Sizergh Fell

Now that Merry is 10, we’re trying to be conscious about how many ‘big walks’ we do in a row. As a spaniel, he would happily go as long as we’d let him! The day…

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Seat Sandal

135 Wainwrights in, you’d think I’d know better than to make assumptions about any of the fells. And yet, there I was at the top of Wainwright 136, with my expectations thoroughly exceeded. With the…

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Castlehead Woods

Last year we booked a week in the Lake District at the start of June: the logic being that it was summer and we would hopefully be dealt a fairly decent hand from the weather…

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A Lakes Escape: The Forest Side

Autumn didn’t just arrive quickly this year: it landed pretty much over night between the 31st August and 1st September. Being one to love the warmer weather and sunny days, I’m still holding out hope…

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Easdale Tarn & Tarn Crag

Following on from the somewhat lacklustre weather we had in the Lakes during our week there at the start of June, I was thrilled that our Wainwright bagging trip at the start of August had…

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