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The Big Walks Club website was set up to record my mountain adventures and was originally inspired by the Ken Wilson's wonderful Big Walks and Classic Climbs books. The site will hopefully also inspire and help others enjoy their own mountain experiences.
The site provides information about expeditions being planned, as well as reports and photographs from previous trips.
Trip Reports are posted on the website as they happen. Quick links to some of the most popular pages on the site are given below :
Video films have been made of most of trips. These would help greatly in the planning stage if you are thinking of repeating any expeditions and are produced very professionally. If you would like a DVD please go to Trip Reports for details of how to get hold of copies.
A section giving Useful Links is provided for information on weather and routes.
Please leave a message on the contact page if you want any more information about
the routes we have completed or if you would like to join me in the Mountains. It's
great to hear from like minded souls.
NEWS
September 2024
The Pennine Way
Well I started my Wainswright walk but it became obvious quite quickly that I didn’t have the fire in my belly for this challenge at the moment so I withdraw back to York to reconsider my options. That is when I decided to do the 265 mile Pennine Way instead. I started at Edale on Wednesday the 28th August and finished the walk 15 days later in Kirk Yethholm on Thursday 12th September, walking 14 days with one rest day in Dufton. It was a really excellent walk with good weather for most of the walk. I was averaging about 20 miles a day and on two days I walked 27 miles. I will now do an entry on the website with the details of the walk and my timing.
Future Plans
My next adventure will be in May 2025 when I plan to walk the Cape Wrath trail in the far North West of Scotland. It is a much wilder walk than the Pennine way but I feel it will be wonderful challange.
March 2020
Planning for the JMT has now been put on hold due to the Coronavirus outbreak. An application for a permit has been put into the Yosemite system but as yet there has only been denial emails so hikers are still applying for permits.
The site is dedicated to the memory of my Dad, John Galsworthy, Group Scout Leader of the 11th Warrington Troop and loving father, who gave me the skills to climb all the mountains in my life
David Galsworthy
Big Walks Club
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