Summat Fever

22nd June: Kirkby Stephen – Ravenstonedale: 14km It is always a good start when the trains work.  Given that I had two connections to get, I...

Mum and I were quite similar in many ways.  Our love of literature and of art; our shyness; our fondness for a silly joke; our care for each...

14th June: Buxton – Flagg – Ravenstor YHA: 18km Wondering where I might go away, for various logistical reasons I decided on a night at a YH...

Sunday 22nd: High Newton Fells 10km The forecast wasn’t good so my enthusiasm to get going wasn’t high.  I had booked YHA Ambleside on a spe...

Sunday 16th: Grasmere – Borrowdale 16.6km £28 for a room at Borrowdale YHA was too good to resist so I got it booked and then, after a littl...