Category: JUST WALKING

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THE THREE SUMMITEERS

A story of three mates growing apart, negligible navigation and a magical discovery.

Tags 1960's, coming of age, fiction, hiking, Hill Walking, Lake District, Lakeland tale, short story

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LOSING MY MOUNTAIN MOJO – AND HOW I GOT IT BACK.

Post author By Steve Haworth
Post date Dec 23, 2023
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The story of how I fell out of love with hill walking and the part that the Lake District played in helping me rekindle what had been a life-long passion.

Tags ageing, Fellwalking, Hill Walking, Lake District, Lakeland, LAKES, Rambling, walking

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Tweed suits to Gore-Tex (Part 2)

Post author By Steve Haworth
Post date Sep 30, 2023
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In Part 1, I traced the evolution of the recreational walker from the time of the Romantic Poets to today’s internet era. Here I look at what they wore and the equipment they used.

Tags Fellwalking, Hill Walking, Outdoor shops, Rambling, Right to Roam, walking, Walking gear, Wordsworth

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Tweed suits to Gore-Tex (Part 1)

Post author By Steve Haworth
Post date Sep 30, 2023
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Here I trace the history of walking for pleasure in the UK. Romantic Poets, Kinder trespassers, disciples of Alfred Wainwright and the most recent species of walker, pandemic perambulators, are all met along the way.

Tags Fellwalking, Hill Walking, History of walking, Outdoor shops, Rambling, Right to Roam, walking, Walking gear, Wordsworth

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MY RELUCTANT CONVERSION TO PEAK BAGGING

Post author By Steve Haworth
Post date Jan 27, 2023
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Where I confess to having been wrong to resist the challenge of completing Wainwrights 214 fells for so long and try to convey the sense of satisfaction and unexpected joy in finally ticking off all the summits in his books.