5: Who Wants a Cupcake? Meeting New People, Wainwrights Ashes, Hidden Gems, Mountain Leaders & More

00:15 Meeting new people

06:30 Wainwrights ashes

10:30 Hidden gems and hypocrites

14:30 Stone circles and the Peak District Viking

17:00 Right to roam

21:20 Tourist tax and honeypots

26:30 Erosion

34:30 Hardknott pass in the ice

36:00 Night navigation and old school mountain leaders

40:30 Hiking is cool now

45:30 Trekking with Tom & The Geordie Hikers

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