After a few weeks at home I am away again, this time back on familiar ground at Cholsey Grange CL. I am here for a couple of weeks keeping an eye on things whilst the …
Continue readingA Five Mile Stroll from Cholsey Grange CL
Author: Fred
Avebury to Stonehenge on the Sarsens Trail
Earlier in the year with three friends, Mandy, Glenda and Ged, I walked the Clarendon Way, the 27-mile route between Winchester Cathedral and Salisbury Cathedral it was a cracking day and the four of us …
Continue readingInteractive Map of My 186 Trig Pillars
For many years a key feature of my walking has been to visit Ordnance Survey triangulation pillars, also known as trig points. These pillars were introduced in 1935 in a project led by Brigadier Martin …
Continue readingInteractive Map of Caravan Sites Visited
The interactive map below shows details of the caravan sites we have visited on our travels. By clicking on the caravan you will see a link to my blogs from that site and a link …
Continue readingIngleborough and Trow Gill
We are at the end of our tour, after thirty-one nights we are heading back home tomorrow. But before we do there is time to fit in one final walk in the Yorkshire Dales. If …
Continue readingTrig Bagging at Moughton Scar and Sulber
We are nearing the end of this trip to Brigholme Farm CL and there are still some Ordnance Survey trig pillars in the area that I have not “bagged” and as luck would have it …
Continue readingBoggy Walking on Blea Moor and Dodd Fell
Whilst studying the map last night I was intrigued by the footpath that crosses Blea Moor following the route of the tunnel that carries the Settle to Carlisle railway line. So today I am heading …
Continue readingGiggleswick Common from Brigholme Farm CL
Today I am heading out from Brigholme Farm CL to bag another trig point and visit Giggleswick Common, an area I have not previously visited. I had thought I had bagged all the trig points …
Continue readingAround Totridge Fell, Bleadale Water and Langden Brook
Whilst staying at Brigholme Farm CL I usually walk in the local area. I have rarely headed towards the Trough of Bowland over the border in Lancashire. It’s not that far away, but I was …
Continue readingYorkshire Three Peaks from the Hill Inn
After my early morning walk with the dogs I am soon out again for an early start to tackle the Yorkshire Three Peaks. This is a walk that I have done on three previous occasions …
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