Author: Olly Parry-Jones

I live in Weston-super-Mare, close to the Mendip Hills in Somerset and I enjoy time spent outdoors, whether that's walking, camping or backpacking. My day job involved making furniture from recycled wood (I'm a furniture maker and carpenter by trade). I have two blogs: Olly Writes (woodworking, DIY, baking) Walks With Olly (walking, camping and kit) You can also find me on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. My second YouTube channel is titled 'Walks with Olly'.

Intentions for 2021

Some of my indefinite “plans” for what currently looks to be an uncertain 2021.

This year was always going to begin with an air of uncertainty, whether we went in to Lockdown in the UK or not. How long will it last for? Will these restrictions remain in place for the summer?

For reasons like this, I’m finding it hard to properly plan for 2021 – as much as I want to do this, so that I have something to look forward. So, instead of writing a very definite ‘plan’, I’m going to share some of my “intentions” for the twelve months ahead.

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Monthly Miles: December 2020

A look over my mileage from walks and runs in the close of 2020. Also totting up my total mileage for the year.

It is behind us! A new year is born and, while I’m looking forward to whatever may lie ahead, I’d like to reflect briefly on the final month of 2020 and tally up my mileage for the year.

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Walking the Polden Way

My first ever walk on the Polden Hills in Somerset and exploring the length of the Polden Way.

Sunday 22nd November 2020

I was born in Bristol and have grown up in North Somerset. Since 2012, I’ve been roaming the Mendip Hills along with other parts of Somerset. But I’d not previously been down to the Polden Hills… On the Somerset Levels, just south of Street and Glastonbury.

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My One Welsh Walk

A circular walk in the Brecon Beacons/Black Mountains. Introducing two friends to Sugar Loaf for the first time.

Sunday 18th October 2020

In a year that has deprived many of us from so much, I can say that I have only made the journey over to Wales for a walk just the one time. Now that Wales is in its own state of lockdown (for the third time this year), I won’t be crossing the Severn again until sometime in 2021 (fingers crossed).

I do miss the Brecon Beacons. Snowdonia. The Black Mountains and all those miles of the Wales Coast Path I’ve still yet to follow. I’d been up Sugar Loaf several times before but I thought it might be good to write about this most recent outing, as I got to share it with two friends who were new to the almost-mountain.

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