 A diary of walks, cycle rides and exploration that Peter Burgess has completed on his travels around his native 'north', his home in London and on his travels around the world. Most of Peter's accounts contain links to featured Youtube audio-visual presentations that he has created himself, not only to archive his travels but in order for him to share his experience. Please come back often in order to watch his current archive of 167 videos with 90,000 hits grow or even susbcribe to his RSS feed. "With the OFC, you see the outdoors from indoors!"
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
 An evening in support of nicro, a rehabilitation organisation for young people in the Republic of South Africa. Desmond Tutu was introduced by Terry Waite with a guest performance by Siphiwo Ntshebe |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
 An ascent of Lank Rigg from the Cold Fell road was the order of the day. In this remote western outpost of the Lakeland fells, solitude was the great feeling on this excursion with distant views of Lakeland giants and vistas across the seaboard. |
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
 This afternoon was about as far removed from fellwalking as I could get. However, a visit to the Old Ford Locks on the River lee Navigation passed the time with the passage of pleasure boats through the lock. It was an experience to see this key operated lock in operation which is controlled by means of a push button control panel. |
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 |
 The first walk of an annual holiday to Lakeland enabled an early ascent onto the Loweswater uplands east of Mockerkin. Starting from Fangs Brow near Lamplugh, I had set my sights on Blake and a fistful of summits surrounding this outpost of some of Lakeland's least well known fells. |
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Monday, 18 August 2008 |
 After a morning meet at Portinscale to discuss tactics Peter Burgess joined Mick Fox from the K-Fellfarers on an ascent of Tower Ridge on Eel Crag, Coledale. Mick has previously contributed to The Lost Sheep and this was the first time the two had walked together. Once a decision had been made to the day's itinerary the two drove onto Whinlatter Pass in order to find a suitable parking place to begin their assault. |
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Sunday, 13 July 2008 |
 Thursday 14th october 2004 saw an ascent of a favourite route to the summit of Lakeland's most popular summit - Helvellyn. This is a less popular way involving a scramble up Eagle Crag in the glorious valley of Grisedale. On this day the weather was eerie and with swirling mists and glimpses of Broken Spectres I really wondered whether I was walking with the Gods... |
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Sunday, 13 July 2008 |
 In a drive to get urban youngsters to seek rural experience, the government started a new initiative directed via City Challenge in 2004. In that year I was fortunate enough to get involved with this initiative and took a group of students from my own school, Hackney Free & Parochial C of E Secondary. See how they got on... |
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