The North Our Home – A Week in Orkney, Part One
Orkney is somewhere we’ve wanted to visit for a very long time – I think the first time we talked about it was way back in 2018 after our trip to the Far North West…
View PostOrkney is somewhere we’ve wanted to visit for a very long time – I think the first time we talked about it was way back in 2018 after our trip to the Far North West…
View PostThe Cairngorms is my happy place. I absolutely love it there – as you may gather from the fact that we’ve just returned from our fourth trip there since January 2022. In early September we…
View PostA few months ago, we set out on the Pasture Beck round from Hartsop. It’s a six and a half mile hike which can be done easily in a half day, and bags four Wainwrights:…
View PostThe Isle of Skye is one of those places which has attained an almost mythical status in the minds of travellers all over the world. Nowhere in the UK have we met quite so many…
View PostEvery year we get to the end of the summer and I say ‘I wish we’d managed to get over to the Moors for a walk’. The Dales are on our doorstep and we can…
View PostThe Cumbrian coast is often unfairly overlooked. With the Lake District so close by providing a handy beacon to visitors from far and wide, the county’s coastline is completely devoid of the the hordes of…
View PostHelvellyn has been voted ‘Britain’s favourite walk’ by multiple different forums and is a popular target for many people visiting the Lake District: whether it’s their first visit or their fiftieth. England’s third highest summit,…
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