Reasons to go North

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...

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

Posted by reasons on Sep 18, 2015 in Blog, Walking | 0 comments

After a week of sublime sunshine, true to form, the weather broke for the weekend. Saturday washout followed by a Sunday dampened...

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

Wainwright’s Outlying Fells are proving more lovely, for the most part, than I anticipated. The walks aren’t that long but they...

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,...