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A combination of punk rock factors meant that one week after our failed attempt at the Yorkshire Three Peaks, I would be back over in Limestone Country. With only a half a day available there was no challenge walking to be done, but I thought an ascent of Ingleborough would be a good idea. It was pretty liberating to be doing one of the Three Peaks...
March 2012 - Today was my induction to fix the fells , an exiting initiative I want to get involved in. The morning was a meet and greet at Stickle Barn and then a walk up to Stickle Tarn, where it poured down. I still enjoyed the walk and it was good to be shown different aspects of the work that fix the fells and the national trust do. It w...
A visit to a local farm shop is always a good chance to check out some of the fine local ales. I have had my eye on the beers from Hambleton brewery for a while now and I recently picked up a nice selection. The Hambleton Hills are part of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, so I hope to be returning to the area soon for some more walking and ...
Well it was nice to blow away the cobwebs by doing a race today. It's a long time since I have done any proper road running and a nice quick 5 (and a bit) k race was the perfect reminder that racing can be fun. The Grasmoor 5k is put on by the Cumberland Fell Runners who seem to be quite serious and fast runners but still friendly at t...
I Left My Heart... - March 2012 - As Lisa and any other regular readers of my blog will know, I have a fondness for Sale Fell. It's a beautiful little fell, it has all sorts going for it such as a forest, easy parking, being ten minutes from my house, overlooking a lake, being of a height and steepness that make me running all the way to the top (and down) an achievable goal...
This was supposed to be a glorious report of a triumphant tour of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, however it wasn't to be. On the drive over the rain and wind was beating down so hard on the car, not to mention having to drive around plenty of water on the roads, so it was soon apparent this wouldn't be a classic walk. We parked up at the arranged meeti...
Putting up some old pictures of a walk I did in 2009. I remember it was one of those really frosty crispy day and I spent the first few minutes walking around in this field in Rosthwaite playing with my new GPS device. looking back towards Grange Fell and Kings How that looks like Greenup Edge and Raven Crag which would make the fell behind ...
March 2012 - I had a day off from work today. I surprised my wife and announced last night that I could spend the day with her. She surprised me right back by announcing that she had a meeting to go to and so couldn't play all day. We did manage a quick run around the flattish parts of Buttermere village though. Here are some pics I took: &nb...
I Left My Heart... - March 2012 - As Lisa and any other regular readers of my blog will know, I have a fondness for Sale Fell. It's a beautiful little fell, it has all sorts going for it such as a forest, easy parking, being ten minutes from my house, overlooking a lake, being of a height and steepness that make me running all the way to the top (and down) an achievable goad...
A Family Wainwright - March 2012 - If you look on the tabs at the top of this blog you will see one labelled 'Wainwrights'. If you click on the tab it will take you to an interactive page that links to all the walks and runs that I have done, organised alphabetically by the name of the fell. If you look at the second column along, you will see that my daughter, Hannah, ...
testing the fells - Yesterday I spent the day volunteering with Fix the Fells . I had a wonderful time and hope to become more involved in this organisation. Today, I couldn't help myself from going back to show my friend Jonathan what we had done and to inspect some of my work. I had not even considered the fact that it had snowed quite a bit overnight a...
Playing with Runkeeper - March 2012 - Have a look at the side of this blog, scroll down, keep going and you will get to my Garmin , my Dailymile and my Runkeeper (yeah, Oversharing). Garmin is great for detail, for comparing activities or looking at splits, elevation etc. Dailymile is the Facebook of running, post your runs, routes, pictures and links and comment on ...
The latter half of 2012 proved to be just as varied as the early months as far as walks are concerned. Here are a couple of links to some my highlights, enjoy! High Stile range This was an amazing walk that took in some of the best views of Buttermere - from the tops of the fells to the waterside path. Our route took us straight up the flank of Fle...
I have been wanting to explore Gunnserside for a while, especially after having enjoyed a bottle of The Yorkshire Dales Brewing Company's Gunnerside Gold Ale! I headed with my work colleague James, deep into Swaledale one crisp sunny January morning for a walk up Gunnerside Gill, following the walk outlined in my "Swaledale" guidebook written...
