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Monthly Archives: April 2011
A Sunny Stroll
Blue skies; oak trees coming into leaf. Trying to dispel the back-to-work-blues today by recalling a couple of short pre-prandial strolls. Over the last several days we have been enjoying a wonderfully settled spell of unseasonably warm weather. Being at … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Birds, Eaves Wood, Haweswater, Trees, Walking, Wildflowers
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Gaitbarrows Trees
When I attempted recently to draw up a list of elements which come together to make a ‘perfect day on the hoof’, Lisa corrected a few omissions from my list. One of her suggestions was: Things to smell – pine, … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Deer, Trees, Walking, Wildflowers
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Greater Langdale Round
Or: Knock Three Times After a night of high octane pub-quizzing in Keswick, CJ and I drove in convoy over Dunmail Raise and parked in the National Trust car-park in Langdale. From Keswick we’d been able to see at least … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Birketts, Fish, Music, Wainwright bagging, Walking
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Over the Crag…at Last!
Another sunny Thursday. Circumstances have conspired against my walking commute home from Carnforth, but this week I was able to reinstate the habit – hopefully for the first time of many. I had to be home in order to go … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Flooding, Walking, Warton Crag, Wildflowers
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The Best Little Walk?
Not so long ago I was musing on the elements which come together to make a ‘good day on the hoof’. On Saturday just gone I had a day with my friends M and F which must have come … Continue reading
Butterbur and Excavations
Woefully behind as ever. A week and a half ago: ferrying A to pre-exam ballet lessons in Milnthorpe again, I took the boys too, knowing that they would enjoy the path beside the Bela I had walked earlier in the … Continue reading
Posted in River Bela, Walking, Wildflowers, Wildlife
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