The forecast was for perfect mountain weather, blue skies and new powder snow! I made an early start and It had just got light, but had stopped snowing by the time I reached Wythburn car park. The 5.7 mile walk took me five hours, but I took lots of…

On Wednesday Sue and I had planned to drive to Finsthwaite and walk to Finsthwaite Tower and High Dam, a walk of just under 6 miles. (Walk 7 ‘Finsthwaite Tower and The Knott’ from Greenwood Trails, www.ruslandhorizons.org, adding a detour…

On Thursday Brendan and I drove to Miller Bridge car park in Ambleside to walk to Rydal Cave, Rydal Water and Grasmere. A walk of eight miles. The 8 mile walk took us three and a half hours, but that included the stop in the pub. We had a walk around…