Category Archives: Newsquest

Scaud Hill and Beyond ??? At My Leisure

An angry walk between Teesdale and Weardale . . . Continue reading

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Feet of Cley on the Norfolk Coast Path

SHINGLE banks are not the easiest terrain to walk across. And between the north Norfolk village of Cley and the town of Sheringham they stretch for miles. It???s a matter of steer your prow into the wind and start plodding … Continue reading

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Coniston Old Man ??? Backwards and Forwards

WHEN I was a teenager I made a pledge to climb Coniston Old Man at least once every year because it was the first mountain I climbed and it was special. I also grew up within sight of its familiar … Continue reading

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On the Tide Line ??? But Not Quite Washed Up

THERE???S a special place on the Furness peninsula where people live in huts for much of the year. Some of the huts are made from old boats, others from scraps of wood, door frames and bits of recycled houses; a … Continue reading

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Soupless in Seattle (well, Mardale actually)

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

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Rules Exist to be Broken

I’M sitting on my allotment in the darkness by a glowing pile of embers that were last year’s pea sticks. The night is still and cool. There are no sounds except the crackling of dying flames and the distant rumble … Continue reading

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East is East from Stainmore Summit

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

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