Another Day in Nidderdale
Despite stair-rods of rain battering the windows of my ‘weekend retreat’, on Greenhow hill, at dawn, it eventually drifted away to clear...
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Different Ways Up
Cumbria compared to Scotland is small and compact. But I’m still finding hidden corners, often empty, and different ways up hills. Even in...
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Threlkeld to Rydal
It appeared to be a good idea. MWIS implied the cloud would disperse from the hills later in the day. So an afternoon hike from Threlkeld,...
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Pillar via Yewbarrow
Summer? Is it here? Has it gone already? Hopefully it will come back again. If not maybe it will stay over in Europe, as I’ve...
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The Chalamain Gap
Chalamain sounds more the Wild West than Scottish Highlands. But stories were of tents ripped to shreds and maps been blown away rather...
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