Add years to your life and life to your years

ADD YEARS TO YOUR LIFE, AND LIFE TO YOUR YEARS

Yesterday, I took a group of 10 business professionals out NetWalking in the Yorkshire Dales.

NetWalking is a unique networking concept that provides uninterrupted “talk time” whilst surrounded by inspirational landscapes.

After breakfast at the Red Lion at Burnsall, we set off across fields and pastures to the hidden village of Thorpe from where a track took us to the top of Barden Fell, a wonderful expanse of heather moorland. After a snack at a shooters' hut, we walked to a ciarn high above Burnsall from where there were spectacular views before heading back down to the Red Lion for lunch.

The main purpose of the day was to get to know like-minded business professionals in an informal yet highly effective way, where you can build strong relationships during a 3-hour walk through the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.

So, if you are a business professional that wants to meet some great people, clear your mind and get some good exercise, NetWalking is for you.

http://www.netwalkinguk.com/


Read what others say about NetWalking
www.inntravel.co.uk/Blog/September-2010/Netwalking.aspx
catapultcreativeblog.co.uk/?p=370

ITV YORKSHIRE WALKS - HAWORTH

My latest ITV walk with weatherman Jon Mitchell is now online.

This month, we head up onto the moors above Haworth in search of Wuthering Heights.

www.innway.co.uk/itv-yorkshire-walks-a-breath-of-fresh-air.html

Great Whernside (704m)

Great Whernside - 704 metres

See photo diary here http://yorkshiredales600s.blogspot.com/2010/10/great-whernside-704m.html

Mountain Leader Training - Plas y Brenin

Mountain Leader Training - Plas y Brenin

4th - 8th October 2010

Spent last week at Plas y Brenin (National Mountain Centre) in Snowdonia where I completed the Mountain Leader (summer) training course. Superb venue, magnificent mountains, great food/accommodation and very knowledgeable and experienced instructors. I learnt a great deal, which I'll now put into practice before going back to Plas y Brenin for my ML assessment in spring next year.

Mountain days included: Moel Siabod, Glyder Fawr (via Y Gribin) and a 2-day expedition and wild camp across the Moelwyns.

PIC: Y Gribin & Tryfan from Glyder Fawr

PIC: Glyder Fawr

PIC: View from Moel Siabod

PIC: Moelwyns wild camp

 PIC: Moelwyns

 
 PIC: Cnicht summit

The Inn Way to the English Lake District

The Inn Way to the English Lake District
NEW 2nd Edition due out in late autumn 2010

Completely updated, re-walked and revised, this new edition features more information, text and revised route descriptions (with Grid References) as well as an 8-page colour photograph section and a new cover, re-branded as The Ultimate Pub Walks.

Publication date: late autumn 2010
RRP £10:95

Christmas Pub Walk & Lunch

Christmas Pub Walk & Lunch
with Mark Reid, author of 'The Inn Way' guidebooks

Just imagine it... a crisp December morning, a wonderful winter walk in the Yorkshire Dales, mince pies on the hillside, crackling log fire and a 2-course Christmas lunch at the Devonshire Hotel, Grassington.

WEDNESDAY 15th DECEMBER 2010

• Welcome tea & coffee (9am)
• Leisurely, enjoyable and informative guided walk with Mark Reid (9:30am - 1pm)
• Mince pie break on the hillside
• 2-course Christmas lunch - turkey & all the trimmings and Christmas pudding (1pm - 2pm)
• Use of our Berghaus gear if required.

Limited places. Once payment has been made a Booking Form will be sent to you. Over 18s only. Tea/coffee and Christmas Lunch at the Devonshire Hotel, Grassington.

ONLY £39 per person

To book your place: www.innwayshop.co.uk/acatalog/Christmas_Pub_Walk___Lunch.html

ITV Yorkshire Walks

ITV YORKSHIRE WALKS

My two latest ITV Yorkshire walks with Jon Mitchell (ITV's weatherman) are now available on my website

Todmorden & Stoodley Pike

Castleton & Mam Tor

http://www.innway.co.uk/itv-yorkshire-walks-a-breath-of-fresh-air.html

Boots and Beer Walking Festival

Boots and Beer Walking Festival 2010

Pic: Looking across to Hawes from Sedbusk












Another great Walking Festival last weekend. Over 430 walkers came up to Wensleydale to enjoy a weekend of great walks, classic pubs and evening entertainment.

After a very wet Friday, the weather improved with sunshine and squally showers. There were 14 self-guided walks to choose from, varing from 4 to 15 miles in length, and everyone who set off came back safely having had a great time. But there again, you can not help but be impressed by the stunning landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales. We also raised over £800 for Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team, who were on standby over the weekend (but thankfully were not called upon!).

I researched and wrote all of the walks - over 120 miles of paths - which took me the best part of the summer.

On Friday I took an Open Access navigation skills walk up to the summit of Dodd Fell (668m), which was challenging due to the weather and terrain, but hugely enjoyable.

Here's a photo of us on the summit

Pic: Summit of Dodd Fell (668 metres)












I hope to see you at next year's event, which will be our 10th Walking Festival http://www.bootsandbeer.com/

Cheers

Mark Reid

NetWalking

NetWalking - 01/09/10

Inn at Hawnby, North York Moors

Spent yesterday morning with a group of business professionals in the North York Moors. Had breakfast at the Inn at Hawnby, then went for a 6 mile walk across the heather moors and finished back at the pub for lunch. There was time to talk, think and network with like-minded people. Just started a NetWalking group on LinkedIn as well, which will help everyone keep in touch.

For more information http://www.netwalkinguk.com/

Navigation Skills weekend

Navigation Skills weekend - Reeth

National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS) SILVER AWARD
www.teamwalking.co.uk

I ran a NNAS silver course this weekend based at Reeth in Swaledale. This included a day's navigation training on Saturday learning about moorland walking, compass skills and route simplification. We went up onto Grinton Moor and Hight Harker Hill. This was followed by a night navigation exercise on Saturday night on Grinton Moor, followed by a moorland walk assessment on Sunday on Calver Hill

The heather is blooming so it was a great time to be out on the moors above Swaledale.

If you want to learn navigation skills then visit http://www.teamwalking.co.uk/

Gilmonby Moor

NORTHERN ECHO - walk of the week


Published 12/08/10

 

Bowes, Gilmonby, Gilmonby Moor, Eller Beck Rigg, The Combs, Farewell Barn & Quarry Hill

 

5.75 miles / 3 hours (including Open Access Land)

Photos of the walk (in order)

1. Bowes Castle
2. Gilmonby Moor
3. Eller Beck
4. Spanham Scar

 

Photos copyright Mark Reid 2010

New Website

NEW 'INN WAY' WEBSITE LAUNCHED

If you love walking and pubs, then visit our NEW WEBSITE

http://www.innway.co.uk/

• Interactive forum
• Full details of The Inn Way routes
• Walking with Elvis
• Gallery from all of The Inn Way routes
• ITV Yorkshire walks

plus much more

Great Shunner Fell

Great Shunner Fell walk

See photo diary here
http://yorkshiredales600s.blogspot.com/2010/07/great-shunner-fell-716m.html

Night Navigation

Night Navigation, Muker, Swaledale
27th June 2010

As part of the National Navigation Award Scheme silver award, I took the group out on a night navigation. Obviously, being the end of June it didn't go dark till 10:30pm. So we went out up onto the moors above Swaledale until 1:30am. The full moon was beautiful and it was a lovely balmy evening. I also rescued a lamb stuck down a shake hole; it would have certainly died if we hadn't walked past it.

For more information about Navigation Skills courses visit http://www.teamwalking.co.uk/

Can you use a compass?

HALF OF US HAVE NEVER FISHED OR USED A COMPASS
Telegraph 09/10/10

www.telegraph.co.uk/family/7811198/Half-of-us-have-never-fished-or-used-a-compass.html

A recent study has shown that..."A third of the 3,000 people surveyed said they had never done any of the following 'great outdoors' activities: fished, started a campfire, ridden a horse, used a compass, gone hill walking, swum in natural water or stood on top of a mountain."

"The research found that 59 per cent of those who admitted they had never undertaken an outdoors activity said it was because they had never been given the opportunity, while a third said they had been too scared to try. "

Now's your chance!

Here at TeamWalking we take groups out hill-walking, teach people navigation skills (including compass work) and get people to experience the Great Outdoors in a fun and inspirational way

http://www.teamwalking.co.uk/

Chris Connor - ELVIS

Chris Connor - ELVIS

As you may know, I'm a BIG Elvis fan. I have always dismissed every Elvis Tribute Act as a poor imitation of the real thing - no-one has ever got close, in my opinion, to looking and/or sounding like Elvis.

I have changed my mind.

I went to see Chris Connor last week and was totally amazed - he looks, sounds and moves just like Elvis in 1970 (from the classic 1970 Elvis documentary 'That's The Way It Is'). For much of the concert I had to keep telling myself that I was not watching Elvis! Chris has got Elvis' voice, mannerisms and moves to perfection.

If you're an Elvis fan, go and see Chris Connor...

http://www.chrisconnor.org/

NEW RECORD SET AT YORKSHIRE'S SMALLEST BAR

The Inn Way... to the North York Moors

2nd EDITION BOOK LAUNCH - Sunday 16th May 2010

NEW RECORD SET!!!

The 'old' record of 27 people and a dog squeezed into Yorkshire's smallest bar (8-ft x 6-ft) - the 'Little Bar' at the Birch Hall Inn at Beck Hole - has stood since the launch of the 1st Edition of The Inn Way... to the North York Moors back in 2000.

Yesterday, Mark Reid decided to re-launch the new 2nd Edition of his North York Moors book at the Birch Hall Inn once again and broke this long-standing record, with 30 people shoulder to shoulder in the 'Little Bar' of the Birch Hall Inn.

The Birch Hall Inn is one of England's classic country pubs, and features along Mark Reid's long distance route The Inn Way... to the North York Moors - 6 days, 89 miles, 31 pubs.

BOOK LAUNCH

THE INN WAY TO THE NORTH YORK MOORS

Book Launch - Sunday 16th May

12 Noon, Birch Hall Inn, Beck Hole, nr Goathland

see you there!

Buckden Pike walk

Buckden Pike walk - 702 metres

Click here to view photos from my latest walk up Buckden Pike in Wharfedale

The Yorkshire Dales 600s

The Inn Way to the North York Moors

The Inn Way... to the North York Moors

2nd Edition OUT NOW

Fully revised, updated and re-walked with an 8-page colour photograph insert that brings the route alive.

The Inn Way website

Travel article wins top award

Ian Belcher wins top travel award for article about The Inn Way

Ian Belcher has been named VisitEngland's 'Travel Writer of the Year'. He won the award for his article that appeared in The Guardian last April entitled 'It will all end in beers', which charted his walk along 'The Inn Way to the Yorkshire Dales'. Mark Reid accompanied Ian on this walk, along with three Canadian brothers - the Eagar Brothers - who were filming the walk for their adventure travel TV show.

Read Guardian article here

The Inn Way to the Yorkshire Dales

TV Walk - Wensleydale

ITV Yorkshire TV WALK - Askrigg, Wensleydale
screened 1st April 2010

Watch the latest ITV walk where Mark Reid, author of The Inn Way guidebooks, and ITV's weatherman Jon Mitchell head out on a 5-mile walk around Askrigg in Wensleydale, taking in Mill Gill Force, Bainbridge, Worton Scar and Nappa Hall, finishing back at the Kings Arms at Askrigg, AKA the Drovers Arms from James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small

Watch the clip here
http://www.itv.com/yorkshire/breath-of-fresh-air65658/

This walk is featured in "The Inn Way to Black Sheep Pubs" by Mark Reid (£7:95)

Northern Echo, Esk Dale walk

NORTHERN ECHO - walk of the week

Published 18/03/10

 

Egton Bridge, Hall Grange Farm, Delves, Arncliff Wood, Beggar's Gridge, Glaisdale, Rake Farm, River Esk, Underpark Farm and Lealhom.

 

5 miles / 2.5 hours (linear walk - catch the train back to Egton Bridge)

Photos of the walk (in order)

1.  Egton Bridge
2. Delves cottage
3. Arncliffe Wood
4. Beggar's Bridge
5. Old Mill, Glaisdale
6. Rake Farm, Esk Dale
7. Lealhom

Photos copyright Mark Reid 2010

 

View route description and map at
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/mindbodysoul/walks/

 

Please note: This web page is updated every Thursday with a new walk
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Northern Echo - Drumaldrace walk

NORTHERN ECHO - walk of the week

Walk published 04/03/10

Hawes, Burtersett, Roman Road, Drumaldrace, Wether Fell and Gayle

For full details of this walk and photos, visit: http://yorkshiredales600s.blogspot.com/2010/03/drumaldrace-wether-fell-614m.html

Northern Echo, Roseberry Topping walk

NORTHERN ECHO - walk of the week

Published 25/02/10

Guisborough Forest & Walkway, Bousdale Forest, Hanging Stone, Newton Moor, Roseberry Topping and Bousdale Farm.

6 miles / 3 hours

Photos of the walk (in order)

1. Guisborough Forest visitor centre
2. Old railway line
3. Bousdale Forest
4. Climbing up to the Hanging Stone
5. View from the Hanging Stone
6. View of Roseberry Topping from Newton Moor
7. Heading towards Roseberry Topping
8. Roseberry Topping summit
9. Heading down from Roseberry Topping
10. Forest below Bosdale Farm
11. Sunset

Photos copyright Mark Reid 2010

View route description and map at
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/mindbodysoul/walks/
Please note: This web page is updated every Thursday with a new walk

Navigation Skills

Mark Reid's Navigation Skills weekends - featured in the Telegraph (18/02/10)

My Navigation Skills weekends (NNAS) are featured in today's Telegraph

Read the article here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/outdoors/7258275/Map-out-a-walking-adventure.html

Find out more about the courses
http://www.teamwalking.co.uk/navigation_skills_weekends.html