Grasmere – September 10th 2020

After gazing wistfully across Morecambe Bay at The Lake District for 6 months, I finally got a chance to visit again today. It was fitting that I was driving to Grasmere so soon after getting my licence, since the reason that I applied for a provisional licence in the first place was because I wanted […]

Knott End – September 8th 2020

Fleetwood has always been a go to destination for a walk by the sea for Mum, Lolly, and I, but up until recently, we’d never quite got round to visiting Knott End on the other side of the river.   Back in the summer, our friends Leslie and Bob shared some more of their local […]

Keswick & Castlerigg – March 6th 2020

  BBC Weather predicted some amazingly sunny weather for today and, even more amazingly, it was absolutely correct. I really fancied another walk in The Lakes and, since we have done  many of our usual walks recently, I decided on Keswick, since it has been almost a year since we visited there.   There has […]

Flora And Fauna Of Fairfield – March 4th 2020

I opened the blind of my bedroom window this morning to see a flock of crows in the trees outside and decided to try and get some shots of them. A blackbird fluttered down into the garden at one point, hoping to eat some of the birdseed that Mum had put out before the rats […]

Windy Whitbarrow – March 1st 2020

This Sunday dawned bright and sunny, perfect weather for a walk in the hills. The hill in question was Whitbarrow scar near Witherslack, a walk which I was slightly surprised to realise we hadn’t actually done in over a year.     There have been a good few days recently where the brilliant sunshine of […]