Reasons to go North

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...

When I threw into the wind that I wanted to do another wild camp somewhere near a tarn. ‘Hard Tarn’, flew back. It’s not much more than a...

Posted by reasons on Sep 7, 2016 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Though one of the North Cumbrian icons, sitting bold and brash above Keswick, I can’t say Skiddaw is one of my favourite hills. Going up...

The plans that were for Wales last weekend went astray. It was bank holiday, So traffic. Thinking we were being clever and setting off...