Events Blog

July 9th 2016 31 mile hike Gain - 5968 ft The Severn Trent Mountain Challenge is an annual hike set up to raise money for WaterAid. I participated in this event through my previous company, BWB Consulting, with a few ex-colleagues. The route was similar to when I did it in 2014, albeit with the first (northern) loop reversed. Unlike last time I had managed to book accommodation well in advance, and we stayed in YHA Castleton Losehill Hall. This was a lovely large old building, and although our two-person room wasn't the most spacious, it did at least offer us our own facilities. Having arrived fairly late we went straight into our respective bunks. I was hoping for a great night's kip but unfortunately my body had seemed to decide that now of all times was the right time to develop a cold, and I woke up on Saturday morning very grumpy with a raging sore through and slight blocked nose. There was only one thing to be done at this point though, so I packed my bag ready f...

January 9th 2016 My love affair with hiking in this country continues! This time, to the border of Snowdonia:

July 12th 2014 30 mile hike Gain - 5840 ft The Severn Trent Mountain Challenge is an annual hike set up to raise money for WaterAid. I participated in this event through my role at BWB Consulting, along with colleagues from our Nottingham office (HQ). Having not met any of my team members before the day, nor been able to make any of the practice walks I arrived feeling extremely dubious as to my ability complete the challenge. I think my longest hike previous to this was probably for my Gold DofE award, around 15 miles in the Lake District. Admittedly with much heavier packs, but still nothing like the 30 miles I'd signed up to here. As a slight aside, there were also 20 mile and 10 mile options, but I'd taken the plunge with the 30! A beautiful morning, we set off one of the first groups and completed a long shallow climb up out of Hope Valley. This was followed by a bigger climb out of the next valley which took us over and into the upper Derwent Reservoir basin. T...