Category Archives: Walking

Evening Hills: Parlick and Fair Snape Fells + Ingleborough

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

A buy-one-get-one-free offer: two walks for the price of one. Looking over Beacon Fell to the Lancashire Plain and Coast. Whilst we were down in Herefordshire, Andy and I were discussing the all-round magnificence of climbing hills on a summer … Continue reading →

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A Trip to the Marches

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

This Whitsun, like last, we had the great good fortune to be invited over for a few days sojourn down in Herefordshire with our old friends over at chez Surfnslide. After a soggy start, even the weather decided to cooperate, … Continue reading →

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Roeburndale – Bluebells, Bogs, Barns, Birds and Blueskies!

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

After our visit to Roeburndale last year I promised myself a return visit this spring. I chose the bank holiday weekend, thinking that even then this would be a quiet spot – and it was. No map for this walk … Continue reading →

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Miterdale revisited: Illgill Head and Whin Rigg again.

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

Another gathering of the clans, a few weeks back now. This time our annual May Bank Holiday camping trip to Church Stile at Nether Wasdale. A good time was had by all. Lots of football was played, sometimes in the … Continue reading →

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North Side of Ennerdale: Bowness Knott to Seat

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

This walk was just a week after my walk on Dow Crag, but has had to wait patiently to be posted due to work, work and…well, yet more work, getting in the way of everything bar eating, sleeping and just … Continue reading →

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Sharp’s Lot Picnic + Eat Your Greens II

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

And then – it was warm! Only for a day, but what a boon. We walked the short distance to Sharp’s Lot, not a new novel by Bernard Cornwell, but along with Pointer Wood and Clarke’s Lot, a small National … Continue reading →

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Dow Crag from Torver

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

The MWIS forecast was predicting the best chance of cloud free summits in the South and West. I was fancying a Birkett bagging trip, but also felt drawn to the Coniston Fells, where I’ve ticked off all of the higher … Continue reading →

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Warton Crag and the Three Brothers (2 and 36)

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Another cold and bright day, just over a week ago now. (I’m getting quite behind, which is good: it’s because we’re getting out together a lot.) We decided to head for Warton Crag. The boys and I had been here … Continue reading →

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17 – Hawes Water

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

An early peek through the curtains revealed a pale blue sky and a hard frost. The rest of the house was quiet, everyone else asleep, so I crept out into the sun’s first rays for an early constitutional.   Barring … Continue reading →

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Luib Weekend – The Stob

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

It’s March – time for a weekend away with the boys! Last weekend we were at the Luib Hotel between Killin and Crianlarich. The cloud was quite low on the Saturday morning and it was raining a little. Strong winds … Continue reading →

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