walking | Reasons to go North

Posted by reasons on Aug 27, 2017 in Blog, Other Places, Walking | Comments Off on Tour of Mont Blanc – An Intro

There are too many superlatives to make my trip to Mont Blanc a ‘quick fix’. So I’m going to start by posting just a sample of the many...

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 | Comments Off on Another Day in Nidderdale

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 | Comments Off on Different Ways Up

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

Posted by reasons on Jul 10, 2017 in Blog, Cumbria, Slider Blogs, Walking | Comments Off on Threlkeld to Rydal

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,...