John Manning
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- A Blind Class Aristocracy
- alan sloman's big walk
- Alistair's Walks
- Beats working...
- Contra Band Music
- Dawn's pages
- Lines by Lines
- Stayin' Alive
- THE BIG TRIP ... an outdoor life hiking, cycling and paddling
- The Charity Pikeman
- The Longest Dog Walk In Britain (JOGLE)
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Location | Stainforth, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Love the outdoors and backpacking in particular - my thinking is "why pack for a day in the hills when it takes no longer to pack for a week?". Live in the Dales with Steph and our daughter Sierra and would love to spend a lot more time out there in the fresh air, but am often chained to a desk writing about it. Magazine subscriptions include Backpack, Strider, ESQ, TGO and Mojo. |
| Interests | Walking, backpacking, music, writing |
| Favorite Movies | Two-Lane Blacktop |
| Favorite Music | Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, John Martyn, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Neil Young, Wombles, folk music, 60s & 70s rock (Moby Grape, The Doors, The Flame etc) |
| Favorite Books | 1000 Mile Summer by Colin Fletcher, The Backpacker's Handbook by Chris Townsend, The Great Divide by Stephen Pern, Backbone of England by Andrew Bibby, Virgin on the Crest by Ray Riches (unpublished) |