Which Way to Walk up Helvellyn?
I was up Helvellyn last week. A glorious blue sky day in what I am sure is going to be remembered as the ‘summer of 2018’. So...
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Wild Camping Weather
It has been so glorious the past few weeks. Weather almost unprecedented in Cumbria, Scotland and Yorkshire for that matter. ...
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Spring to Winter and Back Again
There’s been much recent ‘talk’, quite rightly so, about how many people have been rescued this year in the Lakes. Going out in the...
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Friday in February
Langdale was quiet at 8 am. I wound my way in to the valley while a tractor, just ahead, scattered sheep feeding in the...
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More Snow Days
The snow continues. At least on the mountains. Though there is still the fickle cycle of ‘freeze – thaw’. Miss those...
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