Make Your Own Microcamper: Part 1 - Car Free
How running helped me face my fear of driving...and how to make a family "micro-campervan" on a budget
I’m sorry for the lack of newsletter last week. The weather forecast was so nice, and I had an offer of extra childcare for the solstice, so I took myself off to the Yorkshire Dales for a couple of days running. My friend Ryk Downes, one of the directors of the Punk Panther Endurance Events company, had decided to run the whole of Wainwright’s ‘Pennine Journey’: a 247-mile loop from Settle up via the eastern side of the Pennines to Hadrian’s Wall, and back down to Settle via the Pennines’ western side, through the Eden Valley and round the Howgills. What an incredible adventure!
I drove over to the Dales after dropping the kids at school, met Ryk in Warcop and ran with him down towards Kirkby Stephen; then camped for the night in Sedbergh. It was utterly glorious! The following day, I ran on my own, taking a fabulous 10-mile route from Sedbergh up Arant Haw, Bram Rigg Top and The Calf (t…