The View from the Shard . . . 4.4.16
How lucky am I? . . . Our neighbour Jane generously decided to share her fantastic gift of a trip to The Shard in London and afternoon tea with me – a great excuse to take a day off work … Continued
A Photographic Journal of Lake District Walks and other walks/events
How lucky am I? . . . Our neighbour Jane generously decided to share her fantastic gift of a trip to The Shard in London and afternoon tea with me – a great excuse to take a day off work … Continued
Silver How rises above the village of Grasmere – from the Chemist shop look towards the village and there’s Silver How our goal for today. After being sunburnt yesterday on our walk to Blencathra I kept myself well covered today! … Continued
Castle Crag is the smallest of Wainwright’s 214 fells – but it didn’t feel that easy when we walked it, and I agree with Wainwright that it deserves more than just a paragraph at the end of the chapter on … Continued
A perfect day to climb Blencathra via Halls Fell before descending to Scales Tarn and ascending once more to the summit via the tricky Sharp Edge Route then finally descending via Foule Crag and Roddick Fell back to Gategill Farm. … Continued
A great walk though the first half was hampered by poor visibility . . . it just means we’ll have to do it again when the views are clearer. Quite an achievement with eight Wainwright fells having been climbed – … Continued
Having driven up from Pal’s parents in Birmingham we decided to stop off at the Rheged Centre to have a quick bite to eat before setting off on our first walk of the holiday. We were lucky be able to … Continued
Today we were heading for Loweswater to meet up with Roger and Ann Hiley and their dogs, Harry and Dylan. I met Roger a few years ago when he was working at George Fisher’s in Keswick and he spent hours … Continued
Unusually today there’s only Pal and I as Mila is alway on a school trip to the Bay of Naples in Italy! It feels strange being in the Lake District without her. WAINWRIGHT BOOK: The Southern Fells Book 4 DIFFICULTY: … Continued
We drove up to the Lake District this morning after having stayed at Pal’s parents in Birmingham. This was to be our first walk in many years without Mila who was on a Latin trip in Italy, it feels very … Continued