UK | Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on May 4, 2014 in Blog, Food, Other Places, UK | Comments Off on Harrogate Highlights

If you have to abandon the natural landscape for urbanisation then put genteel Harrogate high on the list. Betty’s for...

Posted by reasons on Mar 16, 2014 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Wye Valley Woodlands

Rolling hills and wooded slopes of the Wye Valley, somewhat softer than Cumbria. Even the weather was kinder. For the first time this...

Posted by reasons on Jan 29, 2014 in Blog, Other Places, UK | Comments Off on Returning and Reminiscing

For around 20 years the flat land of Warwickshire was my home. At various times the Malverns or Cotswolds the nearest thing I got to a...

Posted by reasons on Dec 22, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Studley Royal

A different kind of walk from last Saturday’s wild wind and rain at the National Trust’s Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal...

Posted by reasons on Dec 11, 2013 in Blog, I like, Other Places, UK | Comments Off on London Flat

Thankfully after the somewhat protracted journey south last Thursday the weekend kicked in to a wonderful flurry of meeting...

Posted by reasons on Dec 10, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK | 2 comments

What a day to go south. Only the worst storms since whenever blew over the north. Scotland was closed. No trains from Glasgow or...