Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge

  It was black as the Devil’s armpit at 3am on Pooley Bridge, and the first leg was plainly going to decisive in determining the success of...

  The challenge started a little earlier for me than for most people, when I was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in April 2015. ...

  We set off from Pooley Bridge at 4:45 on this my second Joss Naylor traverse (the first having been in 2010, aged 60).  This was to be a ...

History: How did I come to find myself on Pooley Bridge, lined up with Carol, Dave and Simon, seconds counting down to 10pm, ready for the o...

  It was in November 2013 that Dick Towler invited any aging members of the Lakeland Orienteering Club to join him in preparing for the JNC...

  What a day! After all the planning, recceing and preparing it finally arrived. Luckily I was fine but the few days before and the day it...

    Leg 1- ‘Cuckoos, Larks and Deer’ (Pooley Bridge to Kirkstone Pass) I’m off at 5.30am on a beautiful morning accompanied by four fell f...