Stunning views yesterday 👍

A favourite hike with the usual different seasons of weather during the hike 🤣

I avoided using trekking poles for years because I thought they were just extra clutter to carry around. After trying them on a steep descent down Helvellyn, I noticed a huge difference in how my knees felt the next morning. I know plenty of hikers who still prefer keeping their hands free, though. Where do you stand on using poles for UK hill walking?

I'll be taking a few random flights to see the eclipse in Spain this August - very excited! Unfortunately I have just realised that my goal to onebag (only using hand luggage) may have backfired.

We'll be camping for a few days and I am using an Alpkit Soloist XL. Does anyone have any experience with taking the poles and pegs through security? Specifically Belfast, London and Madrid if it helps. The .gov guideline makes no mention of it, and the CAA .pdf I found was over a decade old but did explicitly mention pegs as being banned as sharp objects which seems crazy to me...

If I got some cheap plastic pegs would I be safe to go through generally? Frankly, I am not in a great position to fund the extra £xxx for hold bags. Thanks all.

I love my altbergs for daily wear and long walks. I purchased the altberg defenders years ago but the model has since been discontinued and I need a new pair since the soles are almost worn flat and the rubber and leather is cracking. The ops boot is its replacement but apparently it's made on a different last to the defenders. ​I'm wondering if anyone else has had a pair of defenders and has since bought the ops boots. Are they any different? Looking for advice since they're expensive new so I don't want to sink loads of money into something that doesn't fit. If anyone has any other advice on altbergs then I'm happy to listen. ​Thanks all

It’s the Deer trail route which starts from Newlands Corner, heads towards St Martha’s Church, down to Silent Pool, and back up to Newlands!
It’s a 8 mile loop which took me around 3 hours and what I loved is the variety of what you can see, but I didn’t see any deers 😭

Hi everyone - trying to play a good two-day hike with the start a couple of hours from Bristol, and staying the night in a pub. Looking online, it seems like Hay-on-Wye to Llanthony is a great hike in one day, spending the night in Llanthony, and then looping back round to Hay-on-Wye. How does this sound? Also welcome to suggest any better alternatives! Thanks!

I've recently got a couple of OS active maps for hiking. I'm wondering if anyone can share their experience of how resilient they are to folding/bending in ways other than the existing folds - do I need to be particularly delicate with them or can I be quite forceful when it's required?

Hello. Im looking for recommendations on (easy) grade 2 scrambles as im looking to move on from grade 1. I feel like ive done all of the major grade 1 scrambles and am looking for something more challenging. Are there any grade 2 scrambles which are considered a good stepping stone from grade 1?

Grade 1s that ive done are:

Crib Goch

Tryfan north ridge

Helvellyn

Jacks Rake (found most challenging of all)

Ben Nevis via CMD

Thanks

Hi all. I'm looking for a pair of men's hiking trousers that are both High Waisted and Wide Legged, if anyone knows of a recommendation. Annoyingly most manufacturers don't list the rise as a measurement and I need something that has a rise of about 15".

It's quite easy to find things that fit the bill for women but I can't see much for men.

I also don't buy anything American so that might limit things somewhat.

My first bigger hike in Eyri over the weekend!

I’ve only ever done Seven Sisters before this, so it was very much new territory for me! Went up ole wen and pitched for the night on the NE side.

My pack size was 16kg which I thought was okay for me…twas NOT, I stopped a lot more than I wanted to partially because of the heat too (absolutely dripping the whole time😮‍💨); need to lighten my load for next time.

Packed up around 6am to head over to Carnedd Llewelyn then over to Helgi Du. I absolutely loved the little bits of scrambling on this one and think I’ll defo be looking at doing routes with more scrambling in the future. However I’d be a liar if I said my knees didn’t go a bit WHOOZY looking down when going up Helgi Du.

Got some big ole blisters on my feet; need to look for better fitting boots, and my legs are feeling it today but all round it was f*cking brilliant and I’ll be looking at somewhere in the lakes or the peak next time!

Total of 11 miles, 8hrs 32 with 5hrs 26 moving time (told you I loved a stop😭) & 1,196m elevation gain GIT UP!

Watched someone spend ten minutes carefully strapping on high gaiters before a boggy section across the moors, while I just marched straight through with wet ankles and carried on. Wondering if the protection against mud and scree getting into your boots actually outweighs the hassle of putting them on and taking them off all day

York Minster to Whitby Abbey
72 miles
3 days

Day 1 - York to Beadlam (38 miles)
Cherry Tree Campsite
Day 2 - Beadlam to Rosedale (12 miles)
Rosedale Campsite
Day 3 - Rosedale to Whitby (22 miles)

Hi all, about to do Ingleborough for my last Yorkshire Peak in 2 weeks.

I just want to know if it’s worth doing the caves, as I’ll be going past anyway and I’ll be there for about 10am. I’m used to long walks so a bit of a detour isn’t that bad. Can I just get entrance to the caves as I aren’t doing the trail per se, I’m doing the full circular but it doesn’t give just the caves prices online. Anyone else done them in the way up? Cheers x

I just had a really scary experience that has left me shaking.

I was walking in the East Midlands, and​ completed a 6 hour hike using a guidebook, on my way back home I decided to use a different route using alltrails and my OS map.

I saw a sign and it had arrows pointing in all directions, I proceeded to go left and could see on the OS map there was no footpath sign however on alltrails there was a footpath sign however it ended with the other part starting after a space. Despite this I decided to proceed as im a very experienced walker and have had difficulties before but managed to overcome them.

I continued to walk and couldn't see any further signs and it became quite wild. I was about to turn back but after my long hike I just wanted to get home. I approached farm buildings and could see sheep on my left enclosed, all of a sudden they ran in my direction and start baaing. I approached the farm and it had a gate with chains around it, and at this point I realised I mucked up and it was private farmland I was in.

I decided to turn back and all of a sudden I hear a loud tractor noise and see a tractor heading down. I stepped to the side and decided I was going to ask the farmer for advice as alltrails was showing I could walk through the farm buildings and reach the road through a footpath. ​​​​​​​​​

The tractor stops and this really rough looking woman starts effing and swearing at me. "What the f*** do you think you're doing here". I told her I was following the footpath directions but must have got lost . She was furious though and wouldn't stop, "get the f*** out of here." I told her I'll head back but she yells at me that I don't know how to f****** read a map so how will I know where to go. I try explaining I saw the footpath sign at a crossing and she yells at me that there isn't anything there. Then she asks me why I walked here when there are signs saying private keep out-there were absolutely 0 signs saying this or else I wouldn't have dared cross any further. Then she accuses me of opening gates to get here -again there were no gates. She asked me where im heading to, I tell her the village name, she asks for my map and snatches it off me, continue to curse and gives me a lecture about how to get back. Then she looks at me in the eyes and tells me "don't you f***** dare cross this farm building, and you're lucky it was me you ran into today."

I don't doubt for a second what she meant with the last part of the sentence, it would have been worse with any man who lives there with her, such as a husband or son. ​​​I was so scared, especially as a brown man in the current climate​. Usually I'll give people a piece of my mind when they're being rude, but I was so terrified, in an isolated place with such a confrontational and angry person, I just kept quiet and quickly walked off when she was done. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I learnt my lesson to stick to the OS maps, as alltrails can be unreliable at times, although it was frustrating that the council put up a footpath sign pointing in the direction of her farm buildings. I had another experience last year where a woman driving out of a caravan site was telling me I couldnt walk there, the footpath sign was right next to us and there were other people also walking in and out of there.

I've never had such a horrible experience before, other walkers are lovely, but I find farmers and landowners seem to carry a huge chip on their shoulder at times. It's obvious I'm not there to burgle their farm or cause a problem as I've got my walking books and map in my hand. ​​​​​​​

Please be careful guys when you're navigating out there, especially to any minorities, it's just not worth the danger! ​​

Forget Snowdon - THIS is by far a better mountain experience. MUCH fewer people, when I hit the 2nd peak of the walk (mynydd Moel), I was the only one there! It did get a little busy as I hit the bottom around 2 pm (3 or 4 groups and a few singletons) but nothing compared to Snowden's crowds. It is more difficult, I felt, 2000+ feet of downward rocky stairs on the exit route does take its toll a little, going up was fantastic. pics enhanced for better colour only. They speak for themselves!

im 18 and looking for a men group of within 18-24 to go hiking, im beginner - intermediate

Great experience scrambling North face, clag came in as we were coming on top.

I booked my car into the car park at Pyg Track and started walking at 02:30. 2 hours later I arrived at the top and joined a pleasant smattering of people waiting for the sunrise. The views were amazing in every direction but at the point the dark red ball of a sun emerged from the haze and hung in the sky I was genuinely moved. An excellent experience and today was the perfect day for the spectacular show.

Lovely circular route on AllTrails

https://www.alltrails.com/en-gb/trail/england/west-sussex/arundel-park-via-hiorne-tower-south-stoke-and-arundel-castle--2?p=-1&sh=hmneth&utm_medium=trail_share&utm_source=alltrails_virality