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The Highfields walk, Halton with Aughton.

By Hugh Stewart January 18, 2021 Leave a Comment

Another plague walk which we could do from home, and although this seems to be a popular walk for locals, we had never done it, and decided to do it both because of that and as we thought it would be less popular and hence less boot-churned muddy than others round Caton and the Bowland […]

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A Clougha Pike circuit, avoiding Rigg Lane.

By Hugh Stewart January 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

I.e. avoiding any crowds parking there. Start at Little Cragg car park and go down the road, turning right to go over the top of Baines Crag for your first view of Morecambe Bay and the Lakeland Fells. At the road go down then left over the first ladder stile and cross the infant Condor […]

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Fair Snape Fell from Stang Yule.

By Hugh Stewart December 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

A different approach and exit from Fair Snape than the route from the south (Feb 2019), or the “tourist” route from below Parlick. A nine mile or so circuit, with 1500ft of ascent and excellent views. From spaces off the road south of Stang Yule go north and take the signed path right for a […]

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Snaizeholme red squirrels: included in a ten mile circular walk.

By Hugh Stewart November 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Also with a visit to the source of the River Ribble and involving a km of pathless moorland. The Snaizeholme valley is a southern offshoot of Widdale, between Ribblehead and Hawes. The red squirrel refuge in the Snaizeholme Woods, and the trail and viewing area were set up by the owners of Mirk Pot with […]

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A Woodbridge walk.

By Hugh Stewart October 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

This must be in various publications, but I’m making no apologies, as it is a remarkably pleasant town and estuary walk of 6.5miles. Starting from the car park near Wilford Bridge over the Deben (having come back from Sutton Hoo?), gain the river embankment and go downstream on it, past a small marina and hidden […]

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Sheffield Pike the quiet way.

By Hugh Stewart August 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Not the cleverest choice of walk on a post lockdown August Tuesday with a good forecast, so no parking in the car park at Glenridding, nor above the Travellers Rest, where there appear to be twenty new residents with invisible houses. So by chance, as we had to park up the main road on a […]

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

UK £13.95 ( inc. P&P)

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

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Alternative start to the Malham Circular walk

Note, this is now fully described in the Second Edition of "Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations", 2014, walk 1b. If the long Langcliffe Scar track does not appeal, but a bit more hillwork does, try this start: as per the book, walk 1, but at the Malham/Settle road turn right … Read More » about Alternative start to the Malham Circular walk

Addition to High Cup Nick walk.

That is "High Cup Nick, shortened version of walk 23 ", from 12th Sept 2018. The addition is to see the interesting floral limestone gully, Maizebeck scar, adding just over a mile. From the Nick, follow the obvious path of the Pennine Way, and descend to cross Maize Beck beyond Watch Hill and turn … Read More » about Addition to High Cup Nick walk.

Nenthead Nuttalls 2: Dead Stones and Flinty Fell.

Continuing the dialling down from big Nuttall walks like 5 of them on the Burnhope Reservoir round, this takes the northern most of that round, Dead Stones, and adds Flinty Fell, to make an easy 7.9 mile round with some interest. That comes right at the start as, starting from the car park in … Read More » about Nenthead Nuttalls 2: Dead Stones and Flinty Fell.

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