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Read MoreStreet Scenes from Zadar
After Ryan air and a 7 hour bus drive, cafe society – food – wine and sunshine – walks will follow. Visit the harbout Look at the tower. See the churches Go through the gates. Lunch by the columns Climb the tower, see the round house. sit by the harbour Visit the shops Hear the bells Look through the windows Smell the flowers Eat the food - Enjoy the...
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Read MoreTechnological Rescue
The mist sat on the hills, just for a change. We went for a walk anyway. Sargent Man and High Raise, a couple of hills up behind Stickle Tarn in Langdale, were destinations of the day. The scramble up Stickle Ghyll was clear, but an eerie silence and stillness spread over the tarn. Someone had removed Pavey Arc. Our navigation skills were seriously challenged. Every thing changes...
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Read MoreIngleborough from Clapham
I live very close to junction 36 or the M6. This is not a very salubrious address, but put another way, I live in South Lakeland, on the edge of the Kent Estuary, between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Look one way from the village and you can Kentmere and even the Langdales, on a good day. The other way and the flat top of Ingleborough waits for a walk. Which, at last, is where this...
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Read MoreNew Life on Arnside Knott
Arnside is one of my favourite ‘local’ places and where I invariably end up when a longer walk for the dog and I is not possible. Last weekend was no exception and as I have hundreds of photos of the view already I just concentrated on the new plants emerging in our late spring. Plus I have ‘done the map’. A short walk starting from Arnside Prom, where you can park your car. Good walk for kids with...
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Read MoreBleaberry Fell
Sometimes there has to be a ‘plan B’ but thankfully, it does not always need to be used. With the possibility of low cloud, I had a couple of routes planned from Armboth car park on the west side of Thirlmere. We set off westwards up the side of Cockrigg Crags on the footpath to Watendlath. It is pretty steep way up from the shore to above 400m. Thirlmere was quickly left behind as we walked...
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Read MoreThe Limestone Fringe
Away from Lakeland’s central, more well known peaks, away from Birketts and Wainwrights lie the softer folds of limestone. The escarpments of Farleton Knot, Arnside Knot and the three Scars, Cunswick, Whitbarrow and Scout are not so challenging as many more documented hills, but are often empty of other walkers and can still provide that ‘on top of the world’ sensation. All are on my ‘favourite walks’...
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Read MoreBank Holiday Monday
What a lovely day. The sun shone, yes, even here, in Cumbria, where I often think my blogs are nothing but a belated weather report. I became a tourist for an afternoon and, with mum and dad, went on the National Trust steam yacht gondola on Coniston. For once I was looking up at the hills from the water, not down on the water from a hill. On my last walk up Loughrigg I was delighted to name most of...
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Read MoreEscape the Crowds
A day out with out seeing any other walkers on the hills was quite remarkable and very surprising. Though when I listened to the traffic reports of the M6 car park on my return home, I guess that is where everyone was. I was walking with family due to return to Australia the next day, and not used to walking our hills. This coupled with the uncertain weather situation, made me plan a walk with a low...
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Street Scenes from Zadar
After Ryan air and a 7 hour bus drive, cafe society – food – wine and sunshine – walks will follow. Visit the harbout Look at the tower. See the churches Go through the...
Read MoreZadar via Pula
Thinking maybe I had left the unseasonable weather behind was a misconception. As well as our plane, there was a thunderstorm circling in Zadar air space. The pilot cheerfully announced we had plenty...
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Technological Rescue
The mist sat on the hills, just for a change. We went for a walk anyway. ...
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Ingleborough from Clapham
I live very close to junction 36 or the M6. This is not a very salubrious...
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New Life on Arnside Knott
Arnside is one of my favourite ‘local’ places and where I invariably end up...
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Bleaberry Fell
Sometimes there has to be a ‘plan B’ but thankfully, it does not always need...
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The Limestone Fringe
Away from Lakeland’s central, more well known peaks, away from Birketts and...
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