WATENDLATH AND BORROWDALE
Breathtaking views on the climb to a picture-postcard tarn, a delightful valley and just watching the river flow into Derwentwater.
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BOREDALE AND ULLSWATER
Worshipping the fells at a ruined chapel, descending a big valley and strolling by a lake along Wainwright’s “most beautiful and rewarding walk”.
LATRIGG & THE RIVER GRETA
A minor Wainwright, a major view and a scenic riverside trail.
THE LANGDALE PIKES (WELL, TWO OF THEM)
The first Lakeland “Over the Hill Hike”: one that put me on track to rediscovering my mountain mojo.
A COLEDALE ROUND
I describe the second of my Lakeland “Over the Hill Hikes”: one that put me firmly back on track after an unexpected “wobble”.
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.
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Tweed suits to Gore-Tex (Part 2)
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.
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Tweed suits to Gore-Tex (Part 1)
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.
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.
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A LAKELAND LOVE AFFAIR.
A life changing walk reveals a wonderland on my doorstep…….. and I escape from the Scouts to explore it.
Over the hill - on Dartmoor & in Lakeland. I 