Category: Walking

  • Step back into the 17th Century in Hawkshead

    I’m just back from a two night stay in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria. This Lake District village, famous for the poet William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter, lies to the west of Lake Windermere and just north of Esthwaite Water. You can drive to Hawkshead via Newby Bridge or Ambleside but the most interesting route…

  • A walk up Haystacks from Buttermere

    A walk up Haystacks from Buttermere

    It was a windy and overcast day with heavy showers as we parked our car in the car park next to The Fish pub Buttermere before walking along the shore of beautiful Lake Buttermere in The Lake District. As you approach the end of the lake you will see a path that leads up at 45 degrees…

  • Haworth to Top Withens and a nice chat with a wheel clamper !

    It was a pleasant September day as we headed for Haworth and Bronte country for a 11km Saturday walk. I parked the car in the first car park I found in Haworth and walked over to the pay and display machine. It suddenly occurred to me that this might be the car park that has been…

  • Cat Bells walk from Littletown

    Last weekend I spent two nights in The Lake District. There were four of us and we stayed at Little Town Farm near Keswick, a Bed & Breakfast guest house with amazing views of the Newlands Valley. We headed off from Leeds on the A65 towards Kendall and Windermere and then north towards Keswick. It’s a…

  • Cow and Calf to Dick Hudsons Walk

    Finally, summer 2012 started this weekend ! Yesterday I went on a 5 mile bike ride and today I walked for four hours on Ilkley Moor. I have got the sun and ache a bit but I feel good ! Ten or more years ago the walk between the Cow and Calf rocks and Dick…