From Thirlmere Canoeing
From Six Dales Circuit
From A Snowy Kentmere Horseshoe
From Black Crag
From Autumn Sunshine
From Rab Mountain Marathon 2012

Remembrance of things past

Sunday, 25th November 2012

It is ages since I have been on a winter walk - must be about a year!

Thirlmere Canoeing

Wednesday, 21st November 2012

When Paul mentioned his plans for a trip to Scotland next spring: canoeing along a loch, along a mountain river, spending a couple nights wild-camping, and climbing a Munro from one of the camp sites, I got quite excited at the thought of joining the team… But, I’ve never even been in a canadian canoe …

Six Dales Circuit

Sunday, 11th November 2012

Yesterday was bright and sunny; a perfect day for running the Six Dales Circuit, organised by the Staffordshire Group of the Long Distance Walkers Association. The 25 miles route went through six Derbyshire dales; Biggin Dale, Wolfscote Dale, Beresford Dale, Lathkill Dale, Bradford Dale and Long Dale. This was the first time we’d run this …

A Snowy Kentmere Horseshoe

Sunday, 4th November 2012

Dave and Fiona were visiting this weekend, and although the weather was awful on Saturday that did mean that on Sunday the fells were cloaked in the first of their wonderful winter coats.

Feeding The Coldest Journey

Sunday, 28th October 2012

"Food, glorious food!" Well, actually, not that glorious....

Cumbria Cross-Country 2012

Sunday, 28th October 2012

A new type of race: cross-country

Black Crag

Sunday, 21st October 2012

What an absolutely glorious Autumn day we had today. The beautiful colours where glowing in the sunshine. Thank goodness we had no reason to not go out.

Autumn Sunshine

Monday, 8th October 2012

Despite the wonderful autumn sunshine it was easy to tell that the weather has consisted of pretty much endless rain for the past several months - the cracks of the main wall of Trowbarrow Quarry were running with water!

Rab Mountain Marathon 2012

Sunday, 7th October 2012

This year the Rab Mountain Marathon started from Wooler in Northumberland. This event is ‘score’ format, meaning that you have 6 hours on day 1 and 5 hours on day 2 to locate as many controls as possible. The controls are worth varying numbers of points, and the largest point count wins, so tactics and …

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