Cumbria & General Hiking
The Surprising Hills of South Lakeland - & where to have tea & cake
How the Other Half Live - a short story based on Walney Island
Along again, naturally - Quiet walks away from the crowds.Mindful or Mind Full?
Does size really matter? Big does not always mean beautiful
Sir Edmund Hillary - Interview with his son & grandson
Are they available online? - the importance of buying local
Our first ever guided walk - guiding the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge
Secrets & Lies - should we keep the best locations quiet?
Not all walks are amazing - the downside of a tricky walk
10 Great Gift Ideas for Cumbria lovers - not just for Christmas!
It couldn't be done - Launching Gin, Cake & Rucksacks
The 7 Stages of Swimming with Suzanna
Confessions of a group walking holiday virgin
Roman Holiday Day 5 - From Eskdale to Ravenglass
Roman Holiday Day 4 - From Ambleside to Eskdale
Roman Holiday Day 3 - From Troutbeck to Ambleside
Roman Holiday Day 2 - From Pooley Bridge to Troutbeck
Roman Holiday Day 1 - From Penrith to Pooley Bridge
Everyone's a Winner - a fictional walk around Derwent Water
The Five Coolest Walks in Cumbria
Picture Perfect - stories behind the photos in Steve's new book
Teenage Kicks in Cumbria - how to keep teenagers entertained
Three Tiny Toddles - 2 short walks in South Cumbria
Going to extremes in Cumbria - no county does it better!
Same Old Cumbria - the oldest stuff in the county
Samuel Johnson was wrong - why London doesn't have it all
What's in a name? - The truth behind a few Cumbrian place names
Don't Wish for Spring
The Terrible Shame of getting lost
Gin with Ice - Jinuary Tea at The Lakes Distillery
Behind the scenes at Kendal Mountain Festival
10 More pressie ideas for Outdoors/ Cumbria lovers
Five ways to explore the Lake District - boots, bikes and wetsuits
The 5 Finest Benches in Cumbria
Fact or Folklore - the truth behind our favourite myths
7 Sunset Trips - Best sunsets in Cumbria
8 Perfect Election Escapes in Cumbria
10 Curious Cumbrian Keepsakes - unusual gifts from Cumbria
Cumbria - True or False? A 20 question quiz on the county
5 Wonderful Winter Walks in Cumbria
Top 10 pressies ideas for Cumbria/ outdoors lovers
Mountain Rescue Needs YOU
10 Fascinating Facts About Cumbria
I Get Knocked down... - Taking a tumble in the Eden valley
10 Reasons to love Cumbrian Clouds
Five favourite Lake District Fells
It's not big, but it is clever - Comparing low level hikes to high level ones
Wish You Were Here - Dozens of great reasons to visit Cumbria
5 Fabulous Autumn Hikes in Cumbria
20 Things to do in Cumbria if it rains
Love at First Sight - Remembering what it was like to fall in love with the fells for the 1st time
#LakeDistrictBid Advent Calendar - 24 blogs & 24 reasons to back the bid.
Take the Time to Love Cumbria
Hiking in extreme conditions
Cumbria has something to suit every mood. Things to do whatever the weather & your mood
It's not a secret if it's on an OS Map My favourite hidden places in Cumbria (well, sort of!)
10 Views of Cumbria that most people miss.
Perfect Picnic Spots in the Lake District
Mind, Body & Soul (The exhilaration & frustrations of hiking)
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow (Fun tips for snowy hikes)
Midgemunchin'Trouserrippin'Eyepoppin'Chocolatescoffin'Felltoppin'Huffinpuffin'Picturesnappin'OSmappin'Lungbustin'Jawdroppin' CUMBRIA
A Fell for All Seasons (which is the best season for hiking?)
Go Away & Leave Me Alone! (Why I'm an antisocial hiker)
Spirit Trail
Day 3 - Last one to the hotel smells
Day 4 - Under starter's orders
Day 5 - It's not easy being green
Day 6 - Here comes the rain again
Day 7 - I'll bring fewer pants next time
Day 8- Local Support
Day 9 - Going our separate ways
Day 10 - Local tourist
Day 11 - One way or another
Day 12 - The end is nigh!
Day 13 - The Neverending Story
The Finale
Cumbrian Locations
Barrow-in-Furness - Big Up for Barrow!Black Combe - the Forgotten Fell
Blindtarn Gill - Put a Sock in it!
Blencathra the hard way (Via Halls Fell Ridge)
Blencathra the easy way
Blencathra & the art of Patience (Blencathra via Sharp Edge)
Borrowdale near Kendal - Not *that* Borrowdale, the other one
Carlisle - Great North Fun Day 24
Clough Head - Cloughing & Puffing
Coniston - A perfect day out around Coniston
Coniston Old Man Lunch with an Old Friend
Consiton Old Man via Torver That's no way to treat an Old Man
Coniston Water - It's Not Just Wainwright (Campbell, Ruskin & Ransome)
Crinkle Crags - A Rose by Any Other Name
Crinkle Crags - I am in BIG trouble if my mum reads this!
Cumbrian Coastal Railway - A very different day out in Cumbria
Derwent Water & Catbells
Derwent Water - Great North Fun Days 26 -28
Eden Valley - Head Hunting in the Eden Valley
Fleetwith Pike Am I Too Old for This?
Glenridding - Glenridding - Backstage - recovering from the floods
Grange-over-Sands - Gorgeous Grange-over-Sands
Grange-over-Sands (First ever visit) - Great North Fun Day 35
Grasmere: Great Walks around Grasmere
Great Gable - more than just a war memorial
Great Gable - Drifting Away on Great Gable
Great Gable & Windy Gap - Blown Away by Great Gable
Great Rigg - High Speed Hikers
Greystoke - Don't believe everything you read in the papers
Gummer's How - The Biggest Little Hike in Cumbria
Hampsfell Avoiding the crowds at the gym
Hampsfell - The Hills are Alive
Hampsfell - A Little Blog about a Little Hike
Harter Fell - Shagpile Sheep & Brambling
Haweswater - A Lap of Haweswater
Hawewsater Back in the day - considering life before Gore-Tex
Haweswater Hates Us
Haweswater - Beth -v- The Boots (My first ever visit)
Helvellyn Snow, snow, thick thick, snow
Helvellyn - Great North Fun Days 29 - 31
High Cup Nick - High Up High Cup
High Spy & Maiden Moor - High Spy with my Little Eye
Hincaster Tunnels - A decision of historical importance
Helm Crag - Thumbs Up for Thumbs Up Mountain
Holme Fell - The Truth About Hiking Pt 2
Howgills - The Howling Howgills
Illgill Head The Wast Weekend Pt 1
Kendal & the River Kent - Kendal Sewage Works
Loughrigg - Slip Sliding Away
Orrest Head The Most Important View in the Lake District?
Pillar & Ennerdale The Best Part of the Hiking Day
Red Screes inversion Head above the clouds
Red Screes - Why do we do it?
Red Screes - THIS is why we do it
Riggindale & the Golden Eagle Find the Time to Stand & Stare
Sca Fell Pike & Lord's Rake Part 2
Sca Fell Pike & Lord's Rake Part 1
Scafell Pike - Great North Fun Days 32 - 34
Skiddaw - Up, Down & Around
Stoney Cove Pike - Frogspawn, Mudcracks & Slate
Striding Edge -v- Sharp Edge
Walney Island - The Unflushables
Wantendlath - Following Trails and Making Tracks
Wetherlam in the snow - Long and slow or short and sharp?
Wetherlam - The Truth about Hiking
Whitehaven Festival - Buzzing from St Bees to the Whitehaven Festival
Windermere Airshow - A Bunny, a Plane, a Hike and a Pint
Windermere - An Inverted Blog About an Inversion
Windermere Lake Cruise & Wray Castle - Don't Pay the Ferryman
Yewbarrow - Icicles, Snowmen & Inquisitive Sheep on Yewbarrow
Yewbarrow in sunshine The Wast Weekend Pt 2
The Lockdown Blogs
Virtually Cumbria - Visit us without leaving your home
Sink or Swim - Sharing tips for dealing with the challenges
The Lockdown Blog - Work and Panic!
Five things that made me smile in lockdown - take joy in the small
A plea from Mountain Rescue - how you can avoid calling them out
Touching the Gin - Broken legs and how to deal with them
Along again, naturally - Quiet walks away from the crowds.
Products & Services
The Lost Book of Adventure - book review
I'm so excited! - Getting excited by an orange rucksack from Thule
Top 5 Hiking Snacks - and why Ginger Bakers rock!
Dirty Boots - putting a pair of BOGS boots through their paces!
Thermoballs are GO! - testing out the new Thermoball jacket from North Face
Potty Picnics Part 2 - what happens when you have a picnic in the back of a Toyota Hilux
Bigfoot & the Boots - How to buy walking boots with Keswick Boot Company & Aku
A Very British Hike - Afternoon tea on top of Harter Fell (Birchalls Tea)
You had me at "Free Beer" - A wonderful beery evening with Booths
All Gloved Up - a bit of a problem with a pair of gloves...(Blacks)
No Country for Old Boots - Grisports boots
A rucksack is for life... - What to think about when choosing a new rucksack (Berghaus)
Tarzan never had this much fun - Go Ape - Grizedale zipewires adventure
Real Inspiration - The remarkable story of Gandy's Flipflops
15 Questions every review should be asking - Hotter hiking boots
Happy Old Year (2017)
Two falls & a submission - a review of 2016
50 Shades of Cumbria
12 Months - 12 Pics - (2015)
2014 - A Year of Adventures Part 2
2014 - A Year of Adventures Part 1
A Year Outdoors (Pt 1) (2013)
A Year Outdoors (Pt 2) (2013)
A year in the Lake District Part 1 (2012)
A year in the Lake District Part 2 (2012)
Buckinghamshire
A Big Walk around a Little Village (Beaconscot model village)
Cambridge
Cornwall
County Durham
Stockton-on-Tees- Great North Fun Day 2
Stockton-on-Tees - Great North Fun Day 3
Stockton-on-Tees - Great North Fun Day 4
Durham - Great North Fun Day 7
Durham - Great North Fun Day 8
High Force - Great North Fun Day 10
Low Force - Great North Fun Day 11
Co. Durham - Great North Fun Day 12
Derbyshire
Bakewell & the Monsal Trail - Things to do in Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Lyme Regis - Two go Mad in Dorset
Greater Manchester
Dirty Old Town? - A walk through Manchester
Hampshire
Lancashire
Blackpool - does EXACTLY what it says on the tin.
Love Morecambe Bay - keeping the beaches perfect!
Don't let the sun go down on Morecambe Bay
Five good reasons to love Leighton Moss
Lovely Lancashire (photo blog)
The Great British Chippy - Morecambe
Commuter Hell - Taking the pretty way home from Burnley
The North Face of Lancaster
Blackpool - Great North Fun Day 36
Blackpool - Great North Fun Day 37
Lincolnshire
Woodhall Spa - Lurking in Lincs
Northumberland
Anstead Bay - Back to the Future
Bamburgh Castle - The Crab Sandwich has Left the Building
Bamburgh Castle - Great North Fun Day 15
Beadnell Bay - R and Ahhhhhh
Berwick-upon-Tweed - Great North Fun Day 17
Calvert Trust Kielder - Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all
Corbridge - What have the Romans ever done for us?
Craster - Great North Fun Day 14
Farne Islands - My Tern!
Farne Islands - The Sun Has Got His Hat On
Keilder Water - Let's Go Round Again
Kielder - Hanging by a thread...
5 Great Reasons to Visit Kielder
Lindisfarne - Great North Fun Day 16
Seahouses - Birthday Blues
Sycamore Gap - Great North Fun Day 9
Whitely Bay - Great North Fun Day 13
Wiltshire
Sunny Salisbury
Yorkshire
Whitby - Great North Fun Day 5
Robin Hoods Bay - Great North Fun Day 6
Scotland
Adventures along the Kintyre Peninsula
Sunshine and Showers - Glenfinnan Viaduct and Falkirk Wheel
Voyage to the middle of everywhere - Dunbar & Moffat
Biggar - Biggar & Bettar
Peebles & St Mary's Loch - Polite Society
10 Tips for Surviving the Edinburgh Festival
5 Scottish Fairy Tale Castles
Ben Nevis - Taking Ben Nevis in our stride
Cape Wrath - North by North West
Dunvegan - Not a MacCleod in the Sky!
Durness - Smooove Closer
Fairy Pools, Plockton and Torridon - Highlands and Islands
Glenbrittle & Skye - Wild Winds and Wildlife
Glen Trool - Great North Fun Day 19
Gretna Green - Great North Fun Day 25
Mull of Galloway - Great North Fun Day 22
Mull of Galloway - Worthless Junk
10 Must See Things in Northern Scotland
Neist Point - Neist to see you, to see you, Neist!
New England Bay About not going to Harrogate
New England Bay - Great North Fun Day 20
Loch Ewe & Inverewe - On Yer Bike!
Loch Skeen - Great North Fun Day 18
Orkney, John O'Groats & Wick - A Quick Shag Before Breakfast
Port Logan - Great North Fun Day 21
Red Point & Poolewe - In these shoes?
Rockcliffe - Great North Fun Day 23
Rosemarkie - Intelligent Life?
Steall Falls - Bikes, Waterfalls, Midges and Rope Bridges
Commonwealth Games Blogs
And now for something completely different
Jobs for All
Why Does it Matter?
A Flying Visit to Scotland
What Happens in Rehearsal...
If I should become a stranger.
Wales
Grown up is overrated - Fun at Zipworld Treetop Nets
Wild in Wales Part 1 - "Having a relaxing day" - Llandudno, Conwy, Tal y Fan, Y Garn
Wild in Wales Part 2 - Zippy & Bungle - adventures in Zipworld Caverns
Snowed on Snowdon, 'snow done - the blog about the Snowdon hike
Nearly mist the summit - Cadair Idris
The Green Green Grass of Home - Rhandirmwyn (nr Llandovery)
New Life Blogs
Why DIY is better than Fell Walking
The A-Z of starting a new life
Relentless Optimism
Life in the Lakes
I'd really love to but... Why it's ALWAYS worth fighting for your dream
It's not a leap of faith if you know where you're going to land. (Day 1 of our new life.)
I get knocked down...
Monty's Blog
Let's do it! - life is short - have an adventure!
Sweet Dreams are Made of This - why some days make everything worthwhile
How big is your comfort zone?
Life in the Sloe Lane
Why I love Autumn
The Self Sufficiency Gym
Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible
9 1/2 things I've learned in the past 12 months
When a "New Life" simply becomes a "life"
Inept gardeners Question Time
What's the Point? (When your hobby becomes your job)
New year, new life, new blog
Same old, same old this Christmas?
Depends what the weather is like (giving up full time work)
This is what happens when kids watch too much TV (self sufficiency)
But am I Cumbrian?
Busy Doing Nothing (The joys of watching the world go by...)
Thank you for being nosey (Why do I blog?)
My Life in Quotes (and the start of Part 2)
End of Part 1
London, More of Less (Comparing the merits of Cumbria & London)
Hampsfell Jubilee Beacon
Peter Mayle has a lot to answer for.
Felling in Love (A love letter to the Lake District fells, written 14th Feb 2012)
Coffee & a Map
Closed for Refurbishment
How I Fell for the Lake District (Remembering my first ever visit)
The Devil Wears Berghaus (what to wear to a Mountain Festival?)
New or Old? (Are new lives really any better than the old ones?)
It'll be an Adventure! (The realities of starting over)
The Simple Things in Life (like making jam)
Whether the Weather (Getting used to the changeable Cumbrian weather)
Remember Me? (Cross bay walks and local wildlife)
There's a thousand things I should be doing right now!
Our first EVER trip out in Delores
Incredible Reversing Cat
Book blogs
Brewers Loop Second Trimester
Brewers Loop First Trimester
10 Great reasons to buy our book!
Full bibliography for Histroic Cumbria book
How to write a book
By the book - what does it take to write a book?
Dating Vikings - carbon dating a boat for Kendal Museum
Wainwright and the Secrets of the River Kent
The Bacon Buttie Test - How can you tell a good hotel from a bad one?
Make Books while the sun shines! (Piel Island, Kentmere and Stony Cove Pike)
Wildlife & Conservation
*That's* not a bog, THIS is a bog! Some boggy conservation work with Cumbria Wildlife Trust
The First Rule of Spoon Club... (Sustainable woodland management and spoon making)
Saving the best until last (Spectacular Greystoke Cafe)
Rockin Robin (Brown Robin Nature Reserve)
Middle East
Beth's Big Adventure Day 5: Oh Man, Oman
Beth's Big Adventure Day 4: Bahrain to Oman
Beth's Big Adventure Day 3: Abu Dhabi to Bahrain
Beth's Big Adventure Day 2: Dubai to Abu Dhabi
Beth's Big Adventure Day 1: Manchester to Dubai
Bird Blogs
But did you see the Pterodactyl? (The "we finally saw the Bittern" blog)
The Rules of Just Going for It (Birdwatching rules Pt 2)
The Rules of Birdwatching
Bittern Spotting for Beginners
Tern the Other Cheek (Terns & Kestrels slugging it out on Foulney Island)
Hide & Seek (Our first ever bird watching outing)
Fun Blogs
Corpse Wanted - Apply Within - April 1st 2019
If Mother Nature relied on Northern Rail, we'd all be screwed
Show me the way to glow home - April 1st 2018
10 Happy Things - keeping it simple
Massive Makeover for Elter Water - published 1st April 2017
Hiking Room 101 - what would you put in there?
Exchange-a-Pic - Swapping sunny pics for rainy ones
The 7 Deadly Sins of Campsites
Not right in the head - a guided tour of Gozo
Chateauneuf du Pape Rodney - foreign language fluff ups
Curse you Kirsty Allsop - about not being able to mend trousers...
Lake District Submarine Tours - Published 1st April 2016
Carry on Sledging - testing a variety of "sledges"
10 Great reasons to cancel your holiday in Cumbria - really, there's nothing here...
Colourful Adjectives - What "spectacular" really means
14 Signs you've been away from the hills too long.
Go, Go, Gadget boots! (1st April 2015)
If hiking were a computer game...
The North Face of the Wine Cupboard
15 Things only hikers will truly understand.
You're My Bestish Friend... (A drunken ramble about the Lake District)
Hampsfell in Heels (Raising money for Cancer Research)
Walkers Wisdom
Major New Lake District Sponsor Announced (posted 1st April 2014)
Outdoor Life -v- Office Life
Hking Gear - Functional or Fun?
Walking Guides Demystified
You know you live in a hiker's house when...
Impact of Global Warming on Morecambe Bay (posted 1st April 2013)
Confessions of a Fell Walker (some of the many mistakes I've made on the fells...)
Go, Go Gadget Gardener
Survival Tips for the Bog Bound
Ambleside Bypass (posted 1st April 2012)
What the Fells have taught me.
Sods Laws of Hiking
The Truth about Hiking
Long Legs or Little Feet (Which is the best build for hiking?)
Dear Weather...
Walk This Way (Why do women love shoes but avoid walking?)
Learning the Lingo (Learning to speak "northern")
Freshly Pressed Walking Trousers (It's a fell, not a catwalk!)
Some Precipitation (Getting soaked around Ennerdale)
Serious Blogs
Through the Arched Window - why we need to look out of windows
Don't drink and drown - guest blog
What makes us love somewhere?
It's all about me - the role of selfies in travel blogs
Not all walks are uphill - the importance of walking
Braving the elements in Cumbria
What's wrong with walking?
The Long Way Home - a very long delay on Nothern Rail
You Shall Not Pass - what to do if your path is overgrown
The Path Less Travelled - perils of low level hiking
50 Favourite UK Views
Do more of less - depression, the outdoors & social media
Pay per view -v- Freeview - a rant about car parking charges
An interview with Gwen Moffat
Send Robert MacFarlane to the Moon - why putting poets in space could just save the planet.
It's the little things... A litter picking day on Scafell Pike
There will never be another today
Commander Robert Falcon Scott - His achievement & what went wrong
I wandered lonely as a crowd... (why crowds are good news in Cumbria)
Starry, Starry Night (A bit of a rant about the lack of proper dark skies in Cumbria)
The Mountain Heritage Trust
Freedom to roam (How route signs can make you feel unwelcome)
If you want my opinion... (The launch of the #GoAllOut campaign with The Ramblers)
"Welcome to Lake Districtland" (about 2nd home ownership in Cumbria)
Call me Irresponsible (does blogging about the outdoors encourage the ill prepared?)
Idyllic or Isolated? (What is life in Cumbria really like?)
Beautiful but oh so dangerous (The dangers of snow topped fells)
Lets be Careful out there (Staying safe in and around Morecambe Bay)
Not a Good Sign (Do we need warning signs on the fells?)
Accessibility
Legless in the Lakes Day 1 Morecambe, Leighton Moss & starling murmurations
Legless in the Lakes Day 2 Hayes garden centre, Grasmere & Blencathra
Legless in the Lakes Day 3 Beetham, Kirkby Stephen & the Chocolate factory
Legless in the Lakes Day 4 Wast Water & not going over Hardknott Pass
Legless in the Lakes Day 5 Coniston, Hawkshead & snow
Legless in the Lakes Day 6 Roa Island & Barrow
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