Category Archives: 4. Northern England

#40 – A double helping of West Yorkshire moorland

Posted on 21/08/2011 by Paul Shorrock

 Wales has dominated the scene for last few weeks, both in the blog and on the walks, and no bad thing either.  However, a rich diet of Welsh hills sometimes needs something a bit simpler as a contrast.  We had … Continue reading →

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#35 – Not “The Coast to Coast Walk”

Posted on 18/07/2011 by Paul Shorrock

 When Alfred Wainwright wrote his guide to “A Coast to Coast Walk” in 1972 he could never have imagined that thirty years later the route would be described as the second best trail walk in the world.  At 190 miles … Continue reading →

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#34 – The Other Borrowdale revisited

Posted on 11/07/2011 by Paul Shorrock

I had finished blog #31 (The Other Borrowdale) with the words, “…This walk only followed the northern ridge, and as we returned to the car there was already talk about coming back for the southern ridge…”  3½ weeks later we … Continue reading →

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#31 – The Other Borrowdale

Posted on 20/06/2011 by Paul Shorrock

 We went walking in Borrowdale last week in good weather, and saw only two people all day…What?!! I should add that it was “The Other Borrowdale”, otherwise known as Westmorland Borrowdale.  The Cumberland Borrowdale, near Keswick, is the one that … Continue reading →

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#20 – From one extreme to the other … (a tale of two walks)

Posted on 04/04/2011 by Paul Shorrock

The main aim for the weekend was to get out in the camper with the dog, to see if there were going to be any problems with an energetic Border Collie cooped up in a van – we have a … Continue reading →

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#19 – Bleaklow and the Wain Stones

Posted on 28/03/2011 by Paul Shorrock

“I’ve been over Snowdon, I’ve slept up on Crowdon; I’ve camped by the Wain Stones as well. I’ve sun bathed on Kinder, been burned to a cinder, And many more tales I can tell.” Manchester Rambler – Ewan McColl McColl’s … Continue reading →

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#16 – “….I don’t know much about art….”

Posted on 07/03/2011 by Paul Shorrock

I’m sure many of you have had this dilemma – you fancy doing something but your partner wants something different.  On one occasion with Chris in North Wales, I wanted to do the Nantlle Ridge but she fancied an exhibition … Continue reading →

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#10 – “On Ilkley Moor….”

Posted on 24/01/2011 by Paul Shorrock

Think of West Yorkshire, and you will probably think of towns and cities, and the remains of long gone industries.  The reason that so many of those lost industries were situated in West Yorkshire in the first place was because … Continue reading →

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#5 – It’s a dog’s life…….

Posted on 20/12/2010 by Paul Shorrock

Yet another week gone by without any days out in the hills, but all in a good cause, as we have been settling in our new arrival, a three year old Border Collie girl called “Mist”.  We have had an … Continue reading →

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