The Tables Turned
Today is William Wordsworths birthday. He would have been 250 and probably enjoying the total peace in the Lakes. I’m not usually a fan of poetry, I find it such … Continue reading
Below Wilderswood
Last week, a cold wind blew across the lower edges of Winter Hill, so the afternoon walk kept to the fields below Two Lads. My copy of Daniel Calderbanks book … Continue reading
New Fields Farm
Today is Lancashire day. As an ex-patriot Yorkshire man, living in darkest Lancashire, today I will be writing about my home rather than my birthplace. In recent months I have … Continue reading
Yorkshire Rain and Waterfalls
Based on today’s experience, I think rain in Yorkshire is not as wet as that in Cumbria or Lancashire. It did try hard to pour down, but was only a … Continue reading
Hartley House, home to a Greenwood Family
Out for a walk around Calf Hey reservoir next to the lost village of Haslingden Grane. This is on the north western edge of the West Pennine Moors. We came … Continue reading
A Round of Fairsnape Fell
It’s been ages since I’ve been up Parlick and Fairsnape. This was my local fell when I lived in Longridge and apart from a snowy winter trip around 5 years … Continue reading
Eagles over Kidsty Pike
Late August, time for a further return to the Lakes. The weather looked settled so Luna and I headed to the Far Eastern Fells, the closest to home. I’m also … Continue reading
Firwood Fold
I’d not visited Firwood Fold for a while, certainly not as a start of a dog walk. Just as I parked an ominous black cloud came across, thunder cracked and … Continue reading
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