We are in East Sussex, at a hotel spa and golf complex meting up with Lyn’s Uncle, Ray and his wife, Sue for a couple of days exploring the area.  The hotel complex lies about 8 miles south of the town of Uckfield and we are about 30 minutes drive from the south coast, Eastbourne,…

We awoke on the Saturday morning to snow on the tops of the high peaks.  Yes this is May and yes I did say snow! It is the bank holiday weekend in Keswick and the crowds are out.  Walkers, day trippers and locals crowd the streets and the roads around are busy. My shoulder injury…

Having already visited Castle Crag and Rannerdale Knotts, two relatively straightforward walks, it was time to look at something a little longer in distance and height. Before leaving home I had looked at a walk from the nearby village of Braithwaite which took in three “Wainwrights” in close proximity.  There is no set definition of…

We are on our travels again, this time to the Lake District for some spring walking.  On the way up we had a night stop in Lancaster to visit Lyn’s friend Jenny in Heysham, which is close by. Heysham is a coastal town in the Northwest of England, noted mainly for the ferry terminal to…