It all started with a pair of mittens. I spent my most impressionable years in Cumbria, though my family explored the Lake District it's wasn't until I was 11 and we had just moved significantly south to Dorset, that I walked any of the serious fells with my dad. I remember Blencathra vividly: wrapped up in a thick wool jumper, borrowed boots and a silk scarf, my dad and I joined his friends and we tackled sharp edge. The cloud was down and the rock damp which I found thril

Tough Girl Tribe Thursday Blog #TribeThursday Every Thursday, we will be championing the writing of women from the Tough Girl Tribe; blogs, poems, thoughts and stories. The aim of Tough Girl Challenges has always been to create a platform for women's voices about the outdoors and sport and now we can hear even more of them. “You don’t see girls up here that often.” “You don’t see girls up here that often.” “Are you on your own?” “Are you sure you’ll be okay? Do you have a map