You can’t win them all…

Lakeland Book of the Year

Lakeland Book of the year Awards Yesterday we were lucky enough to attend the charity luncheon of the prestigious Lakeland Book of the Year awards at The Castle Green Hotel in Kendal. It is a location that I am familiar with as just over a year ago we held the…

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Great Coum

Dentdale from the Megger Stones

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…

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A cracking Keswick weekend

Andy Beck Keswick Mountain Festival

 What a difference a year makes…. You may recall that last year I was invited to be one of the main speakers at Keswick Mountian Festival which was a real honour and to make the best use of the weekend we decided to have a stall in the trade marquee…

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