Reasons to go North

I live very close to junction 36 or the M6. This is not a very salubrious address, but put another way, I live in South Lakeland, on the...

Posted by reasons on May 18, 2013 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 4 comments

Arnside is one of my favourite ‘local’ places and where I invariably end up when a longer walk for the dog and I is not possible. Last...

Posted by reasons on May 9, 2013 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Away from Lakeland’s central, more well known peaks, away from Birketts and Wainwrights lie the softer folds of limestone. The...

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

Cumbria is far more versatile for walking than most people imagine, and yet again I found myself over on the east side of the Lakes, in...

I haven’t been to Wales very much, at least socially. In the late 1980s I worked there on and off, but bar that I visited a well known...

The hike up Catstye Cam had been so wonderful, and eager to take advantage of the weekend Rosie and I found ourselves inexplicably drawn...