Other Places | Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Aug 27, 2017 in Blog, Other Places, Walking | Comments Off on Tour of Mont Blanc – An Intro

There are too many superlatives to make my trip to Mont Blanc a ‘quick fix’. So I’m going to start by posting just a sample of the many...

Posted by reasons on Jul 23, 2017 in Blog, Cumbria, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Another Day in Nidderdale

Despite stair-rods of rain battering the windows of my ‘weekend retreat’, on Greenhow hill, at dawn, it eventually drifted away to clear...

Posted by reasons on Jun 24, 2017 in Blog, UK, Walking | Comments Off on A Monro

So to day three and a forecast of more buffering. A case of hedging bets. Hoping for the best and preparing for the...

Posted by reasons on Jun 23, 2017 in Blog, UK, Walking | Comments Off on The Chalamain Gap

Chalamain sounds more the Wild West than Scottish Highlands. But stories were of tents ripped to shreds and maps been blown away rather...

Posted by reasons on Jun 22, 2017 in Blog, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Meall a Bhuachaille

There are no certainties when playing the lottery of Scottish weather. In January I arrived to green, full of disappointment for...

Posted by reasons on Jun 2, 2017 in Blog, Elsewhere, Slider Blogs, Tours and Itineraries | Comments Off on Now for Nantucket

If not literally a flying visit, this 24 hour stay enabled by plane, boat and train encompassed the metaphorical. Boston slows life to a...