Reasons to go North

Maps have become one of my vague obsessions. I have stacks of them. No matter how tatty or full of holes they become. Stuck together...

There are not many days where the skies are so clear. Where the whole of Cumbria stretches out. It was certainly a day to stop and “sniff...

A weekend for repeating, well worn tracks, looking at detail. Taking friends to see Malham Cove, Levens Hall. Everyone sees things in...

When I threw into the wind that I wanted to do another wild camp somewhere near a tarn. ‘Hard Tarn’, flew back. It’s not much more than a...

The plans that were for Wales last weekend went astray. It was bank holiday, So traffic. Thinking we were being clever and setting off...

Yet another scenic byway heads west from Portland. A little south from the Columbia River. Through peripheral towns of Wood Village and...