Reasons to go North

The first cold snap. Some what late in mid November. At last the hills seen from my bedroom window were white. I remember when snow...

The weekend did not hold out much promise for walking. With MWIS promising gales, torrential rain with zero chance of sunshine. Radio...

Clouds sat low. Drenched. Low pressure pushing stair rods of rain. No chance of last week’s escape by climbing higher. A day when tacit...

The dreary drifts of November grey. Cold nights, damp dawns and leaden skies. In valleys, on lakes , the weighted coat of autumn wrapped...

Autumn this year has stretched on. Golden leaves. Red leaves. Yellow leaves. Draped over lanes Reflected in tarns and stretched over...