Reasons to go North

In my rather slow trek towards Mountain Leader status I’ve to make sure I can navigate myself without the aid of all the great technology...

Everyone was put off by the weather and so a trip up and over the Coledlale Horseshoe was sensibly cancelled. High winds, blustery showers...

Clouds sat low. Drenched. Low pressure pushing stair rods of rain. No chance of last week’s escape by climbing higher. A day when tacit...

Lucky to grab time out on a rare sunny day, in what has to be one of the wettest summers in forever, and walk in Yorkshire. Open sky,...

Conveniently living on the join between two National Parks, it’s as easy for me to venture over to the Dales as to the Lakes. A forecast...

Posted by reasons on Aug 9, 2015 in Blog, UK, Walking | 0 comments

A rare blue day in the summer 2015 and I only had a half a day to get outdoors. Rather than battle the late Saturday traffic and head for...