Reasons to go North

Colour in Cumbria this year has lingered. From deep red trees in geometrically designed gardens of Rydal Hall Around slightly rippled...

High pressure stillness let autumn seep slowly over the lakes this weekend. Days where nothing much moved. Wonderful if the...

I’ve got used to mountain huts with rows of bunks, Youth Hostel dorms, And when in Vietnam, wooden benches with dilapidated mats on...

Maps have become one of my vague obsessions. I have stacks of them. No matter how tatty or full of holes they become. Stuck together...

There are not many days where the skies are so clear. Where the whole of Cumbria stretches out. It was certainly a day to stop and “sniff...