When I first qualified as a Mountain Leader and set up Come walk with me UK I was stupidly excited about spending every waking hour out and about in the great outdoors and exploring every inch of the British Isles! As we enter our fifth year (and fifth year of growth) here at CWWMUK HQ
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It’s been a while since I last updated the blog and whilst I feel a bit remiss, the reason is basically because we are having our busiest ever season here and there’s barely been time to pop home and get the washing done over the last few weeks! Not that I’m complaining….There has been a
16.6.15 Walking with; Dad • Avocets (with chicks) • Sandwich Terns • Common Terns • Mallard • Herring Gull • Black headed Gull (with chicks) • Linnets • Redshanks • Mute Swan • Coots • Oystercatchers • Ringed Plovers • Shellducks • Meadow Pippit • Little Egret • Cormorant • Wheatear • Tufted Duck •
27.10.14 Walking with; My Dad (Keith) No visit down South to the places that still resonate as home twenty plus years after I left them is complete without a fish and chip lunch, a pint of local bitter and a wander around Rye Harbour with the old man! It’s the outdoors equivalent of a
Walking with; Nobody28.01.13 When I think of the Dark Peak, I tend to think about the “Big three”, Kinder, Bleaklow and Crowden/Black Hill, but I do seem to neglect the latter. It doesn’t have the mystery of Bleaklow with it’s low hanging fog and aircraft wrecks (although it does have a few up there) or the history
Walking with; Nobody29.2.12 Hayfield is a picturesque Peak District villagewhich styles itself as the “Gateway to Kinder” although I suspectEdale may have something to say about that! It was from Hayfield (BowdenBridge) that the Manchester contingent of the mass trespassers led by BennyRothwell set off towards Kinder on the “Right to Roam” protest, the80th anniversary
12.2.12 Walking with;Ruth I thought the perfect walk for a rehabilitating knee would be a nice gentle stroll along an East Yorkshire coastal path with the chance to observe a few early season seabirds as a decent bonus. A walk was necessary after nearly a month of inactivity not to mention some superb Haddock and
28.1.12 Walking with; Ruth Confined by circumstance (in the shape of my knee operation) the high hills and low dales of the Peaks and Lakes were out of reach for a weekend or two. However it takes more than a bad Long John Silver impression to stop a dedicated walker from getting out and about
