Jan 8It was a happy christmas -Coniston Old ManDuring a very grey and largely wet Christmas week staying in the Lake District we did have one beautiful day which just happened to be Ch...
Aug 11, 2019A Wensleydale roundA walk around the south side of Wensleydale. Gayle 9 miles 560 metres View the route on plotaroute.com This is a beautiful and varied wal...
Jul 2, 2019Conistone Circular – monochrome dalesA circular high level route from Conistone in Wharfedale. Wharfedale View the route on plotaroute.com 9.5 miles 450 metres ascent A did t...
Jan 29, 2019The Old Man of ConistonThis is a classic circuit of the hills above Coniston. Up to the Old Man of Coniston, around the head of the valley to Dow Crag, along th...
Jan 27, 2019St Sunday Crag Winter WonderlandThe High Street range from St Sunday Crag Nowadays it isn’t often that you get so much snow in the Lake District. Add in clear blue sky a...
Apr 9, 2018SwaledaleRoute map on plotaroute.com Joy and I did a wonderful walk around Swaledale yesterday. Despite a less than good forecast it was perfect w...
Feb 6, 2018Easedale snow panoramasSt Sunday Crag seen through Grisedale Hause, Fairfield on the right, Dollywagon Pike on the left. Joy and I went to the Lake District for...
Oct 6, 2017Snowdon sidewaysView the route on plotaroute.com 7 miles 1100 metres ascent The route I found in the book starts at Blaen-y-Nant, half way up Llanberis p...
Oct 4, 2017Snowdon by the back wayMynydd Mawr rears above the hamlet of Rhyd Ddu with a steam train just about to arrive in the station on picture left. www.plotaroute.com...
Jul 11, 2017Crinkle Crags8 miles 770 metres ascent 6 hours round trip Route map on plotaroute.com I’ve done this walk before but not for some time. Starting in La...
May 16, 2017Place Fell from BrotherswaterSorry about the lack of posts recently, been distracted… I haven’t been going out on big mountain walks for quite a while due to achilles...
Jan 3, 2017More from the Vale of ClwydFollowing the lovely walk we did last week, we did another in the same area with a slight overlap, starting from the tiny village of Grai...
Dec 27, 2016Moel GywJoy and I did a great walk around the south-eastern end of the Clwydian range in north Wales, the physical and metaphorical high point be...
Jan 27, 2016Bwlch Tryfan, 19th January 2016This was Joy’s last hurrah before going back to full time work so we made the effort to get to the mountains and find some snow. We did a...
Jan 26, 2016Ambleside to Troutbeck, 17th January 2016Joy and I made the journey to Ambleside in hopes of catching the snow at its best and we weren’t disappointed. We did the very popular wa...
Jul 20, 2015Ambling and scrambling in Langdale 15th July 2015A day for exploration among the crags of Langdale. 6 miles 741 metres ascent 6 1/2 hours Scrambling at about grade 1 View the route on pl...
Jun 11, 2015Harter Fell scramble 7th June 20156.5 miles 650 metres of ascent Grade II scrambling View the route on plotaroute.com Much nicer weather than yesterday encouraged us to go...
Jun 11, 2015Eskdale Green to Burnmoor Tarn 6th June 201510.5 miles 459 metres ascent 6 hours View the route on plotaroute.com Although in the heart of the mountains we decided on this lower wal...
May 31, 2015Fairfield and St Sunday Crag, 27th May 201510 miles 1000 metres ascent 5 hours 45 minutes View the route on plotaroute.com I think this was a first time walking along Deepdale and ...
May 20, 2015Kentmere round, 20th May 201512.5 miles 1158 metres ascent 7 hours See the route on Plotaroute If you plan to walk from Kentmere get there early. The tiny parking are...