Loweswater Fells. Things have been rather busy recently which has meant that new posts here have been infrequent for which I apologise. Time has been spent giving talks and attending events as well as my normal day to day work here in the studio. I have also been working on…
Knipescar Common is one of Wainwright’s Outlying Fells and it is located just east of the village of Bampton Grange. It is one of The Lakeland 365 . This was my first visit to this low fell and I picked a rather poor day for it. However, it is an ideal location for…
Even though I have visited the Low Fell area above Little Langdale previously as part of my reference gathering for The Wainwrights in Colour this visit was more to explore the fell on Wainwright’s original lists- Hull How as part of my new project, The Lakeland 365. The fell is…
A circular walk over Great Coum in Dentdale This Great Coum walk was on new ground for me. Even though I have been to the quaint little village of Dent before I had not visited Great Coum. The walk is basically following the route described by A. Wainwright in his…
Gummer’s How Direct. Gummer’s How is one of the fells featured in Wainwright’s Outlying Fells of Lakeland book and therefore it features in my The Lakeland 365 project and I describe the fell here. I have visited it on a couple of occasions and have never been disappointed, fine views…
On Location: Frosty dawn at Raby Castle 26th November 2013 Frosty dawn at Raby Castle. Sometimes I just get lucky. So it was on this day, a Saturday in autumn when I was heading to West Auckland to do some shopping. The previous night had been crisp, cold and clear.…
Autumn snow at Low Force. On Location 9th November 2016 Parking at Bowlees in the roadside layby. (Free) Route map: click on the arrow to play the route. GPX route available by clicking in the Plotaroute.com link at the bottom right . From Bowlees it was a short walk across the…
On Location 15th January 2016. Coledale near Braithwaite, North Western Fells region. Fells climbed none. Parking in layby on Whinlatter road. Route map: click on the arrow to play the route. Free GPX data and other route publication options available by clicking in the Plotaroute.com link at the bottom right.…
Friday 4th December 2015 A quick ascent of Arnison Crag. It was a day away from the studio, the first in what seemed likes ages, but with a bit of planning I was able to combine several jobs into one trip and I timed it just right. I even had…
Latrigg above the layers. A recent period of high pressure over the country has given us a rather warm and settled period of autumnal weather. The colours of the foliage on the trees has been the best for many a year and this has been mixed with some days of…
