Conishead Priory Walks
A couple of walks to Conishead Priory woods and beach, one in snow, and one to see the snowdrops. ...
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Bellringers’ Walk to Dunnerholme
Andy, Tower Captain of St. James in Barrow had organised a New Year walk to blow away the cobwebs. Well, it was certainly windy enough, plus it was bitterly cold. On the plus side it was lovely and sunny. We all met at Askam beach car park for the wa...
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
To celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary Brendan and I decided to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield. A 500 acre outdoor art gallery in the Bretton Estate. It takes a whole day to see all the sculpures, we still have some to go back...
Winter at Sizergh
We visited Sizergh to see their Winter Light Walk. Sizergh has been the home of the Stricklands since 1239. We arrived late afternoon, allowing us time to visit the gardens in daylight, before seeing the light display after dark. The post below has m...
Greenburn Horseshoe with Tom
There was snow on the fells so Tom and I decided to walk the Greenburn Horseshoe which includes Steel Fell, Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and usually Helm Crag. We parked in the lay-by nearest to the road that leads down then up to Steel Fell. ...
Kelly Hall Tarn & More
Today was a nice day, but rather windy so I decided to visit a few low level places: Kelly Hall Tarn, Yew Tree Tarn, Elterwater and Coniston Water. So this blog is just a few photos from those places, a short car journey between each. ...
Beacon Fell & Tarn
It was a nice day so I headed to Blawith to climb up to Beacon Fell. I parked in the car park. The mist was down so I headed along the road trying to locate my usual point of entry for the start of the walk, which I did, and headed up through the mis...
Dunnerholme Rock & Askam Pier
It was a lovely day so I parked in the car park for a walk on the beach to Dunnerhome Rock and then back the other way to Askam Pier. Then back home in time to see King Charles drive past the end of my road! ...
Lingmoor Fell & Blea Tarn
I left home later than usual as the cloud was down over the southern fells, but it was due to lift later in the morning. On my drive to Elterwater the cloud was still down over the fells so I decided to take my time and take a longer route up to Ling...
Greendale: Wastwater Swim
Today was a warm day, ideal for a swim, so I walked to Wastwater and turned left towards Wasdale Head. ...
