Category Archives: Northern Echo

Circling the Wagons Beneath High Noon Hill

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

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 , | 31 Comments

I’m Not a Pheasant Plucker . . .

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

SO I’m sitting at work doing my job – which consists of creating and editing the national news pages of The Northern Echo and one or two other things – when my eyes alight on a story from the Press … Continue reading →

Posted in Climbing, Environment, Feet First 2012, Hiking, Hunting, Mountains, Northern Echo, Politics, Ranting, Walking | Tagged | 26 Comments

Soupless in Seattle (well, Mardale actually)

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

Eric Pickles and an empty billy can spoil an otherwise flawless day on the fells above Haweswater . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Climbing, Cookery, Hiking, Mountains, Newsquest, Northern Echo, Politics, Ranting, Walking | Tagged , | 2 Comments

East is East from Stainmore Summit

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Walking the trackbed of a Pennine railway into the east and a changing world . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Ghosts, Hiking, History, Life, Mountains, Newsquest, Northern Echo, Politics, Ranting, Walking | Tagged | 4 Comments