Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.

Ascent 903m/2960ft 12.3km / 7.6 miles / 4 hours

It’s been a long mile, trudging uphill in the rain, across uninspiring fields, past rickety ruins of long-abandoned farm buildings, mud slowly working its way up my waterproof trousers. Sometimes walk

That wasn’t all that enjoyable really,” mutters Chris Akrigg, peering back up a cascade of 200 vertical metres of boulders towards the barren, rocky summit beyond. That hilltop was Chris’s starting ga

The UK’s highest frontier to its most northerly? Sounds like a job for the UK’s next big-selling Vauxhall, the new Frontera

The traditional Lake District village of Threlkeld nestles at the foot of Blencathra – so you can make this a car-free weekend.