Category Archives: Walking

We cut short our visit to the English Lake District – it should be renamed the Swamp District.  Even in the driest of times there are areas that are marshy – this year the whole place seemed to consist of … Continue reading →

I will be on holiday(?) for the next week walking in the English Lake District.  The weather forecast doesn’t look too good.  Given how wet this summer has been its a wonder England hasn’t rusted shut!   More on PowerShell … Continue reading →

The weather forecast for the weekend was not good.  So what did we get.   Higher winds than expected on Friday and Saturday.  Very little rain. Some sunny periods.   As opposed to the light rain and showers forecast.  You can’t … Continue reading →

Back off to sunny(?) Derbyshire for another weeked.  This one is their qualifying Duke Of Edinburg Silver expedition so that means more chasing around and work for me.    Need to create a PowerShell cmdlet to write the expedition reports for … Continue reading →

If you’ve noticed my list of interests you will have seen that I’ve listed Hill Walking.  I was intrigued to see the latest copy of TRAIL magazine included a new mountain list. The 100 peaks that TRAIL listed includes some … Continue reading →

Anyone who has done any serious walking in the English Lake District knows the name Wainright.  The series of seven guide books he produced in the 1950s and 1960s are the definitive guide to the hills.  Practically every guide to … Continue reading →