Tag Archives: Border Collie

#45 – Wide open spaces! – Whitendale in the Forest of Bowland

Posted on 26/09/2011 by Paul Shorrock

If you like your spaces to be ‘wide open’ ones, you could do a lot worse than the Forest of Bowland, a tiny bit of wildness tucked away between Lancaster and the Yorkshire Dales.  Go expecting trees and you will … Continue reading →

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#32 – Fountains Fell

Posted on 27/06/2011 by Paul Shorrock

 Went up Fountains Fell – didn’t see one fountain! In fact, there aren’t any fountains – The mountain is named after Fountains Abbey near Ripon.  The abbey owned quite a bit of land in this area and Fountains Fell and … 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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#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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#9 – Conistone Dib and the Dales Way – “…just a walkin’ the dog!”

Posted on 17/01/2011 by Paul Shorrock

11 January – A week after the Great Whernside mini-epic, Chris wanted a less exciting walk.  We chose the route we should have done last week., starting from Conistone, heading up Conistone Dib, then taking the Dales Way to the … Continue reading →

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#8 – Great Whernside …Underground, overground.

Posted on 10/01/2011 by Paul Shorrock

It’s all a bit confusing.  There are two Whernsides in the Yorkshire Dales.  There’s Whernside (736 metres) that is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, and there is Great Whernside (704 metres) that isn’t.  Using the same name for different … Continue reading →

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#6 – A Short Walk on the Shortest Day

Posted on 27/12/2010 by Paul Shorrock

Tuesday 21st December – Clear blue skies made a trip to the hills a ‘must do’.  There was a white blanket of snow over the North of England, promising great views, but the same white blanket had also covered the … 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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