes walked, breaks surfed, ridges flown, lochs paddled. Real photos, honest assessments, what conditions were actually like rather than what the marketing said. Two-paragraph minimum, no maximum. Anyone who’s been somewhere can submit.
The East Devon Way is a 40-mile inland route from Exmouth to Lyme Regis through the East Devon AONB. Walked solo over 3 days in December 2022, with one 43.5km push that turned into a head-torch finish in the dark.
Hiking across Dartmoor took me 2 days as I covered 60km and got lost multiple times on a journey that went up through the high moors and villages.
In August 2022 I Paddle boarded the length of the Thames (non-tidal section). It took 6.5 days, covered 135 miles and passed through 45 locks.