Meet the Team
Mark Reid
Mark Reid is one of the UK’s leading experts on country pubs and long distance walks. He has written 17 successful walking guidebooks, including the acclaimed ‘Inn Way’ series with books covering all of the National Parks of Northern England. Three of his books have been awarded the ‘travel book of the week’ in The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and Guardian. He writes regular walks and outdoor articles for various regional and national newspapers and magazines.
"The Inn Way books guide you through spectacular scenery to the finest pubs. Great walking, great pubs, it’s a winning combination." Country Walking magazine
Mark Reid is a qualified Walking Group Leader (Mountain Leader Training Association) and is based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Over the last 14 years, Mark has walked over 10,000 miles of footpaths throughout the North of England. He is an expert navigator and an approved course provider of the National Navigation Award Scheme (Bronze & Silver levels). Mark uses his extensive knowledge of the history and geography of the North of England to interpret the landscape and his navigation skills to move safely across it.
Mark is currently featured on ITV Yorkshire’s ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ walks series, along with ITV’s weatherman Jon Mitchell.
RICHARD TARRAN
Richard Tarran MVO is a qualified Mountain Leader and Personal Development Trainer with a wealth of experience. He is a Yorkshireman and moved to Swaledale after discovering a beautiful village whilst doing the Coast to Coast walk!
His background is diverse. During 16 years in the Royal Navy he worked for The Royal Family, served as the Propulsion Officer of HMS Ark Royal and conducted aid work in Nepal and Montserrat. He has trained senior managers in Banks and Oil Companies globally. In 2000 he was the Deputy Leader for the Raleigh International Expedition attended by Prince William in Chile but more recently he has run expeditions to Morocco, Iceland, Costa Rica, Peru, India and Venezuela. He has an in depth knowledge of Central & South America gained during 18 months’ exploration of this vast landmass and has also driven across the Sahara.
He uses his experiences to bring to life leadership and personal development training in the outdoors using widely accepted psychometric tools.
ADDITIONAL GUIDES
For larger groups, we have additional hill-walking guides we can call upon. We normally work on a ratio of 1:12 guides per particpants, depending on time of year, terrain and what is involved. All of our guides are fully qualified, insured and experienced hill-walking guides. The number of guides we use does not affect the prices quoted.
