Simon Whaley has been wandering aimlessly for years and is still trying to locate magnetic north. He's trodden footpaths, bridleways and cowpats to explore the British countryside and has discovered that holding the map the right way up sometimes helps.

Readers of Country Walking and Country & Border Life magazines have followed in his footsteps for several years. If you want to join in, you'll have to get to the back of the queue - unless it's your turn to buy the next round of drinks*.

For his mid-life crisis, Simon is planning to walk the South West Coast Path. Having spent his early career in banking, and latterly in Local Government, he has realised that the best way out of any tricky situation is to get up and start walking.