Reasons to go North

A day out in the snow. Laden down, as usual, with backpacks full of ‘stuff’ just in case. Poles to hike up the hills, food, warm clothes...

Posted by reasons on Oct 1, 2016 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

and back again. Sometimes the rain is a pain. Sometimes plans are change. Other times there is no choice but to go out anyway, and it is...

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

The plan. a quiet stroll ‘around’ the reservoir. In actuality we spent more time in it, or were we ‘on it’? I’ll leave that one...

Spring appeared this week, may be only for a week? Being indoors was tantamount to torture. High pressure kindly hung around till Friday ...