Author: Phil Rees
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National Treasures
National Trust areas of Natural Beauty – Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge and Brean Down, Somerset Even though I’ve renewed my membership this week, I have very mixed feelings about the National Trust. I’m not a fan of the over-emphasis on grand houses, mainly because the real story behind many of them, of land grabs and the…
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Dee Valley Picturesque Bus
The Dee Valley Picturesque Bus service starts again on April 1st – a circular, hop on/hop off service running every Saturday until November 4th 2023, conectng Llangollen and the surrounding villages to Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wenffrwd Nature Reserve, Horseshoe Falls, Valle Crucis Abbey, Plas Newydd Historic House and the Horseshoe Pass More details in the link :…
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Malham and Moor
A chance to discover more of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Or that was the plan at least, until a 4 day break was cut to 2 and a bit, with an early exit to get home safely before the forecast 20cm or more of snow had chance to trap me in the narrow cobbled…
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Shropshire Hills AONB
Hiking the Stiperstones and Caer Caradog in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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Woodland and Forest
Autumn woodland walks in Coed y Brenin near Dolgellau, Nant y Ffrith near Wrexham and Macclesfield Forest.
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Mynydd Graig Goch, Crib Nantlle, Eryri
Hiking Mynydd Graig Goch at the end of the Nantlle Ridge in one of the quieter areas of Eryri/Snowdonia, north Wales
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Don’t Lose Your Way
Access rights have never been given away easily. Ever since the 17th Century, when the rich and powerful started stealing land off us commoners through the Enclosure Acts (sticking a wall around their ill-gotten gains, and sticking two fingers up to everyone except them and their mates) it’s been a battle.
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A week in the Dales
… a beautiful area of course, with a distinctive mix of natural and man-made features – the rivers and waterfalls, villages like Dent and Hawes with their cobbled streets and their time capsule kind of vibe, and Upper Swaledale with its trademark stone ‘cowusses’ (cowhouses or barns)
moel a mynydd - hill & mountain 