Hiking Without Supervision

Tales from the trail (aka Senior Moments)

Caution! Some content may not be suitable for some adults (swear words), definitely not for children (really bad swear words).

  • Northern Scotland and The End of the Walk

    May 27 to June 2. After a quick overnight visit to Dundee to resupply and repack, we headed up North to finish this darned walk. I know, I know, I should be really enjoying the accomplishment but all I can think of is getting the bastard finished, which we did. The North of Scotland was Read more

  • The Rest of the Pennines (and a Disaster)

    From May 21 to May 25 we hiked The Pennines. We were all tired, and at one point we devolved into childish antics, such as DB calling the trail “The Penis Way, because it’s so hard”. Yes… I know… but it really was hard! So hard that when I mentioned taking a cab a short Read more

  • The Pennines, May 20

    Note to my readers: I realize these posts are more than a month old but so much has been going on. Bear with me as I try to catch up now that I’m at home… May 20: After a great breakfast and tons of good coffee, we were dropped off where we left the trail Read more

  • The Pennines, May 19

    The Pennines, May 19

    We woke up to rain, so unpacked the raincoats and umbrellas, and off we went. At the very start we took a right when we should have gone left, but thankfully it was easy to backtrack because it was flat. Over a reservoir, through a Forrest, chasing sheep out of the way, and then climbed Read more

  • The Pennines, May 18

    The Pennines, May 18

    We started the day right with a full English breakfast and coffee. Met John, another hiker who was 6 foot 8 inches tall, wow. We met him many times along the way and the guys all became friendly. The day started off sunny as we wandered through some fields and then climbed Jacob’s Ladder. It Read more

  • The Pennines, May 17

    The Pennines, May 17

    There are not enough swear words to express the Pennines… if I used all the ones that I know, the blog police would ban me. Fn-B hills is not enough, more like GTF-Fn-B-Fn-dickwads… something like that. Every night I was totally exhausted and went to bed early. That’s hard to do in the Uk at Read more

About Me

Hiya! I’m Cathie and I love to walk and hike. I’m totally addicted to long miles, preferably in the sun. Whether it’s a few miles or hundreds of miles, I like to gear up, get out, and just go.

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