Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Jul 14, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, UK | 0 comments

The Dales were much quieter this weekend. Le Tour has gone, steep hills devoid of cyclist. There is an odd yellow bicycle...

Frequent visits have coloured my idea of walking in Nidderdale with vast sky over wild moors. Peat bogs and tussocks, dramatic drops and...

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

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...

Our 11th and penultimate day, crossing the north York Moors. It was a day of grouse and stones. There has been the odd grouse on other...