My first Lakeland Walk of 2012 and it was Billy no Mates. Keith rang on the Sunday to say he had flu and couldn’t go for a walk. It was if to or not for me but I decided to go with my camera and walking gear and either have a day of photography or if the weather was OK I would go for a walk. There can be no worse feeling than tramping up a fell side in bad weather on your own as no-one tells you to shut up when you complain. Continue reading
Keith and I invited our good friend Bob Shepherd to come to the Lakes. We decided he needed a break from his seven day job of running his business. www.safefoam.co.uk He must have been ready for it as he agreed!! Continue reading
A Nice Run with a Stiff Start
A Relatively Moderate Walk with Magnificent Views.
It was an awful weather forecast for the Lake District but our usual optimism took us up the M6 to Junction 36 and Dave and Pete’s bacon butty van in the first lay by on the A590 Kendal Road. Continue reading
There was little apprehension of the weather being bad in the Lake District as we drove up the M6, it was more a factual resignation that we would get wet sometime during the day. We hoped that the rain and snow promised would be late in the afternoon and we would just miss it.
It was throwing it down in Blackburn but the weather forecast for the lakes said the afternoon would be brighter. Faced with the prospect of a definite wet run around Darwen Moors or a possible better afternoon in Buttermere we set off up the M6. Continue reading
CATHEDRAL QUARRY
A short easy family walk with a big surprise. 3 Kilometres round trip about 1 hour dependant on sight seeing or picnic.