When Sue and I did the Middle Fell, Seatallan & Buckbarrow walk back in March we noticed that Joss Naylor’s former cottage in Greendale was now one of Sally’s Holiday Cottages. Joss was a sheep farmer and legendary fell runner. I had…

For a change of scene I drove to Ennerdale and parked at Bowness Knott. Parking here always used to be free. They now want £10 for the time it would take to walk around the lake. There are no machines to take cash or card. It has to be via the RINGO…

I had walked Middle Fell, Seatallan and Buckbarrow again only three months ago, so today I would go up to Middle Fell and return via Greendale Tarn, a walk of about four miles. The weather looked promising, but there was a bit too much low cloud arou…

It had poured down overnight so I decided on a walk via the footpath to Nether Wasdale from Greendale Bridge. I was hoping to return via one of the other two footpaths. I was lucky in that for all the other days I had good weather, and could get up i…

Today was a warm day, ideal for a swim, so I walked to Wastwater and turned left towards Wasdale Head. I have had a good week staying at Little Greendale, some mixed weather, but would definately do it again. There are still plenty of walks here for…

I left Little Greendale just after 7am. The clouds were down over the fells, but I was hoping for a weather window later this morning. I would be walking up to Whin Rigg along the top of the Wasdale Screes to Illgill Head and down to Brackenclose NT…