Aug 06
It was Early May 2012 when myself and Dave decided we needed to get up to the Lakes. We decided to on Great Gable again in order to forget the disaster we had trying to climb it on another occasion. We had also booked ourselves in at The Screes Inn at Nether Wasdale, so we could …
Dec 11
I have decided to include this walk in my blog as it made me realise i was useless at map reading. The fact that you carry a map and a compass and you look the part means nothing in the Lake District when the weather is poor and visibility is down to a few yards. …
Dec 11
It was late Autumn and i was itching to get up to the lakes one more time before winter set in. I rang my mate Dave up and he was up for it too, so we arranged a couple of days there. We’d planned a walk on a Monday in November, a stay over in …
Nov 26
We set off at our usual time of 6 am in order to miss the traffic chaos on the M62 around Manchester, and arrived at Threlkeld at about 8.30. Parking outside The Horse and Farrier Inn, we noticed it was serving breakfasts and as it was raining we decided to delay the trip for a …
Nov 12
After telling my mate Dave about my walk on Helvellyn, he said it was a place he always wanted to go too. To find a walking partner was a bit of a relief as i thought at least i could blame someone else when we got lost, as we surely would. It was late 2010 …
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