Category: England
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4 Short Walks in the Peak District
I had 4 nights booked in a small self-catering cottage in Chinley, near Chapel-en-le-Frith, slotted in just before the busy half-term week. In the past when I’ve visited the Peaks it’s mainly been to hike the higher ground around Kinder Scout and Bleaklow, but this time I was looking to do some of the smaller…
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Mitchell’s Fold, Corndon Hill and Lan Fawr
Welsh speakers have a phrase ‘Mwynder Maldwyn’, which translates roughly as ‘the mildness of Montgomeryshire’, to describe the gently rolling hills that cover most of the old county. On the border between Wales and England though, where they merge with the Shropshire Hills near the Stiperstones, they get a bit rougher round the edges, and…
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The Roaches, Staffordshire Peak District
Mention the Peak District, and many people will think of the ‘High Peak’ around Kinder and Bleaklow. But it’s a huge area, stretching into 6 counties, with the Roaches, a prominent gritstone escarpment with interesting rock formations that cram it with character, sitting on its south-western edge. Approaching from Leek, I headed as most people do…
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Herefordshire Beacon & British Camp, Malvern Hills
Herefordshire Beacon’s a hill in the Malvern Hills that sit near the borders of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. It’s the site of British Camp, a celtic hill fort dating from the 2nd century BC, though was subsequently extended and a Norman castle was later built on the site too. It’s said to be the site of the last…
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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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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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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 