walking | Reasons to go North

From a solitary stroll one day to the exhilaration of a Grade 1 Scramble the next. No one can complain that there is lack of variety in...

As if a chunk of the mainland has been snapped off and then not quite glued back together, Evia is only just an island. Those few hundred...

Posted by reasons on Mar 21, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | Comments Off on Borrowdale Fells

There was a weather window in Borrowdale today. As if by arrangement the sleet battering my windscreen, as I drove down the valley to...

Posted by reasons on Feb 28, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | Comments Off on Reasons to Stay North

So this is why I live here! The sun came out, and I went for a walk! After weeks of rain and wind there was hardly a breath as we...

Posted by reasons on Jan 21, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria | Comments Off on Why Walk Wainwrights?

When I first returned to Cumbria I just walked. Anywhere. I had a dog, Rosie, and she needed to go out anyway. After living in...