Weekly Blog: Husky Sledging in Lapland, Winter wonderland in the Brecon Beacons and walking among giants in Longleat Forest

Dec 04, 2023

Morning!

How are you doing? What a beautiful week we've had with some of you enjoying the snow and others just a gorgeous frosty landscape. I'm really starting to get excited for Christmas now!

Here's my weekly blog, I hope you enjoy!

Alice x

Alice's diary:

The highlight of my week was our group hike on Friday. Five of us made it over to the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons and we have an absolutely perfect day of hiking around Rhos Dirion and Grwyne Fawr Reservoir. It was frosty and the sun came out over the clouds just as we made it to the summit giving us a cloud inversion where we could see the tops of Pen Y Fan & Cribyn in the distance. Magic!

Saturday was gorgeous too as I spontaneously decided to get out of my busy town and head for my favourite local walk down Vallis Vale in Frome. It was misty and frosty and full of moss, fungi and lichen and I'm always reminded when I walk down there that I never need to travel far to see the beauty of nature.

Yesterday a group of 14 of us walked around another of my favourite local walks in Longleat forest. It was forecast rain all day but it actually ended up being a beautiful day with some mist shrouding the tall redwood trees and rising off of Shearwater lake. We finished the day with a cuppa in the Tea Rooms at Shearwater. It was such a lovely group and I loved sharing my favourite walk with you all!

Things to click on:

I'm late to the game but I've been binging this wildlife nature show

This podcast has really helped me recently

My current read is teaching me a lot of things I didn't know about land ownership

The only flask that keeps my drinks hot on long hikes

This article about how time outdoors can transform our memory, imagination and logic

This magical hike in the Black Mountains

In the spotlight: Lapland Adventure with us next February

There's still chance to book onto our Lapland trip in February - we have 2 dates available. Last Thursday we had a Q&A session with Sophie who is running the trip as Sidetracked Adventures. It got me SO excited for this winter wonderland, and she said it's going to be a record year for seeing the northern lights! If you missed the Q&A you can catch the recording here.