Reasons to go North

A different kind of walk from last Saturday’s wild wind and rain at the National Trust’s Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal...

Sometimes nature is not obliging. Things move. They dance about in the wind. They fly or run or leap. Light dodges around trees or shines...

Posted by reasons on Oct 27, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK | 0 comments

Spotted a flock of Fieldfares feasting on berries. Tree stripped in half an hour! ...

Grey sky, grey walls and muted colour merged into into an endless apron of rolling dales. Autumn may have turned the woodlands into a rash...

Posted by reasons on Sep 8, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK | 0 comments

Day 8, Richmond. 117 miles down, only 73 to go. Today was virtually a rest day. Only 11 casual miles from the picturesque village of...