Ellen Piercy's guest appearances

Ellen Piercy

Tough Girl Podcast

Extraordinary Ordinary You

Sarah Williams

Amira Patel

Jo Moseley

Amelia Boone

Mirna Valerio

Fiona Oakes

Catherine White

Elspeth Beard

Tiffany Coates

Jacqui Furneaux

Lowri Morgan

Ragen Chastain

Katherine Knight

Jen Bricker

Danielle Brown

OwlTail

Ellen in her own words:   I was a late starter to living more adventurously: in my late-thirties I realised that maybe I hadn’t left it too late and began to push my boundaries.     I gained my Hill and Moorland Leader qualification and after cycling a section of the Camino de Santiago in 2017 I set my sights on a cold adventure.     With 42 being the answer to life, the universe and everything I planned and trained for an expedition on Svalbard in the high arctic in 2020 when I was 42.     But just two weeks before leaving, covid cancelled everything. And cancelled again in 2021.     The only thing to do was set a challenge I could do during lockdown and so the Cheshire Challenge was born.     Searching for long distance walks local to home, I found there are 25 long distance trails that start or finish in Cheshire totalling 1500km and I’m walking them all.     I love the wilder mountains and moors but lockdown has made me appreciate what is on my doorstep, but I still have my sights set on Svalbard. Third time lucky?   Listen to Ellen on the Tough Girl Podcast - New episodes go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time -    Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out!    The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting The Tough Girl Podcast and becoming a patron please visit -  www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.     Show notes  Leading a double life of adventure and engineering Feeling as though she’d missed out on adventuring  Getting into adventure in her mid thirties What changed in her mid thirties  Growing up in Cumbria Starting to meet up with a friend in the Peak District How Rando Girls came about What Rando Girl means… Developing her outdoor skills from navigation to map reading How discovering the Tough Girl Podcast helped Getting into climbing and joining the Chester Mountaineering Club  Enjoying the learning process Hill and Moorland Leader Qualification How long it took to get the qualification Balancing the training, gaining the knowledge and having a life! The dream to go to Svalbard, Norway A cold adventure! North, South or going High 42 - “the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.” Being interested in human powered adventures Being inspired by Adelaide Goodeve Training expedition to Svalbard with Newland Expeditions Instructor - Helen Turton Having everything cancelled because of Covid Fingers crossed that it will go ahead in 2022 Being in the proper cold and learning how to ski Approach to fitness and keeping motivated during local lockdown The Cheshire Challenge - to walk all 25 long distance paths in Cheshire totalling 1,500km The The Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA)  The 12hr Challenge (Inspired by Rae Red - Tough Girl Tribe) The Wirral Circular Trail  Wanting to hit 42km…. in 12hrs! The toughest moment on the 12hr challenge Not wanting to get injured Having fun on the challenge  Final push….. Final push!!! Roller skiing on Skikes  Tyre pulling with Evil Edna… Final words of advice    Social Media   Website: randogirls.com    Instagram: @randogirl42    Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenRandoGirl   Twitter: @randogirl42

Ellen in her own words:   I was a late starter to living more adventurously: in my late-thirties I realised that maybe I hadn’t left it too late and began to push my boundaries.     I gained my Hill and Moorland Leader qualification and after cycling a section of the Camino de Santiago in 2017 I set my sights on a cold adventure.     With 42 being the answer to life, the universe and everything I planned and trained for an expedition on Svalbard in the high arctic in 2020 when I was 42.     But just two weeks before leaving, covid cancelled everything. And cancelled again in 2021.     The only thing to do was set a challenge I could do during lockdown and so the Cheshire Challenge was born.     Searching for long distance walks local to home, I found there are 25 long distance trails that start or finish in Cheshire totalling 1500km and I’m walking them all.     I love the wilder mountains and moors but lockdown has made me appreciate what is on my doorstep, but I still have my sights set on Svalbard. Third time lucky?   Listen to Ellen on the Tough Girl Podcast - New episodes go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time -    Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out!    The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting The Tough Girl Podcast and becoming a patron please visit -  <a href="http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast</a>.     Show notes <ul> <li>Leading a double life of adventure and engineering</li> <li>Feeling as though she’d missed out on adventuring </li> <li>Getting into adventure in her mid thirties</li> <li>What changed in her mid thirties </li> <li>Growing up in Cumbria</li> <li>Starting to meet up with a friend in the Peak District</li> <li>How Rando Girls came about</li> <li>What Rando Girl means…</li> <li>Developing her outdoor skills from navigation to map reading</li> <li>How discovering the Tough Girl Podcast helped</li> <li>Getting into climbing and joining the <a href="http://site.chestermc.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Chester Mountaineering Club</a> </li> <li>Enjoying the learning process</li> <li><a href="https://www.mountain-training.org/qualifications/walking/hill-and-moorland-leader" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hill and Moorland Leader Qualification</a></li> <li>How long it took to get the qualification</li> <li>Balancing the training, gaining the knowledge and having a life!</li> <li>The dream to go to Svalbard, Norway</li> <li>A cold adventure! North, South or going High</li> <li>42 - “the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.”</li> <li>Being interested in human powered adventures</li> <li>Being inspired by Adelaide Goodeve</li> <li>Training expedition to Svalbard with <a href="http://newland.no/index.php/en/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Newland Expeditions</a></li> <li>Instructor - Helen Turton</li> <li>Having everything cancelled because of Covid</li> <li>Fingers crossed that it will go ahead in 2022</li> <li>Being in the proper cold and learning how to ski</li> <li>Approach to fitness and keeping motivated during local lockdown</li> <li>The Cheshire Challenge - to walk all 25 long distance paths in Cheshire totalling 1,500km</li> <li>The <a href="https://www.ldwa.org.uk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA)</a> </li> <li>The 12hr Challenge (Inspired by Rae Red - Tough Girl Tribe)</li> <li>The <a href="https://www.visitwirral.com/explore/wirral-circular-trail" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Wirral Circular Trail</a> </li> <li>Wanting to hit 42km…. in 12hrs!</li> <li>The toughest moment on the 12hr challenge</li> <li>Not wanting to get injured</li> <li>Having fun on the challenge </li> <li>Final push….. Final push!!!</li> <li>Roller skiing on <a href="https://skike.com/#welcome" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Skikes</a> </li> <li>Tyre pulling with Evil Edna…</li> <li>Final words of advice</li> </ul>   Social Media   Website: <a href="https://randogirls.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">randogirls.com</a>    Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/RandoGirl42/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@randogirl42</a>    Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EllenRandoGirl" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/EllenRandoGirl</a>   Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/RandoGirl42" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@randogirl42</a>

Ellen Piercy - Leading a double life of adventure and engineering. Trained for an expedition to Svalbard 2022 and walking all 25 long distance trails in Cheshire #CheshireChallenge.

Welcome back to season two! And what a great episode to start off with! We talk about being female in typically male environments, about staying true to you, and about how sometimes you’ve just got to wee out in public. Ellen explains everything you need to know about doing your Hill and Moorland, and we talk about her journey into the outdoor adventures she does now. It’s a cracker !! Find out more including music credits and Ellen’s full links in the Full Shownotes https://www.extraordinaryordinarywomxn.co/show-notes And if you are looking to support the podcast find out more at https://www.extraordinaryordinarywomxn.co/support You can find Ellen on socials @ Ellen Rando Girl xxx

Welcome back to season two! And what a great episode to start off with! We talk about being female in typically male environments, about staying true to you, and about how sometimes you’ve just got to wee out in public. Ellen explains everything you need to know about doing your Hill and Moorland, and we talk about her journey into the outdoor adventures she does now. It’s a cracker !! Find out more including music credits and Ellen’s full links in the Full Shownotes <a href="https://www.extraordinaryordinarywomxn.co/show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.extraordinaryordinarywomxn.co/show-notes</a> And if you are looking to support the podcast find out more at <a href="https://www.extraordinaryordinarywomxn.co/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.extraordinaryordinarywomxn.co/support</a> You can find Ellen on socials @ Ellen Rando Girl xxx

#S2E1 - Ellen Piercy - Hill and Moorland Leader, Tyre Dragger and Robot Rangler - You are much tougher than you think you are 