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Bow Fell and a Bit More

Posted by on Jun 22, 2016 in Blog, Cumbria, Slider Blogs, Walking | Comments Off on Bow Fell and a Bit More

Same hill.   Different route, different weather.   Kind of. Bow Fell, at the top of Langdale, a hill I’d only been up once, in the snow.  ...

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Outlying Fells of Swindale

Posted by on Jun 15, 2016 in Blog, Cumbria, Slider Blogs, Walking | Comments Off on Outlying Fells of Swindale

Even Wainwright mentions ‘parking’ in Swindale.    Public transport to the central fells would now present a challenge, the outlying fells...

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Monros and Midges

Posted by on Jun 5, 2016 in Blog, Other Places, Slider Blogs, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Monros and Midges

  After Easter’s foray ‘up north’ and the typical Scottish weather.  It was a shock to to have temperatures around 20oc.  In a half...

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Hills and Bells

Posted by on May 16, 2016 in Blog, Cumbria, Slider Blogs, Walking | Comments Off on Hills and Bells

May so far has brought snow, soaring temperatures and back to frost. If we’re confused then heavens knows what nature thinks. Amazingly...

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Snow to Sunburn

Posted by on May 8, 2016 in Blog, Cumbria, Slider Blogs, Walking | Comments Off on Snow to Sunburn

Brothers Water belies a comfortable calm nestled below the harshness of Kirkstone Pass. Hartsop Dodd hung still in the early morning. ...

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