northern pies

Dawn was a long time coming and the tent was frozen stiff when it did eventually arrived (apparently, it slept in becasue somebody had alte...

This is day 1 of a three day walk along the Scottish/English Border – the bit that I missed out on another occasion. Some silly bugger ha...

Today’s word is “Mizzly” At about six in the morning, I awoke to the unmistakeable sizzle of drizzle on the flysheet. A brief peek out re...

Early in the morning, as I sat and scoffed my egg butty, the rain was bouncing down outside Forest View in a specially vicious and thunder...

There’s phrase for today is “A walk on Northumberland County Council’s Comedy Bridleway” I started well again – in the correct direction ...

November always seems like the end of the walking year to me. So, each November, I try to plan out whatever it is I might do the next year...

Saturday 6 February 2010. Following a light breakfast, rustled up by a team of OTHC members, there seemed to be various plans afoot to bag ...