Tag Archives: The Pennines

Feet First: Keep on running . . .

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I HAVE a plan. Tomorrow is my day off because I worked Sunday. I’ll drive across the icy Pennines to the Lake District, abandon the car on a rough piece of land at a charming cross-roads above Dockray, climb Birkett … Continue reading

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From Gable’s South Traverse to the Breaker’s Yard

IT’S 7.45am on Friday morning and I’m standing on the flight deck of HMS Invincible, watching the sun rise over a scarlet Morecambe Bay. I shouldn’t be up here; I should be down in the aircraft carrier’s aft engine room … Continue reading

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The Circles that You Find . . .

A final trip back into the Bronze Age in search of rock carvings . . . Continue reading

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Still Walking in Circles

Exploring the Bronze Age rock art of Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading

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Bronzed Off . . .

Another walk in search of Bronze Age rock carvings high on Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading

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In the Bronze Age on Barningham Moor

Searching for Bronze Age cup and ring carvings on Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading

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Empty Skies, Empty Moors, Empty Head . . .

How to cleanse the mind: cycle to the Tan Hill Inn and swoop like a swallow . . . Continue reading

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The Inglorious 12th – It’s a Riot

IT’S not a good day for walking the moors. There are looters about. And they’re carrying guns . . . CLICK HERE FOR FEET FIRST to continue reading.

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Long Meg – Standing with the Stones

Neolithic memories in a stone circle on the edge of the Lakes Continue reading

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Here Endeth Another Lesson

YOU’RE resting in the shade on the crest of a Pennine pass when two people draw up in a campervan. Instead of getting out to admire the view, soak up the sunshine and breathe the fresh Pennine air, they put … Continue reading

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Coasting the Coast to Coast

IF anyone saw a C2C cyclist shoot over his handlebars on the seafront at Roker, Sunderland, at the weekend, and felt a momentary pang of concern as he landed with a howl and his bike on top of him – … Continue reading

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Dances With Pigeons

Wide blue skies above blue remembered ridges – that’s the Pennines at Easter . . . Oh, and pigeons. Continue reading

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