2ND JULY 2021 THE MOSEDALE HORSESHOE BY ROBINSON’S CAIRN AND PILLAR ROCK (including the tops of: Looking Stead, Pillar, Black Crag Red Pike and “Boot Fell”.) The route we followed on this day starts from Wasdale Head to ascend Black Sail Pass before...
23-28th May SCOTLAND MOTORCYCLE TOUR Despite a weather forecast of incredible inclemency, all day heavy rain and gales all up the west coast from Wales to the Scottish Highlands, Tom and I set off mid-morning on our Triumph Tigers heading through Glencoe to...
Climbers on the top of the crag. Taken at 5:08pm. Will Birkett and friends were aiming to climb in White Ghyll on Sunday 26th April and so in the afternoon, having finished my jobs and at a loose end, I thought I would see what they were up to. For those unfamiliar...
9/APRIL/2021 GRASMOOR BY LADHOWS I guess the full title of this outing should be “Grasmoor by Lad Hows Ridge and descent by Wandhope, Thirdgill Head Man and Whiteless Pike after nipping up Crag Hill”. A description of this admirable round can be found in...
Seen centrally is an ash with a distinct white canopy of twigs. Taken 19/01/2020 at 12:02pm. BILL BIRKETT COUNTRY DIARY 19TH to 25TH NOVEMBER 2020 Apart from a few stubborn oaks all the deciduous trees around Grasmere have now lost their leaves. Gone all the...
