Reasons to go North

Lucky to grab time out on a rare sunny day, in what has to be one of the wettest summers in forever, and walk in Yorkshire. Open sky,...

Conveniently living on the join between two National Parks, it’s as easy for me to venture over to the Dales as to the Lakes. A forecast...

Posted by reasons on Aug 16, 2015 in Blog, Cumbria | 0 comments

There is always another way up and over a hill. Always another route. Within the relatively small area ( 885 m2 / 2292 km2 ) , as...

Posted by reasons on Aug 9, 2015 in Blog, UK, Walking | 0 comments

A rare blue day in the summer 2015 and I only had a half a day to get outdoors. Rather than battle the late Saturday traffic and head for...

Four years ago I last went to Kendal Calling. Set, as it still is, in the Lowther Deer park. Sadly the weather this year was not...