Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Apr 15, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 2 comments

Two hundred and fourteen. A random number to most of the worlds populace, but to those odd few who are fans, followers or addicts of one...

Posted by reasons on Apr 11, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Grike, Crag Fell, Lank Rigg. Three Wainwrights whose reputation had preceded them. Not for being big. Not for being difficult. Just for...

Posted by reasons on Apr 6, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

My quest to complete the AWs has led to some odd combinations of routes and made me ponder a little more about the topography of Cumbria...

Spring has come early to Evia. ...

Posted by reasons on Mar 21, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

There was a weather window in Borrowdale today. As if by arrangement the sleet battering my windscreen, as I drove down the valley to...

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