So excited to be able to say, I am now officially part of #TeamMontane 🥳💙🧡 ~ Almost 2 years ago to the day, I got an email from Montane asking if I’d like to work with them. I remember literally jumping about my living room, absolutely delighted that a brand I already loved and wore on my adventures wanted to work with me. 🥰 So 2 years later, when they asked if I wanted to come on board as a full time member of #teammontane, it was a very easy yes!! ~ I only work with brands and companies that I am genuinely passionate about, and it’s so easy to be passionate about @montaneofficial. I’m so excited to join such a supportive, encouraging and most importantly fun team of people. 💃🏻 ~ I can’t wait get to get started on this years (many) adventures! And if you want to read more about me and the other amazing women joining #teammontane, then click on the link in my bio. ☺️ xx Pic taken on the Forcan Ridge in Kintail by the fab @csa_adventure 💙

2022! What a year! 🥰 ~ I can’t believe we are almost 3 months into 2023 and this is my first post. 🤯 Bit late in posting this I know, but Jan was a bit busy and I’ve no idea where February disappeared to, and I can’t believe it’s actually March already. 🤦🏻‍♀️ ~ 2022 didn’t start the best for me. I was a bit heartbroken and upset in January, and I had that horrible feeling that I’d never really be happy again. How wrong I was? 🥳 ~ 2022 turned into such a great year for me. I learned how to be truly happy again. I spent time with my friends, I spent time up my beloved hills and I felt a contentment and happiness that I haven’t felt for such a long time, if ever! ~ I finally stopped waiting on someone coming to save me, or meeting someone before I could make plans for my future. I learned to suit myself, and truly enjoy my own company! 🥰 I don’t think twice about going up hills myself or gallivanting in my campervan, but for some reason I would often miss out on shows or movies at the cinema cos I had no one to go with me. But that all changed last year and I genuinely feel like I have a new found self confidence. I’m making plans for me and seeing what happens. ~ I genuinely have the best friends around me, that helped make 2022 what it was. ☺️ ~ Thanks to everyone that I met and shared adventures and stories with me, and thanks for following along. And thank you for all the continued support in my life and dating disasters. 😂 I’m sure there will be plenty more to come. ~ Here’s to making 2023 even more memorable! 😘 xx

Bye 2022 👋🏻 - Thanks for having me! 🥰 ~ I cannot believe another year has gone, it feels like no time has passed since I was writing my last years round up, but here we are again, a very quick 12 months later. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ~ It’s been a year of 2 halves for me. The first half started off pretty tough, I was completely and utterly heartbroken after a really tough year and I struggled to get a grip on 2022. 💔It affected my training and my life and looking back now I realise how much I was barely hanging on. 😞 ~ But I have amazing friends who helped and supported me, and most importantly were there for me, even when I wasn’t the easiest company to be around. 💙 I don’t think they will ever fully appreciate how much that meant to me. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom, I went on some lovely holidays ✈️👙☀️ and met some amazing people. 👭🏻 I took part in @celtman, which despite being DNF, was a massive learning curve and phenomenal experience nonetheless. 🏊🏻‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️ ~ The second half of the year was incredible, I got back to myself again 🥰, I laughed, I enjoyed my own company, I went to my first solo show, I got back into my hills (55 new Munros this year), had lots of van trips 🚐 and I stopped pushing myself so much too. ☺️ ~ It’s been an amazing end to the year and I’ve some exciting things ahead in 2023, but my greatest achievement this year has been learning to be genuinely happy again and to laugh and smile and have fun with my friends. I’m so grateful to be where I am right now and I couldn’t be prouder of myself for making it to this point. 🥳 ~ But here are the most important stats from my year: - 1 broken heart 🤦🏻‍♀️ - 1 situationship 🤯 - 4 first dates 😰 - 2 winches 💋 - 0 second dates 🤔 - 0 boyfriends 💃🏻 - 1 very happy, content, single Bee. 🥳 I hope 2023 is everything you want it to be, and no matter how hopeless things may seem right now, they will get better. Hang on in there. 💪🏼🤍😘 xx

Just over a month ago I was at my very first ever Kendal Mountain Festival ⛰️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, and what a weekend it was! 🥰 ~ From hiking and swimming in Gurnal Dubs, to my first Montane Secret Session 🤫, and meeting so many brilliant people. I’m so grateful to @montaneofficial for inviting me as their guest. 💙🧡 ~ It was such an amazing wkd that 1 post just doesn’t seem do it justice, but some of the highlights for me were - ~ ✨ Watching the @spinerace film by @sfm_films. An incredible, but funny and emotional look at 10 years of the epic Montane Spine Race. Maybe I’ll make the cut for the 20 years of Spine. 🤔 ~ ✨catching up briefly with @aldokane, and FINALLY getting to meet @jason_carl_fox in the flesh! 🥳😂 ~ ✨ @ultrasabs81 inspiring talk. I was lucky enough to meet Sabrina at the Cape Wrath Ultra and she was nothing but kind and supportive. A real inspiration. ~ ✨ teaching @jamiebarnesuk how to say Loch properly (not Lock) and showing him where Shetland is on a map. 😜. ~ It really was such a special wkd of meeting inspiring people and catching up with lots of friends. See you next year Kendal. 😘 ~ And a massive thank you to all of the @montaneofficial team. 🥰 Thank you for being so fab, supportive and most importantly fun. Here’s to 2023! 🥳 xx @kendalmountainfestival @montaneofficial

FURTHER.FASTER PODCAST - BEE LEASK 🥾 On this week’s episode of the podcast, we chat to Scottish adventurer @bumblebambi who is on a mission to climb as many Scottish mountains as she can. Listen via the link in our bio. #FurtherFasterPodcast

It would have been this little legends 12th birthday today. 🐶🌈💙 ~ But sadly wee Marlows adventures came to an end earlier this year when he took unwell suddenly. 😕 ~ I’ll always be grateful to @fi0naharris0n for introducing the best wee guy into my life and letting me be such a big part of his. 👭🏻🐶🚐 ~ He really was the best travelled wee dog, from the West Highland Way, The Hebridean Way, Coll, Tiree, Ardnamurchan, Mull, Shetland, paddleboarding, wild swimming, munro bagging, you name it, he did it. What an adventure. 🏄🏻‍♀️🏊🏻‍♀️⛰️ ~ ‘Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.’ ~ I’m sure wee Marlow is running around on a beach somewhere, ruining the peace and quiet for everyone else. 😂🌈💙 xx

It’s #worldmentalhealthday and I hope everyone is looking after their mental health as much as they look after their physical health. 🤕 ~ Mental health can affect everyone and can be something that some people have to deal with for life, or for some it can catch them as off guard, as a broken bone after a fall. 🦴 Both are valid and both need to be talked about. We should never judge or think mental health doesn’t affect us, just because it hasn’t yet. Sadly none of us know what’s around the corner or what life holds in store, and sometimes life is a complicated, sad, tough, difficult mess, that we just have to get through day by day until we, hopefully, come out the other side. ❤️‍🩹 But that’s why looking after your mental health is so important. ~ Get outside 🌳, go to therapy 🗣️, talk to friends 👭🏻, be open 📖, be honest 😔, cry 😢, have a duvet day 🛌, eat food 🍕, binge watch tiktok 🎞️, dance around the living room 💃🏻, ask someone for a hug 🤗, write a diary 📝 . But most importantly get help if it gets too much, and know that life is full of highs and lows, and sometimes it might feel like the worst low ever, but I promise there are bigger highs to come! 🤍 ~ We exercise and eat healthy for our physical health, so do everything you can to look after your mental health too, it’s just as important. ❤️‍🩹 ~ Always here if anyone needs a chat 🙋🏻‍♀️, please don’t ever suffer alone, and I really mean that. xx

✨✨ COMPETITION ✨✨ Have you ever fancied getting into trail running 🏃🏻‍♀️, but don’t really know where to start, or what kit to take, or how? 🤷🏻‍♀️ I remember being completely overwhelmed with choosing a running vest and not knowing what I needed, or what even to look for! 🤯 ~ So to help you get started, I’m doing a competition with @montaneofficial 🥳, were you could win this fab trail running bundle of shorts, t-shirt, jacket and visor, including the Montane Gecko VP 5+ vest. 🏃🏻‍♀️ Perfect for getting you started on your trail running journey! 🥰 ~ To enter just make sure you're following me @bumblebambi and @montaneofficial, like this post and use the hashtags #mymontane and #montanegiveaway. And for an extra entry, share this post to your stories. 💙 The winner will be picked at random on 28th August. Good luck! 🍀 ~ T&Cs: This giveaway is only open to UK residents aged 16 years or over. One winner will be drawn at random and notified via DM from this Instagram account. DO NOT accept messages about this giveaway from other accounts. The prize will only be shipped to a UK address. This giveaway is not associated with Instagram. No cash alternatives. ☺️

I was delighted to explore a bit closer to home with @stirlingalive last week. 💙 ~ They gave me the option of choosing 2 experiences which can be booked directly from their website. 🥳 Now there is plenty of variety to choose from, but I knew immediately that I wanted to spend some time on the water with @cruiselochlomond and I couldn’t wait to book my visit to @thewallacemon, having never actually visited before. 🤦🏻‍♀️ ~ The trip with @cruiselochlomond was amazing and I got great weather for my trip. ☀️ It was lovely to listen to the commentary from the crew and find out some new information about the islands and see the nesting Ospreys 🦅. ~ The second part of my day, and only a scenic hours drive away, was a trip to @thewallacemon! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 If you’ve seen the movie Braveheart then you should know all about William Wallace, but it’s definitely worth heading to the monument, for the real story of Scotlands hero. 💙 It really was a phenomenal day out. ~ If you want to create your own day out, then check out the link on @stirlingalive to choose your own experiences, which can all be booked in the one place. 🥰 ~ I highly recommend the two I chose, but there are some fab other experiences available too. ☺️ I’m sure I’ll be booked on another one soon. 🤞🏼 xx

“If I waited until I had all my ducks in a row, I'd never get across the street. Sometimes you just have to gather up what you've got and make a run for it.” 🦆 ~ Sums up my life and my decision making pretty well I think. 💙 ~ Had a great few days up in Braemar, doing some Munros and having a lovely lunch in the Fife Arms Hotel. It’s always difficult for me to head back south, especially when this was the view that greeted me on my way home through Glenshee! 💛 ~ Not much else to say apart from I’ve been terrible at keeping my stories upto date lately. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ll try and catch up soon. xx

Last month I headed back for the hills. ⛰🥳 19 Munros in July, taking me past a wee milestone of 182 on my munro bagging journey. Which means I’m in double figures of hills left to do. 🥰 ~ This was a fab wee day out on Aonach Mòr and Aonach Beag, after doing the South Glen Shiel Ridge the day before, and the Loch Lochy Munros the day before that. 💪🏼 Ending my little munro spree on the Grey Corries the following day! ☺️ ~ It’s been a fab month getting back to my beloved hills, where my love of the outdoors really started and it was nice to enjoy them guilt free with no pressure of training or worrying about what session I should have been doing instead. 💙 ~ The hills really are my happy place and it’s been great to get back into them! Which also means spending time in my van 🚐, meeting lots of lovely people, and finally meeting @katepearsonpt in the flesh for the first time! 🥳 ~ Here’s hoping August will be as much fun. 🤍 xx

Shetland really is amazing at this time of year. 😍 ~ Dramatic weather during the day, but sometimes, if you’re really lucky, it will break just before the sun sets and give you these amazing skies! 🌅 ~ This was taking after an amazing beach bbq on Meall Beach with the loveliest people. The light reflecting off the rock pool was stunning, and even better there was some thrift (sea pinks 🌸), perched perfectly on the rocks! 💕 ~ Don’t be fooled by the lovely warm colours though, despite it being June, it was still freezing cold. 😂. I had a jacket 🧥, hat 🧢 and gloves 🧤on. 🥶. ~ But I suppose that’s the compromise you make for views like this and I wouldn’t have it any other way. 💙 xx Ad| #PromoteShetland #inspiredbyShetland #ShetlandTrueNorth