The Mosedale Horseshoe

The Mosedale Horseshoe is what I would call ‘a big day out’. Before you get any further, I should clarify/add a caveat/disclaimer that we did the Mosedale Horseshoe without Kirk Fell – we’d already done…

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Swinton and the Ripon Rowel

Sometimes it’s nice to have an easy stroll close to home, especially on a Sunday afternoon. After a busy weekend involving race reconnaissance, exploring new bridleways with Paddy and an extensive clear out, neither of…

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Exploring Calderdale with Daisy Bank Camp

Calderdale is one of those places that I always want to explore more of, but it’s just a little bit too far away to do in a day trip. I was therefore thrilled when Angie…

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White Side & Raise

Deciding to try and tick off all the Wainwrights before I turn thirty felt like a great idea when I turned twenty six. Nearly two years later, we’ve been ticking them off at a leisurely…

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Lordenshaws

You can’t go far in Northumberland without stumbling across a hillfort. Humbleton hillfort is famous as the site of Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy’s annihilation of the Scottish army in 1402, while the Breamish Valley hillforts are…

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