May 18, 2015Wales Coast PathWe’re just back from walking a section of the recently completed Wales Coast Path, from Chepstow to Port Eynon. Some really nice bits but...
Apr 23, 2015Scafell from Wrynose 20th April 20159 1/2 miles 830 metres ascent 7 hours 15 minutes View the route on plotaroute.com Scafell (left) and Scafell Pike (right) in the distance...
Apr 15, 2015Ribblehead to Dentdale via Whernside, 13th April 201512 miles 850 metres ascent 6 hours 4o minutes See the route on plotaroute.com We don’t often get to Dentdale. It’s a little out of the...
Apr 12, 2015Gargrave to Malham 11th April 201514 miles 300 metres ascent View the route on plotaroute.com A shock to the system as winter returned after a week of summer. Gale force...
Apr 10, 2015Cragg Vale, 8th April 201510.5 miles, 400 metres ascent 5.5 hours See the route on plotaroute.com Stoodley Pike monument from just before Withens Gate. It had...
Mar 29, 2015St Sunday Crag 25th March 20158 miles 960 metres ascent 5 1/2 hours Route map on plotaroute.com Walks go wrong for all sorts of reasons. Today it was a cock-up in the...
Mar 20, 2015Langdale round, 17th March 201510 miles 1440 metres ascent View the route on plotaroute.com Redacre Gill looking to Harrison Stickle just after leaving the road to...
Mar 11, 2015Langdale, Scafell Pike and the Isle of Man13 miles 1500 metres ascent 8h 20m View a route map on plotaroute.com Driving to the lakes from home for a day walk limits your options...
Mar 9, 2015To Luddenden Dean, 7th March 20159 1/2 miles, 5 1/2 hours Joy, Gill and I wanted a good walk but with a pub for lunch. I traced this out on the map with the Cat I’th Well...
Mar 8, 2015Pavey Ark, 25th November 2014A quick round from the New Dungeon Ghyll hotel up to Pavey Ark by the main paths. A very heavily overcast day, so you have to be happy...
Mar 8, 2015Longsleddale, November 2014Sadgill, Shipman Knotts, Kentmere Pike, Harter Fell, Gatesarth Pass, Longsleddale, Sadgill. 8 1/4 miles, 640 metres ascent 17th November...
Mar 5, 2015Crinkle Crags, December 2014Pike o’Stickle, Gimmer, and Middlefell Buttress/Raven Crag Pike o’Stickle and Gimmer crag. I’ve only been on Crinkle Crags once, over ten...
Mar 4, 2015Dove and Hart Crags, Lake District, 16th December 2014This route from the car park at the north end of Brothers water, just along from Hartsop, goes up a path to a pass between Dove Crag on...
Mar 4, 2015Meol Eilio from Llanberis28th December 2014 From Llanberis, Moel Eilio, Foel Gron, Foel Goch. Perfect sunny weather, plenty of snow on the ground, and not too...
Feb 28, 2015Angletarn Pikes, Lakes, 7th Feb 2015A day trip for Joy and I, not a big day out but fantastic weather (almost down to t-shirts at one point). Most of snow had been stripped...
Feb 23, 2015Grassington to Kettlewell, 11th Feb 2015Grassington to Kettlewell 15 miles, about 340 metres ascent Start – 10:15am, end – 4:30 pm. The forecast was for grey but dry weather. I...
Feb 23, 2015Wetherlam and Swirl How, 3rd Feb 2015Tilberthwaite car park, wetherlam edge, wetherlam, swirl hause, swirl how, levers hause, levers water, coppermines valley youth hostel,...
Feb 22, 2015Home to Hebden Bridge Circular, 29th Jan 2015From home, via Tod, shepherds rest, langfield common, stoodley pike, kilnshaw lane, edge of cock hill moor, buckley stone, hebden. Return...
Jan 26, 2015Wetherlam, January 2015In a depressingly drear winter monday looked great. Lots of sun, cold, no wind, and the chance of snow and ice adventures. I didn’t...