Category Archives: Flies

The Caldbeck Fells

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

The approach to the foot of the mountain resembled the approaches to the feet of most other mountains. The cultivation gradually ceased, the trees grew gradually rare, the road became gradually rougher, and the sides of the mountain looked gradually … Continue reading →

Posted in Birketts, Boats, Flies, Lizard, Wainwright bagging, Walking | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Foulshaw Moss and Meathop Moss

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

Two nature reserves, which, as the crow flies, are close to home, but being on the other side of the Kent estuary, have mainly passed under my radar until recently. Foulshaw Moss figures prominently as a vast yellow expanse in … Continue reading →

Posted in Caterpillars, Damselflies, Flies, Grasses, Moths, Wildflowers | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Roeburndale

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Back in the late eighties, in the final months of my lengthy sojourn in Manchester, I discovered, just down the road from the sweeping coliseums of the Hulme crescent block where I lived, a nondescript shop-front which hid the local … Continue reading →

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A Golden Y, and Bugs and Spiders Galore

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

To get to Allen hide B and I had a short stroll along the edge of a meadow. The path was lined with tall grass and nettles. Maybe it was his height, maybe his 20/20 vision or maybe B is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bugs, Caterpillars, Flies, Moths, Spiders | 2 Comments

50 things to do before you’re 11¾

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

45. Find your way with a map and compass A and B seem to have caught the orienteering bug. We’ve been a few times now. Just this month, B and I tried the National Trust’s new course on Sizergh Fell … Continue reading →

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Brigsteer Woods Revisited

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

In the afternoon of my morning stroll around Eaves Wood and Haweswater, I was operating a Dad’s taxi service, dropping A off with our friends who live near Crossthwaite at the head of the Lyth valley. I managed to persuade … Continue reading →

Posted in Brigsteer Woods, Church, Flies, Fungi, Wildflowers | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

The Commercialisation of Blogging

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Following  the recent wide-spread debate and discussion on several outdoor blogs, I thought it best to state…Nah! Only kidding! The day after my afternoon stroll with A (so only a week and a half ago – I’m catching up!), I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Birds, Bugs, Butterflies, Flies, Hoverflies, Leighton Moss, Walking, Wasps | 14 Comments

Every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

After one particularly punishing, protracted period of profuse precipitation I proposed, to my precocious progeny, a peregrination, a perambulation, a postdiluvial promenade to the Pepper Pot. Only A took me up on the offer. We went to Eaves Wood, did … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterflies, Flies, Hoverflies, Spiders | 9 Comments

Sweet Chestnut Fly Tree

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Or: Fleeting Moments of Wonder II My colleague and friend S had asked me which way I would walk home and I had described the route over Warton Crag which I had followed the week before, but when I reached … Continue reading →

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Over the Crag…at Last!

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

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 | 6 Comments