Helm Crag near Grasmere is of modest height, but splendid proportions – a good craggy hill so impressive as you come up the road towards Dunmail Raise or gaze at it from the outskirts of the village. Its rocky summit is one of the best in the Lake District, much admired by Wainwright, with itsContinue reading “On Helm Crag”
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Echoes of the Past
When I walk I always see more than one landscape. There’s obviously what you see out on your walk today, but there are all those other landscapes too. The landscapes of the past, and those are all merged together in the present lie of the land – a glorious palimpsest. For the observant walker, thisContinue reading “Echoes of the Past”
Maytime by the Rawthey
I like all seasons of the year, but there is something really special about walking through the English landscape in May. The month gives us a rebirth of the countryside after a long winter. And there is such a delicious freshness about it all – the leaves on the trees, out at last, look soContinue reading “Maytime by the Rawthey”
Walking from Dartmoor’s Lustleigh
One of the first areas of Dartmoor I ever walked was through Lustleigh Cleave, that deep valley of the River Bovey on eastern Dartmoor. Not long before we left Devon, we walked there again. It was a dry and frosty day, though the views were limited by low cloud. It is a place full ofContinue reading “Walking from Dartmoor’s Lustleigh”
Bluebells at Rannerdale
The bluebells at Rannerdale are some of the very best in the country, featuring quite regularly in even the national media. And quite rightly. These open hillside bluebells are stunning and now is a good time to take a look at them, though the area does tend to get crowded later in the day andContinue reading “Bluebells at Rannerdale”
Walking the Old Ways 