Lonewalker's Walking Diary

I've now added a section in the Bagging Lists covering the Hills of England, Scotland and Wales. This Hill Tables section includes a breakdown of hill by the various classifications and my progress in each category. The list is also broken down by Country, so you can see the Marilyns (for example) in England, Scotland, Wales and a consolidated view across the UK.

You can find them here: UK Hill Tables

I hope you find the lists useful - they are based on the information provided by the very informative Database of British Hills

Photo of me at the end of the Coast to Coast

Hello and Welcome!

You've found the Walking Diary of Lonewalker, the place where I intermittently record the walks I've undertaken, paths I've followed and backpacking trips I've struggled through.

Lonewalker is my nickname of course, one I gave myself after a friend dropped out of our first long distance walk, the Coast to Coast, in 2006. I decided to continue on my own, despite my inexperience at the time and the name has sort of stuck.

My real name is Stuart Greig - often with a "W" thrown in between for good measure and to allow myself to look slightly pompous on the guide books I've written (see below). I'm an IT consultant during the week and a wanderer of the high places at weekends. Based in Cheshire I have good access to the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales and I've spent many an enjoyable weekend in both places, with the ocassional visit to Wales, Scotland and the far south.

I hope you find the website useful. I've certainly enjoyed writing the content and after that first nervous crossing of England, I've gone on to walk many long distance paths in the UK, always on my own and you will find the journals of those walks in these pages.

The Wainwrights

I've spent some time updating my Bagging Lists and the initial focus has been on the Wainwrights. I now have sections for each of the seven books, showing the fells in each region and my completion progress. You can find the landing page here: Wainwrights Bagging Lists

I've also updated the Yorkshire Tops bagging list and this can be found here: Yorkshire Tops

Herriot Way Guide Book

I spent a few weeks at the back end of 2009 walking some wonderful paths in the Yorkshire Dales, many of which were walked as part of the research for my first guide book.

I then spent many dark evenings tapping away on the keyboard, and one or two weekends when it was just too awful to walk and about four weekends when I was laid up after my knee operation.

The guide book is for a little known, but utterly brilliant, four day walk called "The Herriot Way" It is perhaps the best short long distance path in the UK, perfect for the first time multi-day walker and indeed great as a leg stretcher for those of us who love our long walks.

The guide book is available either as a download in PDF format, or in a pocket-sized printed format for anyone wanting to walk it in a clockwise direction. You can buy it from it's dedicated website: www.herriotway.com

Tributaries Walk Guide Book

Having enjoyed the process of writing the Herriot Way Guide Book, I embarked on another project, on behalf of Mike Schofield at Brigantes English Walks. Mike had sketched out the route for a seven-day walk around the Dales, following the rivers, becks and tributaries that run through the valleys of the National Park. He hadn't had the time available to turn these notes and ideas into a book, so had asked if I would be interested. I, of course, jumped at the chance.

I spent several weeks walking the route, clarifying the ideas and notes and compiling a more detailed narrative. The book was again compiled over a series of weekends and evenings and sent to Mike for approval.

The seven day walk shares a few miles of common ground with the Herriot Way, but covers a lot more varied and diverse scenery.

The full seven-day walk is around 95 miles long. You can find more information and indeed buy the book from it's dedicated website: www.tributarieswalk.co.uk