“The Roman fort at Ilkley in not called Olicana, Olicana is somewhere else and Ilkley might actually have been called Verbeia when the Romans were…

Choose an area you know well – it may be your route to work, a local park or a favourite hill or wood. If possible,…

I was recently climbing one of my favourite hills – Ingleborough – and struck up a friendly conversation with a fellow walker. He was following…

The Howgills are a wonderful combination of accessible hills that are not too busy and offering some great hillwalking. Most people will recognise them as…

I often find myself on an extended stroll on Ilkley Moor  (or Rombalds Moor for non-locals looking at the OS Map).  This area has the second largest…

In 2015 over 3million activity trackers were sold in the UK and predictions are that over 30million will have been sold by 2020. That’s around half…