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A hike up Angletarn Pikes, Brock Crags and Rest Dodd with my pal Steve
Hello folks, Its weekend again and of course, we are lakelend bound. Steve and I have been wanting to do this particular round for quite a while but the conditions haven't allowed it as it collects...
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A Circular Hike Up Seat Sandal In The Snow With Mandy
Hi folks, Mandy and I wanted to get out this weekend and do a reasonably small but challenging hike together. I tend to spend a lot of time hiking with my friend Steve and my daughters Steph and Ella,...
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Carrock Fell Circular with Mandy In the Sun
Hello Folks, With the weather forecast being really good this weekend Mandy and I decided at last minute to head for the hills on Sunday in an effort to cheer me up as I have been feeling a little...
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Blencathra With Mandy in the snow
Hi folks, Mandy has been slowly building up her hiking legs over the last 6 months or so, doing bigger and bigger routes every time and now we have a full weekend to ourselves we figured it was time to...
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Gray Crag, Thornthwaite Crag, Stoney Cove Pike and Hartsop Dodd Circular.
Hi Folks, It had been an age since my best pal Steve and me got outdoors together so we wanted to do a decent one this time. On our descent from Rest Dodd some weeks ago we noted this horseshoe route...
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Skiddaw via Ullock Pike taking in Long Side, Carl Side and Bakestall with Steph
Hi Folks, My daughter Steph and I wanted to do a nice long route this weekend and she has always fancied doing Skiddaw. Now Skiddaw has at least 5 routes up to it that I know of, but as far as I am...
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Black Crag with my daughters in almost perfect conditions for a change.
Hello folks, With a sunny Sunday forecast I wanted to get to the lakes with my daughters and do something not only quite small for Ella, but also something new that none of us had done. A friend of...
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Harter Fell with Mandy, Steve and Babs
Hello folks, This Friday we went up to spend the night with our great friends Steve and Babs in their caravan on the lovely Skelwith Fold site in the English Lake District. I had been tasked with...
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Causey Pike, Scar Crags and Sail in the Lake District with my pal Steve.
Hi folks, I cant believe its been over 3 months since I wrote up a blog! I have been out and done a good bit of hiking, but ive just had no time to write it up. I decided its time to try and catch up...
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Skiddaw via Ullock Pike taking in Long Side & Carl Side with Steph & Steve
Hi Folks, With the current good weather forecast, I wanted to get out on the fells this Saturday and my buddy Steve wanted to come too. Steve has wanted to do Skiddaw for ages and this looked a great...
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A great seven mile circular route up Mellbreak in the Lake District with...
Hello everyone, As most who know me will be aware, my favourite valley in the English Lake District is Buttermere. It is for me the most scenic of the lakeland valleys and offers everything a visitor...
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A 10 Mile Coledale Circular - Grisedale Pike, Crag Hill, Sail, Scar Crags and...
Hello folks, This weekend we shuffled our plans around in order to hit the fells on Sunday as the weather was looking more favourable than Saturday. This turned out to be an excellent decision. Myself,...
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Helvellyn Via Birkhouse Moor with Stephanie
Hello folks, This weekend, my daughter Steph and I were all set to go and do Place Fell near Ullswater, a new one for both of us. However, as the day drew nearer I started thinking it would be a shame...
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A Pre-Dawn Hike Up Place Fell In The Lake District
Morning folks, This weekend was a special one. Its my wedding anniversary. Mandy and I had a long weekend in the lakes, staying at the wonderful Whitbarrow Hotel in the northern lakes. On Saturday we...
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A 9 Mile Circular Hike Up Bowfell in The Snow Via Rossett Pike and Esk Pike.
Hi everyone, I am a little behind on my blogs of late due to such inconveniences as work and other such mundane tasks getting in the way, but fear not, we have been out in the mountains and grabbing...
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A Low Pike - High Pike adventure in the snow with my daughter Steph.
Hi everyone, This weekend its just my daughter and I heading to Ambleside for a change. On the well known Fairfield Horseshoe route that starts and ends in Ambleside, there are two fells that I...
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Fleetwith Pike, Warnscale Bothy And Haystacks With Steph. A Great 5 Mile...
Hello folks, For those of you who have read my previous 60+ blogs, this one will seem a little odd. As it's Christmas, I have a little more time free than usual so this blog isn't JUST about our...
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Great Gable via Base Brown and Green Gable as a nice circular route.
Hello and welcome to 2017! With all the hustle and bustle of the festive period, I was very keen to get some time to myself before I went back to work on January 3rd. I managed to get out once over...
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Dollywagon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn from Swirls - The Thirlmere Side.
Hello folks... Its been a while! I have been very busy with work this year and havent really had much time to sit and put words to my blog. But I have still been out hiking, both alone and with family,...
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The Full 13 Mile Kentmere Round - Perhaps now my favourite area!
Hello Folks, The weather was promising quite a lot this weekend so my daughter Steph and I decided it's time we pushed the boat out and got a serious walk in. After much deliberation, I decided to plot...
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