Reasons to go North

From a solitary stroll one day to the exhilaration of a Grade 1 Scramble the next. No one can complain that there is lack of variety in...

Posted by reasons on Apr 19, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Windermere – Rydal – Grasmere – Thirlmere. Soft white mist rising from the images of inverted hills. Early morning quiet undisturbed,...

Posted by reasons on Apr 15, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 2 comments

Two hundred and fourteen. A random number to most of the worlds populace, but to those odd few who are fans, followers or addicts of one...

Posted by reasons on Apr 6, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

My quest to complete the AWs has led to some odd combinations of routes and made me ponder a little more about the topography of Cumbria...

Posted by reasons on Mar 21, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

There was a weather window in Borrowdale today. As if by arrangement the sleet battering my windscreen, as I drove down the valley to...