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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Melbreak ‘The Steep Way’ & Hen Comb

Never ones to resist the siren call of the Lakes District, we were back in the Lakes for a weekend at the start of August. Thankfully, we managed to get much better weather than our…

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A Week in the Lakes, Part Two

Readers of last week’s blog will know that we recently spent a (rather wet and soggy) week in the Lake District. The first half of the week was slightly better weather wise and we did…

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A Week in the Lakes, Part One

Day tripping to the Lakes to bag more Wainwrights has taken a back seat over the last year or so. We’ve reached the point now where we’ve bagged a lot of the peaks which are…

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