Which Way to Walk up Helvellyn?
I was up Helvellyn last week. A glorious blue sky day in what I am sure is going to be remembered as the ‘summer of 2018’. So...
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It has been so glorious the past few weeks. Weather almost unprecedented in Cumbria, Scotland and Yorkshire for that matter. ...
Read MoreOnly one Peak
I am, again, going to be ‘hurrying’ over the Yorkshire Three Peaks. Soon. Tomorrow! But this walk was merely a wander at leisure...
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Immersion or submersion? There was, at times, a feeling of drowning. Not knowing, not having any idea of what the ?.. was going on....
Read MoreBest of the Bluebells
There are a lot, many, mucho…. bluebells on this blog! In May it is impossible to no go and wander through the woodlands of south Cumbria...
Read MoreMoments in Madrid
Is it possible to ‘do a city’ in four days? The Lonely Planet told me I was practically a local if I stayed that long. Certainly it...
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