Tag: #timontour

Destination: The Black Cuillins of Skye

3 April 2014

The Black Cuillins are probably the longest sustained alpine-style ridge in the UK, found in Skye, Scotland, they're very spiky and dramatic. In 2012, in March, our trip to Skye was beautifully sunny and hot. So much so that we went swimming in the rivers and sea. Last time round, I still thought of myself […]

#TimOnTour Kyrgyzstan 2013 – Exploring Central Asia's lesser known mountains

29 September 2013

What's going on here? I'm on a two week trek, exploring a lesser known part of Kyrgystan, in central Asia. I'm publishing my location (with a Spot device) and that I'm OK, at regular intervals. Where are you right now? Back in the UK. Where did you go? Have a look at this map. What […]

Target: Glen Coe.

1 May 2013

Since returning from lots of snowy Torridonian excitement, I've been missing my chances to head out into exciting bits of the country and have been soaking up the joys of Manchester. Glen Coe is a stunning location near Fort William, surrounded by possibly[1] some of the best hiking in the UK. Ben Nevis is obviously […]

#timontour Kungsleden/Abisko – Video Blog

25 October 2012

I recently got back from an epic backpacking adventure in Northern Sweden. It was essentially 12 days of walking through the Swedish mountains, in the Arctic Circle, on my own. Every day (ish) I made a video blog, and whilst I've not finished (not started actually!) processing the mass of photos and video I took, […]

I have returned! #timontour – Kungsleden/Abisko 2012

16 October 2012

So despite many exciting stories, I've returned from Northern Sweden, better than ever. Over the time I was there, I managed to amass about 80GB of photos (JPG not RAW) and video – that's roughly equivalent to 57,000 floppy disks or 117 CDs. As my current storage capabilities at home need a bit of a […]

#timontour Abisko/Kungsleden 2012

2 October 2012

When I first thought about going hiking in Northern Sweden, I had considered doing it in summer, with beautiful sunshine beating down, swimming in glacier fed lakes… In fact, I chose not to do it then because I didn't fancy 24 hour sunlight if I was trying to camp in a tent… In October, there will be […]

#timontour in Tallin & Estonia

25 August 2012

Some time ago, I was looking for new places to explore on Wikitravel and so I flew to Tallin, in Estonia, hired a bike from CityBike and spent two days visiting old soviet military bases, the Baltic sea, waterfalls and taking in the Estonian countryside. As I travelled, I made video. This is that video. […]

#timontour: Central Fells – 5 Wainrights

8 January 2012

I have known that I really wanted to go camping (as in backpacking) sometime in January for quite a while. Why? Why January, you might reasonably ask. You might point out it's cold, the weather is rubbish and so the mere concept is bordering on crazy. Perhaps I should "go and watch TV instead"… After […]

#timontour VBlog: Western Lakes 2011 (Epic-navigation-fail edition)

17 October 2011

As you may have seen, I've been hiking around the Western Lake District over the past few days as part of #timontour. I've just uploaded all the video blog entries I made over the last few days… Enjoy! httpv://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E734F88F2BE3C64

#timontour: Skye & Rasaay 2011

15 October 2011

Whilst I'm hiking round the Lake District, I thought you might like to see what I got up to, the last time there was a #timontour. Here's my videoblog: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL29023960B3841C5B&feature=player_embedded&v=YsRa7TR-oGE #timontour: Skye & Rasaay 2011 I got the train from Manchester with my bike and panniers, all the way to Kyle of Lochalsh on the […]

#timontour: Western Lakes 2011

10 October 2011

I'm off to the Lake District for a week – the latest installment of #timontour. I'm going to be exploring parts of the north western bits of the Lake District starting from Buttermere. Day 0: Buttermere to Haystacks (and back + My mother). Camp somewhere on Haystacks. Day 1: Buttermere to Haystacks/Green Gable/Great Gable/Pillar. Camp […]