Lake District Plans

Well as I said earlier via the magic of iPhone and the wordpress app Im now gainly employed again following a lengthy gardening leave and am making plans to hit the hills on Thursday.
How frustrating that I had 12 weeks off and due to constraints with finding new employment and wanting to count the pennies [...]

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Back to the hills !

Well back at work again and now I can get back to normal ! To celebrate I got a new iPhone which I’m using to type this. Slowly!
Thursday I’m off to the lakes and will post later on the plans!

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Will the weather ease up for the South Downs ?

Pretty much decided on heading south on Monday and walking part of the South Downs Way.
Looking at the weather and the outlook looks cooler at 18 degrees and with light rain showers, which to be honest would be a lot better than the current heatwave for walking. I always take the four days forecasts with [...]

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Time to get away !

Well Ive found myself out of work for the first time in 20 years and am currently on ‘gardening leave’ for the next couple of months. Its an odd situation to be in and Im currently looking for a new job and had a number of calls already but in the meantime think its certainly [...]

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Itchy feet

Well after two recent trips to the Lakes I’d had my fill for a little while, but now Im getting itchy feet again and starting to look longingly at my boots in the corner and the tents piled in the cupboard.
Question is where and when to do something ?
The next big trip wont be until [...]

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Lake District – Langstrath Valley, May 2009

Slideshow from the weekend’s trip.

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The best laid plans of men and mice…

Well as expected the weather turned out to be as forecast, wet and windy.
I met up with my mate Tony on the Friday morning bright and early at 7-15 am ready to get the train into London and up to Penrith from Euston on the 9-40 train. Taking the train really does make the journey [...]

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When the law of averages catches up on you…

Well after 5 trips to the Lakes in 11 months with  beautiful sunshine every time it had to happen, wind and rain for the whole trip! We did have some brief nice spells but overall a pretty wet weekend. Ill put up a trip report tomorrow but heres a couple of moody looking pics that [...]

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Off we go…..

In bed at 1am, up at 5-30am to get the kids ready and round to their grandparents, so really bright eyed and bushy tailed now! (press sarcasm button!).
Packed my rucksack last minute, literally, and no doubt forgotten something major, like a tent or such like, but its all in there. The OMM Villain really is [...]

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The wisdom of leaving packing to the last minute….

Well not exactly planned, more a case of not getting around to it but still not packed for tomorrow’s trips to the Lake District has turned out to be a bit of a blessing in disguise as our plans changed totally and would have made my original gear selection pointless.
I personally prefer to travel by [...]

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