Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Jan 5, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Wipers fought hard to clear the screen as I drove over Shap. On the quieter A591 water dripped from drooping branches, seeped across the...

Posted by reasons on Dec 29, 2013 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

A few months ago I was scrabbling about in the ‘bargain bin’ at a local farm shop and pulled out The Tarns of Lakeland by John and Anne...

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 15, 2013 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Boots and kit just about dried out I was ready to hike up this my last AW Eastern. Planned a week or so ago when the weather forecast was...

Posted by reasons on Dec 14, 2013 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 2 comments

One of the advantages of living in Cumbria is that you can pick your days to walk. Avoiding the wet miserable days with little hope of...

Posted by reasons on Dec 1, 2013 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Social Media and Cumbria Hills don’t sound synonymous but I was invited to join a Facebook walking group and so for a day at least, I...