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...
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...
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. ...
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...
The dry weather was continuing so Sue and I drove to Ashness Bridge in order to walk up to Walla Crag, Bleaberry Fell, High Seat and High Tove, continuing down to Watendlath cafe and returning along the valley floor. It was an ideal day to tackle The...
Today I parked in the lay-by near Muncaster Castle and took the lane up to Muncaster Tarn and Fell. The weather had been very dry so the extra walk to Silver Knott, which is usually quite boggy, and down to Muncaster Head Farm, was on the cards. I wo...
We have had a long spell of dry weather so Sue and I decided on a walk up Barton Fell from Pooley Bridge to explore The Cockpit Stone Circle and generally have a mooch around before heading to Arthur’s Pike and Bonscale Pike without the risk of...
Thursday was going to be a hot, sunny day so I drove to Hartsop and was walking for 7.30am. I had planned to walk up to The Knott, Kidsty Pike, High Raise, Rampsgill Head, Rest Dodd and The Nab. A walk of 9 miles. ...
On Tuesday Ged and I drove to Buttermere, parking in the NT car park. Now that Ged is 85 the high fells are beyond him, but he was up for a 5 mile flat walk around the lake. ...