Category: 3,500-Mile Hike
Roman Britain – Ruins and Barbarian Resistance
Thick smoke penetrated the air, its grey plumes breathing heavily as it obscured the sun. The ashes heaved up and down on the wind and fell upon the dirt earth. […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 4
The Journey Part 4 – Oban to Glasgow I peered down onto the dusty ground looking for the culprit that had caused me to stumble. My eyes widened, my forehead […]
Forget Silver & Gold, Bronze Age Rocks in Kilmartin
Our tour guide whipped a rope out, pulled it taut and surveyed the crowd. “What happened in 1745?” he asked, singling me out. Oh Christ. I was researching Neolithic and […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 3
The Journey Part 3 – The Outer Hebrides, Scotland “Ow! Damn!” My foot had started to ache a couple of hours back and now I was limping like Long John […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 2
The Journey Part 2 – Orkney Islands to Ullapool, Scotland “Simon, my Achilles hurts.” “Really? My carves are wrecked.” “Are we doing injuries? In that case my back is killing me.” […]
Walking the Timeline of Britain – The Journey Part 1
The Journey Part 1 – From Desktop Planning to Shetland “Come on then, let’s get this show on the road.” My audience failed to move, instead gazing out at the […]
Tunnels, Treasure and Tombs in Orkney
It was pitch black as I outstretched my hands, feeling the damp floor. A dank, earthy smell reverberated from the stone walls and my knees felt wet through my trousers. […]
Bog. Fences. Freedom. It must be Hiking in Shetland.
“You have to remember that Shetland is one large rock sitting on a big piece of bog,” the lady at the tourist office told me, “You can go up to […]
The Mysteries of Shetland’s Neolithic Past
Take a walk through Shetland’s Stone Age sites where questions are still left unanswered. It growled and raced towards us, now roaring, as silence fell momentarily upon my lips. I […]
A Photo Tour of Shetland
Take a visual tour round bonny Shetland with Jane Batchelor as she starts her 2,500-mile hike through Britain.