Trail running & fastpacking
Multi-day routes built around a runner's pace. Lighter stages, earlier bag drops, accommodation that opens the door at 8pm and doesn't blink.
Fast routes →
The best trails,
planned around you.
Not every trail.
The right ones.
Book nowScotland · Glasgow to Fort William
West Highland Way
154 km · 6–8 days
Scotland's original long-distance walk — Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor, Glen Coe and the shadow of Ben Nevis.
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Book nowEngland · Yorkshire Dales
Dales Way
130 km · 5–7 days
Ilkley to Bowness along the rivers Wharfe and Dee. Stone villages, meadow paths, and a gentle way into the Lakes.
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Book nowSpain · Mallorca
GR221 — Serra de Tramuntana
150 km · 7–9 days
The dry-stone route through Mallorca's mountains. Olive terraces, monastery beds, and the Mediterranean below.
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Book nowPortugal · Rota Vicentina
Fisherman's Trail
230 km · 10–13 days
Cliff-top paths above the Atlantic from Porto Covo south to the Algarve. Fishing villages, sand, and salt air.
Plan your walk →One trail,
three ways to walk it.
Every trip is planned by hand, so the same trail becomes a different holiday depending on who's walking it.
Solo — with someone watching the dot
A real strength of ours, especially for solo women. Every detail honed before you go, a satellite GPS tracker that posts your position automatically, and a phone number answered by someone who knows your itinerary.
Walking solo →Classic self-guided walking
The pace you'd walk on your own, with the logistics lifted. Rest days where you want them, stages that fit your legs, small hotels we know by name.
Walking holidays →Real people.
Real trails.
We collect the stories walkers bring back — the wet days, the village pubs, the moment the cloud lifts — and publish them in the journal. The podcast is coming.
Solo adventures
7 Tips for Your First Solo Adventure
Nobody to consult with in tricky moments, nobody to blame when you get lost, nobody else's snacks to share. Elise Downing — who ran 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain, mostly alone — on how to stay safe and get the most out of going it alone.
18 August 20267 min read
The Ridgeway
Two Sticks of Rock
Elise Downing ran the Ridgeway in three days. Two friends tried to walk the same distances. It went about as well as last time.
22 May 20264 min read
South Downs Way
Two Sisters, One More Day
Sarah and Ros walk a trail together every year — arriving from opposite ends of the country to spend one week together, all the planning sorted. This year it was the South Downs Way. On day five, they walked a mile with Bill Bailey.
15 May 20265 min read
Groups of six or more
Bringing a group? Everyone pays their own share.
Book a private group departure and we'll give you your own trip page. One organiser agrees the trip with us; every walker then pays their own deposit by card and fills in their own details. No collecting bank transfers, no spreadsheet of who's paid.
I WISH...
What's your perfect adventure? We'll suggest a trail you might never have considered.
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