walking | Reasons to go North

It’s August. I think. Visitors have flocked to the Lake District despite the unseasonably ‘dreich’ weather. Pummelling rain showers...

Posted by reasons on Jul 23, 2017 in Blog, Cumbria, UK, Walking | 0 comments

Despite stair-rods of rain battering the windows of my ‘weekend retreat’, on Greenhow hill, at dawn, it eventually drifted away to clear...

Posted by reasons on Jul 19, 2017 in Blog, Cumbria, Walking | 0 comments

Cumbria compared to Scotland is small and compact. But I’m still finding hidden corners, often empty, and different ways up hills. Even in...

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,...

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...