UK | Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on May 27, 2016 in Blog, Other Places, Slider Blogs, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Plas Y Brenin

I’ve spent nearly a year now ticking off boxes and completing tasks towards obtaining my Mountain Leader accreditation. From my first...

Posted by reasons on Apr 4, 2016 in Blog, Elsewhere, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Easter Sunday – Braemar

Easter Sunday in Braemar. MWIS announced more gales and rain. Over breakfast the sun shone. We gambled on the weather not playing to the...

Posted by reasons on Apr 2, 2016 in Blog, Elsewhere, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Braemar

So now I’ve walked my first Corbett. After the Wainwrights I have no intention of embarking on another list. Morrone, the hill,...

Posted by reasons on Mar 16, 2016 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Different Views

A bit like ‘coals to Newcastle’. A Weekend in London, much of it spent walking. Round parks and gardens. Along riverbanks and canals Even...

Posted by reasons on Jan 24, 2016 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Needle in a Haystack

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...

Posted by reasons on Jan 13, 2016 in Blog, Cumbria, Slider Blogs, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Familiar

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