Reasons to go North

A weekend for repeating, well worn tracks, looking at detail. Taking friends to see Malham Cove, Levens Hall. Everyone sees things in...

Posted by reasons on Sep 21, 2016 in Blog, UK, Walking | 0 comments

Having only recently, with some surprise, discovered Clougha, in the Forest of Bowland, Then I find this AONB has a Mountain Rescue. Which...

You might have expected to find Mallory, Hillary and Bonington in the high Himalayas. Now you find them loitering on the heady heights of...

Posted by reasons on Sep 7, 2016 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Though one of the North Cumbrian icons, sitting bold and brash above Keswick, I can’t say Skiddaw is one of my favourite hills. Going up...

Yet another scenic byway heads west from Portland. A little south from the Columbia River. Through peripheral towns of Wood Village and...