In March 1988 Andy and I were enjoying a few days walking in a cold and frosty Lakeland. Having walked up Grains Gill from Seathwaite we were taking a break when we noticed two red clad walkers who were motoring up the path at some pace behind us. “They’re not hanging around,” remarked Andy and … Continue reading "Allen Crags and Seathwaite Fell from Seathwaite" The post Allen Crags and Seathwaite Fell from Seathwaite appeared first on Jims Walking Journey.| Jims Walking Journey
Before starting my book by book journey through Wainwright’s iconic 214 I had climbed many of them before, one hundred and one of them to be precise. Coniston Old Man was one of those and my walking journal tells me I climbed it on Friday 14th August 1987 with a couple of other guys and … Continue reading "Three Wainwrights from Coniston Village" The post Three Wainwrights from Coniston Village appeared first on Jims Walking Journey.| Jims Walking Journey
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In Ambleside a few days ago to give a lecture, I decided to spend the afternoon walking up to Stockghyll Force, the lovely small waterfalls in the woods uphill behind Ambleside. The weather had been rainy so the Force was full and quite spectacular. Stockghyll has always been a favourite of mine, and especially so […] The post KEATS’S FIRST WATERFALL appeared first on Grevel Lindop.| Grevel Lindop
Margaret Cropper (1886-1980) is a poet about whom I’ve long been enthusiastic. I discovered her work when I was preparing my Literary Guide to the Lake District – her poems turned up in the Manchester Central Library and I’d never heard of her. I read her narrative poem Little Mary Crosbie and was stunned: it’s […] The post MARGARET CROPPER: REDISCOVERING A LAKELAND POET appeared first on Grevel Lindop.| Grevel Lindop
There are many Dodds. Watson’s, Great, Little, Stybarrow. I know their names because I learned them, and I learned them because getting them in the right order seemed necessary, when my nerves were skyrocketing in the days before the race. I had entered us — me and FRB — just after the Three Peaks, in a fit of ambition. Of course I then got a cold, something that apparently happens after you do something like running for 5 and a half hours up and down three peaks without giving your bod...| ROSE RUNS