Reasons to go North

A dull day traipse over the moors from Grassington. A walk which I’m sure would be lovely if the sun were shining and the skylarks were...

Maps have become one of my vague obsessions. I have stacks of them. No matter how tatty or full of holes they become. Stuck together...

A weekend for repeating, well worn tracks, looking at detail. Taking friends to see Malham Cove, Levens Hall. Everyone sees things in...

Posted by reasons on Sep 21, 2016 in Blog, UK, Walking | 0 comments

Having only recently, with some surprise, discovered Clougha, in the Forest of Bowland, Then I find this AONB has a Mountain Rescue. Which...

You might have expected to find Mallory, Hillary and Bonington in the high Himalayas. Now you find them loitering on the heady heights of...