Thu 27 May 21
Still on the theme of Eden Valley Fells, after dropping Richard off at Appleby railway station to go home, I drove on to the village of Murton to the superb carpark there and nipped up Murton Fell with a view to continuing on to see High Cup Nick. I hadn’t seen High Cup Nick since I was a child and used to walk with my parents!
Thu 29 Apr 21
At the end of April, I had a yen to get back to the Eden Valley – I’d had a brief visit to Dufton Pike and the hills above it late 2020 and found I really liked the quietness of the area. I’d never done Cross Fell so decided now was the time to get on with it!
Tue 20 October 2020
In the short window when we were allowed to travel last year, Richard came up and we had a few days at Patterdale Hotel – this was really well-run with respect to Covid regulations and we enjoyed our break. It was nice to get further afield – the Northern and North-western fells are local to me so I can do them all year but I was dying to get back to the more serious fells elsewhere – the Northern fells are pretty tame grassy affairs. Read the rest of this entry »
I often nip up Binsey as it’s my nearest hill, has great parking and also I pass it on my way to work and back. This particular visit, I decided to liven it up a bit. It livened up so much that I had to go back again yesterday after work to take photos of my gross rashness! Read the rest of this entry »
Wed 14 July 21
On our recent trip to the Southern fells, staying at Broughton-in-Furness, we decided to have an ‘easy day’ as we’d done 7 fells the day before on the main Coniston ridge. I said that, as we hadn’t done it more than once (and that was years ago when I was still cowardly), it was time we revisited Steel Edge on Wetherlam – providing we could get parked! Below is a film photo I took after our first ascent…
Sat 17 Apr 21
Our mountaineering club were having a Saturday meet to do Cam Crag Ridge in Langstrathdale. I normally work Saturdays but have wanted to do this classic ridge for a long time now and decided that, as I’m still a quite cowardly scrambler, it would be best to do it in expert company rather than on my own! I was glad I did… Read the rest of this entry »
Richard and I had a trip back to one of our favourite hotels for a short break when the lockdown ended. The weather was mostly dire and Richard’s legs were very unfit so we stuck to short walks between the showers where possible. This was one of the shortest mountain walks I could think of in the area and, as I hadn’t done Eagle Crag for years but had been looking at it each time I was down Borrowdale, I thought it would make an excellent choice for our second day! Read the rest of this entry »
No photos – just a rant!
I haven’t been posting on my blog lately as you may have noticed (I’ve also left a lot of forums too). I’ve been trying to push myself into at least writing a post on why I haven’t been posting but the reason I haven’t been posting has stopped me! That reason? Sheer naked anger at the Government and their mistreatment of key workers during the pandemic! (excluding the NHS of course who’ve been looked after – I think the Government think they are the ONLY key workers!) Read the rest of this entry »
Wed 24 February 2021
As I had to spend a whole day away from my house while some disruptive work was being done I decided to hunt the only area with a survivable weather window to walk for several hours in – our area was going to be deluged with heavy rain and all my nearby mountains were too. It looked to have a small area of light rain all day around Langwathby so (lockdown notwithstanding) I set off over there. Before people get too upset, I really don’t think I had any other choice and it’s only around a 25 mile drive anyway and I drive 20 miles each way to work many days each week. Read the rest of this entry »
Tue 6 October 2020
The day before we did the walk in the Brant Rake post, we decided to take a mosey up to the Devoke Water Hills proper (Outlying Wainwrights) – the great thing about staying at Boot in Eskdale is that this is one of the many hillwalks you can do right from the hotel door. Even though the Devoke Water hills were the aim of the walk, of course I had my eye on others – I never tell Richard this though in case of a revolt…
Gate & Hartley Crags from Boot village
The Adventures of a Mountain Coward 