Hawkins' Adventures
By Will Hawkins
Join Will for regular updates on micro-adventures, routes, outdoor gear and book reviews, plus adventure travelling stories. Each episode is between 10 and 30 minutes long.
Listen in if you love the outdoors and adventure travel!
Hawkins' AdventuresAug 27, 2018
Bagging Grasmoor and other Wainwrights
To find out more about Helinox lightweight outdoor furniture, visit the following sites:
Alpinetrek- The Helinox range
Amazon UK: Chair One - £84.99
Amazon UK: Table One - £88.96
My book of the week is 'The Great Outdoors - A user's guide' by Brendan Leonard. You can buy it for around £9 on Amazon UK.
Here's the route we took on Komoot: www.komoot.com/tour/74905084?ref=wtd To try out Komoot and get a free region email me at whawkins@outlook.com
Thank you for listening and watch out for Episode 5 coming soon!
Follow me on social media and online here:
Twitter - twitter.co/whawkins
Instagram - instagram.com/wbhawkins
Hawkins' Adventure Blog - www.whawkins.uk
Walking in the Lake District and more!
In the third episode of Hawkins' Adventures, you'll hear about a good walk in the Lake District which takes in a Wainwright, a kit review, my website and book of the week.
Here's the link to the route we took to take in Red Pike in the Lake District:
On Strava - https://www.strava.com/activities/2399963467
On the Ordnance Survey website: https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/route/3502195/Up-the-Red-Pike
To learn more about the Sprayway Kalmar softshell jacket, click here: https://fave.co/2Mv27gF
My website of the week, the Met Office Mountain Weather Forecast is here online: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/specialist-forecasts/mountain
You can buy my book of the week, Mountaincraft and Leadership by Eric Langmuir is here from Stanfords: https://fave.co/2QT6b96
Thank you for listening and please subscribe to my podcast to listen to the latest episodes.
Will Hawkins
Twitter: @whawkins
Find out more online about Hawkins' Adventures: www.whawkins.uk
Canoeing & Wild Camping in Sweden
In this episode of Hawkins' Adventures, you'll hear about canoeing and wild camping in Sweden, solar rechargeable torches by Waka Waka, my outdoor book review of 'The Adventurer's Guide to Britain', the Ultimate Navigation School and my adventure adventure memory from cycling through the Sahara.
Here are the links to the gear, book and website I review in this episode:
Waka Waka Light - https://w2u.eu/2Q2Nq2r
Waka Waka Power+ - https://amzn.to/2wCHNzQ
The Adventurer’s Guide to Britain - https://amzn.to/2LWIRU4
Ultimate Navigation School - https://ultimatenavigationschool.co.uk/
Find out more about my trip to Sweden on my website at www.whawkins.uk Thanks for listening!
Wild walk over Kinder Scout
Welcome to my first episode! It's 9 minutes of talking about the latest micro-adventure I did this weekend, gear review on the Berghaus Extrem Fast Hike trousers, a book on Wild Pub Walks, and a quick look back at a memory of cycling in the heat.
Here are links to where you can buy the products I reviewed:
Berghaus Men's Extrem Fast Hike Trousers - amzn.to/2PGdnVb
Wild Pub Walks book - amzn.to/2ogCSA2
I hope you enjoy this first episode. Please send me your comments and feedback!
Thank you.
Will