Where the trail never ends…
From biblical rain, flood warnings and nachos under an umbrella in a hot tub in Dartmoor, to hip flasks and spaceman food for a spot of Bothy-Biking in the Highlands. The trips have come thick and fast just like many a bog and rocky descent to a pub. The best bit about this period, was being able to share it with a good handful of my oldest school friends. Those early days of not knowing what a trail centre was, were long gone as national parks were notched onto the gate post and many on this list have been revisited time and time again:
Those Notches
Natural: Dartmoor | Exmoor | Quantocks | Long Mynd (Shropshire) | Brecon Beacons | Snowdonia | Ellan Valley | Lake District | Peak District | North Yorks Moors | Yorkshire Dales | Cairngorms | West Highlands & Isles | Surrey Hills | South Downs
Trail Centres: Afan | Brechfa | Cannock Chase | Coed-y-Brenin | Penmachno | Cwmcarn | Llandegla | Cwm Rhaeadr | Gisburn | Dalby | Grizedale | Whinlatter | Lee & Cragg Quarry | Swinley | Bedgebury | Forest of Dean | Nant-y-Arian | Marin
Overseas: Canada (Whistler, Revelstoke, Squamimsh, South Chilcotins) | New Zealand (Rotorua Redwoods, Queenstown, Coronet Peak, Nelson, Old Ghost Road) | Bolivia & Peru (High Andes)