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Author Archives: McEff
Sutton Bank, Witches and Featherless Geese
A walk along the Cleveland Way from Sutton Bank . . . Continue reading
Posted in Allotments, Bronze Age, Cleveland Way, Environment, Footpaths, Geology, Hiking, History, Iron Age, Legends, Walking
Tagged North York Moors, outdoors, WPLongform
22 Comments
Forever Changing – Broad Majestic Duddon
A walk along the shifting sands of the Duddon estuary . . . Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Beer, Environment, Geology, Hiking, History, Industrial archaeology, Mountains, Second World War, Walking, William Wordsworth
Tagged Lake District, Mining History, outdoors, The Lakes, WPLongform
13 Comments
London 5: Butchers, Saints and Sinners
BLOWN on a thin wind around a corner from the Barbican tube station past a private park surrounded by private railings to a place where knights once jousted on a meadow called the Smooth Field – which was situated just … Continue reading
London 4: William Morris and a Wander Through Walthamstow
A WIND to slice ears off whips across the entrance to Walthamstow Central tube station. The temperature is below zero degrees Centigrade and snow settles behind chimney stacks on bleak roofs. This is London at Easter. There are no bunnies … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, History, Life, Pigeons, Politics, Ranting, Walking, William Morris, Writing
Tagged general francisco franco, Lake District, London, The Lakes
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London 3: A Cold Wet Walk for Pie and Mash
THE worst weather is wet snow. It saps the spirit and soaks through to the shoulders. When it whips off a river on an easterly wind it stings and sucks life from fingers and feet. Just as well we’re searching … Continue reading
I Must Go Down to South Gare Again . . .
Searching for the meaning of life on the beach at Teesside . . . Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Hiking, Industrial archaeology, Life, Recycling, South Gare, Teesside, Walking
Tagged outdoors
25 Comments
Mud: It’s Alive and Sticking
MUD. Don’t go there except with your feet. Let it fill your boots and stick like it’s supposed to. But don’t delve any deeper unless you want a shovelful of acronyms . . .
Posted in Environment, Footpaths, Geology, Hiking, History, Life, Ranting, Walking
Tagged outdoors
27 Comments
Day Return to Bloworth Crossing . . . and Beyond
A walk along the mineral railways of the North York Moors . . . Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Climbing, Drove roads, Environment, Footpaths, Hiking, History, Industrial archaeology, Mountains, Railways, Walking
Tagged North York Moors, outdoors, Pennines
21 Comments
Stanwick Camp – A Thorn in the Foot
A walk to Stanwick Camp – the capital of Brigantia . . . Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Environment, Footpaths, Great North Road, Hiking, History, Iron Age, Life, Stone Circles, The Romans, Walking
Tagged outdoors, Pennines
32 Comments
Circling the Wagons Beneath High Noon Hill
IT’S one of those days when nothing goes right, when the most straightforward of plans unravels and you stand in mist and rain with water trickling down your neck, and wonder what possessed you to swing your legs out of … Continue reading
Posted in Country Land and Business Association, Environment, Footpaths, Hiking, Mountains, Northern Echo, Ranting, Walking
Tagged North York Moors, outdoors
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