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High Road to Higham

With spring on the way: the lanes bedecked with nodding daffodils, forget-me-nots, and grape hyacinths, a clear blue sky, a stiff March...

Mud and Murmurations

March mud. After a long wet February, it feels like an age since the paths were dry enough to walk without the suck and squelch of mud....

Bolton-by-Bowland: January 2024

I have read about Bolton-by-Bowland several times in magazine articles, but until now have never visited. First recorded in the Domesday...

Downham - Sawley circular: January 2023

Such a delight to get out and about after a week of rain and gales - two storms back-to-back keeping us more or less by the fireside. But...

Fairsnape Fell: January 2024

A dry spell following weeks of rain always makes me reach for my boots, and today is no different. So after a wet and muddy walk...

2023 - a synopsis

What sort of a year was 2023? And, with all the ups and downs in a year, how do you begin to categorise it as a good or bad year? Is...

Walking in Sabden: whatever the weather

The default weather forecast in Sabden, from September to May, seems to be rain. Disheartening if you actually believe it, but I have...

Over the Hill to Downham

Yesterday, full of optimism, we walked the high valley path from Parsley Barn to Whalley, setting off under a blue sky that was soon...

All around the hill: 02/09/2023

Pendle Hill. An iconic landmark carved out by nature. Formed by glaciers almost 300 million years ago. Notorious for the legend of the...

Whalley Walkabout: 30/08/2023

Having walked for the last few days, we opted to drive into Whalley, only about three miles away, to have a proper look around. We have...

Jean's Field: August 2023

I think I alluded to the poor summer weather in my previous post - wall to wall rain for the whole of July! Well August has given us some...

A (Long) ridge with a view: August 2023

2023 has been one of the wettest summers I remember, and as such has not been the greatest weather for enjoying walking. I like to think...

Whitewell - a vision in green

If spring in the Ribble Valley was a riot of colour, summer seems to bring an astonishing palette displaying every imaginable shade of...

Where's the hairbrush?

Packing up camp can be pretty fraught, believe me. Sleeping bags never roll up small enough to get back into their teeny weeny bags, you...

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