Reasons to go North

The dreary drifts of November grey. Cold nights, damp dawns and leaden skies. In valleys, on lakes , the weighted coat of autumn wrapped...

Autumn this year has stretched on. Golden leaves. Red leaves. Yellow leaves. Draped over lanes Reflected in tarns and stretched over...

Just because I think Cumbria is so wonderful, and I was born here, and eventually found my way back, I have this odd thread of thought...

Ancient routes criss cross the fells. From Langdale to Borrowdale. The Cumbria Way traces through, up and over Stake Pass between...

The Indian summer continues ‘up north’. Even at the weekend. Soft white morning mists hanging in valleys, slowly clearing to blue. Wast...

An Indian Summer. At last some sunshine. High pressure and blue sky. When the schools have closed and the majority of tourists have fled...