First of the white stuff
At last it has snowed! Seriously wondering whether winter was ever going to happen this year, we have had a covering, may be ever briefly...
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Way up another Wainwright or Three
My first Lake District Walk of the new year. To Haweswater reservoir, that which drowns the valley of Mardale. Mardale, is a mere...
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Walking the Cumbria Way – Hints, Tips and Practicalities
If I’m in the Lake District I’m usual on a hill, on my way up, or down. The challenge of bagging Wainwrights has been and...
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Walking the Cumbria Way In Five Days
Beginning in Ulverston, the CW wanders as due north as possible. Bar a brief hiccough on day two. Through the Lake District National Park,...
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Autumn in Cumbria
It’s been a while since I published on here. Blame houses. Or rather the ridiculously stressful system of buying and selling...
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A hike through the Balkans
The last time I crossed the Balkans, the map wore different colours. Travelling through, what was then Yugoslavia, to Greece in the...
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