Blea Tarn & Side Pike
I drove to Old Dungeon Ghyll NT car park in Great Langdale to walk over to Blea Tarn and returning via Side Pike. Good weather was expected today. The walk was about five miles and would take three hours. ...
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School Knott & Grandsire
A solo walk up to School Knott and Grandsire, which are on either side of School Knott Tarn. A three and a half mile easy walk which takes about two hours. Today was wind free so the tarn had some lovely reflections. ...
Gummers How with Cows!
A quick solo walk up to Gummers How and down to the tarn, returning by the road. ...
Roudsea Wood Walk For Paul
My friend Paul Bryden died on October 4th 2023. On the day of his funeral, in his memory, I decided to go on a walk to his favourite place. I packed a thermos flask of ‘mighty fine coffee’, a cheese and chilli jam sandwich and played Stee...
Derwent Water Ramble
It has been four months since my last post. Unfortunately plantar fasciitis has meant that I have not been able to do any walks over the whole of the summer. Thankfully a steroid injection in my heel has reduced the inflammation and I have now starte...
South Walney Nature Reserve with John & Friends
A walk in the South Walney Nature Reserve with John and some friends from Hest Bank. Plus a coffee break at Clarissa’s lighthouse cottage. ...
BBC Gardeners’ World Live
In June Brendan and I went to the NEC in Birmingham to see the BBC Gardeners’ World Live exhibition. We went to the very first one in the early 1990’s, it was small and informal, and you could go up and chat to presenter Geoff Hamilton, a...
Bellringers’ Walk around Urswick
A Barrow St. James bellringers’ walk around Urswick, organised by Tower Captain, Andy. The 6.5 mile circuit that would take four hours, and preceded the Furness and South Lakeland Branch monthly ringing meeting at the church in the afternoon. W...
Haystacks & Fleetwith Pike
A circular, 8 mile walk from Honister with Sue, taking the back route to Haystacks with views down into Ennerdale, a detour to Warnscale Bothy, then on to Dubs Hut and Fleetwith Pike. We parked at Honister NT car park, next to the slate mine. I had d...
Whitehaven to St. Bees
A walk with son, Tom, from Whitehaven to St. Bees along the cliff top path, taking the train from Barrow. This is the first time we have done it in this direction, usually we start at St. Bees. From station to station it is 9 miles and takes about fo...
