Reasons to go North

There are not many days where the skies are so clear. Where the whole of Cumbria stretches out. It was certainly a day to stop and “sniff...

‘Hashtag’ Cumbria is open! This weekend it was open and beautiful. With the A591 round Thirlmere still out of action, businesses in...

Coniston and Coniston Old Man are usually synonymous with me and most other walkers. Head to this westerly Cumbrian village and I’m most...

This week will be remembered for the weather. Even on the southern edge of Cumbria my village was cut off by flooding. Houses no...

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...