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MY FAVOURITE CAMPS OF 2024

The best nights of the year are always spent camping - these are my highlights

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IN SEARCH OF GRAM PARSONS

The Joshua Tree Inn was Gram's favourite place to stay, and he died there in Room 8, aged 26 in 1973

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THE WILDCAT TRAIL

The Wildcat Trail is the only self-guided trail in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

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For #InternationalMountainDay this is me at the summit of the most recent mountain I’ve climbed - Clouds Rest in Yosemite National Park. The view was spectacular, you could even see people on the Half Dome cables! 🏞️
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#CloudsRest #Y

Another day, another photo of me pointing in front of a sign 😂 🪧👈 but I love these ‘To The Forest’ fingerposts in Loughton, guiding the way from the underground station 🚉 🌳 😍 Awesome to see the autumn leaves in Epic Forest today 🍂

This day last year on the New River Path, just past Broxbourne Station 🚉 🪧

I completed the route earlier this year - walking from New River Head in Islington to its source in Hertfordshire, following the course of the 17th-century aqueduct that wa

Meall a’ Bhuachaille on this day in 2018 ⛰️ 🌫️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 😄
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#cairngorms #cairngormsnationalpark #scotland #highlands #mountain #hill #hillwalking #themountainsarecalling #hiking #hike #throwback

I saw on @arizonahighways yesterday that it was 102 years since the opening of Phantom Ranch. It sits at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on the banks of Bright Angel Creek, near its confluence with the Colorado River, and can only reached on foot, mul

Driving from @kartchnercaverns to Tucson in the snow, until the sun came out and lit up the sky at sunset 🌨️ 🌵 🚗 🛣️ 🌆 #throwback
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#roadtrip #car #freeway #kartchnercaverns #kartchnercavernsstatepark #arizona #usa #tucson #snow

Before we went into the caverns we hiked the Foothills Loop Trail at @kartchnercaverns, in the foothills of the Whetstone Mountains ⛰️ 🔁 #throwback
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#kartchnercaverns #kartchnercavernsstatepark #arizona #hiking #themountainsarecalling #usa

Today is the 50th anniversary of the discovery of @kartchnercaverns and the 25th anniversary of its grand opening 🎉 So it seemed the perfect excuse to post these photos from before and after we went into the caverns 🦇

When the ranger opened the a

😢 🌈 🌧️ 🥀 ❤️
A box of rain will ease the pain
And love will see you through

The end of the day at Granite Park Chalet... Smoke blowing in from wildfires further west made the setting sun hazy and red 🌄 #throwback #Sunset #glaciernationalpark #themountainsarecalling

After hiking along the Highline Trail we spent the night at Granite Park Chalet. It was built in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway to provide back country accommodation in Glacier National Park, and can only be reached by trail. Yes that is a bear p

On this day two years ago I set off on one of the best hikes of my life! Starting out from Logan Pass on the Continental Divide, along the Highline Trail to spend the night at Granite Park Chalet - with a detour to Grinnell Glacier Overlook 🥾⛰️ 🏠

Here’s another lizard from the archives for #WorldLizardDay 🦎 I think it’s a desert spiny lizard 😍

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#lizard #reptile #nature #wildlife #desert #arizona

Morning brew at @dinosaurnps ☕️ ⛺️ 🦖 #throwback

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#dinosaur #dinosaurnationalmonument #camping #campground #tea #cuppa #breakfast #happy #utah

Adam and me down by the Green River at @dinosaurnps campground on this day in 2022. I have no idea what we were pointing at 🤷&zwj;♀️ 😂 maybe a dinosaur 🦖 🏕️

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#GreenRiver #Dinosaur #Utah #River #beauty #friends

A couple more from Mt. Elbert 😁⛰️

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#themountainsarecalling #mtelbert #rockymountains #rockymountainhigh #14er #colorado #usa #hiking #happytrails

Paying homage to Gram at the Joshua Tree Inn a few years ago 🎸 #GramParsons #JoshuaTree #JoshuaTreeInn

Happy 88th @joshuatreenps 🎉

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#JoshuaTree #joshuatreenationalpark #nationalparkgeek #nationalpark #love #beauty #hike #hiking