Walking | Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Dec 29, 2013 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | Comments Off on History Lesson

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...

Posted by reasons on Dec 22, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Studley Royal

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 | Comments Off on Wind Rain and Mist

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 | Comments Off on Facebook Fells

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...

Posted by reasons on Nov 24, 2013 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 2 comments

A tale of two halves. A walk in two parts, and may be a desire to go back to my ostrich technique, don’t read or listen to, tales of the...