Tag: Market Harborough Round

Top 10 walks of 2023 with the highest total elevation gains

Here are my top 10 walks of 2023 with the highest total elevation gains

Myself at Dent railway station

  1. Day 3 : Dales Way : Kettlewell to Oughtershaw, then Gayle, Hawes – 483 metres
  2. Dales Way Link – Harrogate to Ilkley – 459 metres
  3. Day 4 : Dales Way : Oughtershaw to Lea Yeat – 386 metres
  4. Day 6 : Dales Way : Sedbergh to Patton Bridge – 375 metres
  5. Day 7 : Dales Way : Patton Bridge to Bowness on Windermere – 366 metres
  6. Day 7 : Leicestershire Round : Hallaton to Glooston Circular – 325 metres
  7. Day 1 : Market Harborough Round : Hallaton, Tugby, Rolleston and Goadby Circular – 311 metres
  8. Day 5 : Leicestershire Round : Launde Abbey, Belton in Rutland, Loddington, Launde Big Wood Circular – 283 metres
  9. Tilton-on-the-Hill, Cold Newton, Billesdon and Skeffington Circular – 266 metres
  10. Day 4 : Leicestershire Round : Owston to Launde Abbey Circular – 263 metres

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Just 0.76 miles left to do, of #walk1000miles!!!

I’ve only got 0.76 miles left to do, of #walk1000miles!!! So here is a list of 15 longest walks of 2023 so far…

Dales Way, tick!

  1. Dales Way Link – Harrogate to Ilkley – 17.73 miles
  2. Day 3 : Dales Way : Kettlewell to Oughtershaw, then Gayle, Hawes – 16.69 miles
  3. Day 2 : ECP : Berwick upon Tweed to Lindisfarne Inn, West Mains – 15.56 miles
  4. Day 7 : Leicestershire Round : Hallaton to Glooston Circular – 13.31 miles
  5. Day 7 : Dales Way : Patton Bridge to Bowness on Windermere – 13.31 miles
  6. Day 1 : Dales Way : Ilkley to Burnsall – 13.17 miles
  7. Day 4 : Dales Way : Oughtershaw to Lea Yeat – 12.43 miles
  8. Day 6 : Dales Way : Sedbergh to Patton Bridge – 12.20 miles
  9. Day 1 : ECP : Marshal Meadows to Scottish Border and Berwick upon Tweed inc Halidon Hill Circular – 11.89 miles
  10. Day 5 : Dales Way : Lea Yeat to Sedbergh – 10.51 miles
  11. Day 2 : Dales Way : Burnsall to Kettlewell – 10.49 miles
  12. Day 1 : Market Harborough Round : Hallaton, Tugby, Rolleston and Goadby Circular – 10.48 miles
  13. Day 10 : Leicestershire Round : Foxton to Saddington then Mowsley Circular – 10.18 miles
  14. Day 11 : Leicestershire Round : Saddington to Bruntingthorpe then Arnesby Circular – 9.81 miles
  15. Grantham Canal, Coe Farm and Barrowby Circular – 9.54 miles

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February 2023 most popular photos

Below are the top five most looked at photos on this website during February 2023.

Number 1 (117 views) : Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round
Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round

Number 2 (75 views) : Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle
Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle

Number 3 (56 views) : Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle
Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle

Number 4 (52 views) : Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle
Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle 

Number 5 (28 views) : Synergy Swimrun wetsuit
Synergy Swimrun wetsuit

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Middle of February 2023 most popular photos

Below are the top five most looked at photos on this website so far during February 2023.

Number 1 (97 views) : Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round
Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round

Number 2 (93 views) : Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round
Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round

Number 3 (79 views) : Day 6 of the Leicestershire Round
Day 6 of the Leicestershire Round

Number 4 (38 views) : Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle
Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle

Number 5 (35 views) : Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle
Clejuso handcuffs + Fetters Padded Leather Muzzle

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Walked 125 miles during January 2023

Well pleased with myself! Set myself a goal of walking 125 miles during January! I’ve made it, with 4 full days left!

Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round

Here is a list of my favourite walks so far this month!

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Started another long distance walk. The Market Harborough Round!

That’s Bugsy, Mark G and myself, just started another long distance walk. This time the Market Harborough Round!

Which is a circular tour through many of the small villages that surround Market Harborough in Leicestershire. Covering 70.9 miles, but of course we will be doing around double that. Since each day, we will doing loops.

You can check out the route we took for day 1 at www.strava.com/activities/8444847964

Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round

Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round

Day 1 of the Market Harborough Round