Clik here to view.
The Howgill Fells (Accentuating the Positive)
THE most interesting thing about the Howgill Fells is that there is nothing interesting about them. I don’t mean this in disparaging way; more in a mathematical way. Two negatives make a positive. So,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On White Horses (The Howgills Revisited)
WIND blasting across the Pennines as dawn turns the sky to a greasy grey smudge. The A66 is closed to high-sided vehicles – but that doesn’t stop the mad sods peeling off the A1 at Scotch Corner and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Forty-Second Fox (Baugh Fell, Swarth Fell and . . . )
It were early one morning when I rose from me bed I’ve heard hark, hark away me boys so clearly And so I drew me a little nearer, for to see who was there That were going out fox hunting … Continue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spanish Eyes (Wild Boar Fell)
IN THE heat of a Spanish night, while a full moon hangs over Sierra Luja, a car speeds along a winding mountain road towards the lights of Orgiva and its dusty valley. Crickets sing in the darkness....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Howgills – and the Sound of the Wind
SOMETIMES it’s enough just to walk, to place one foot in front of another and allow the miles to slip by. What’s that old Irish saying . . . ? May the road rise up to meet you; may the … Continue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Haunts of Ancient Peace
Walking on the wind in the Howgill fells . . . Continue reading →
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gibbet Hill and Carlin Gill – That’s Entertainment
GIBBET Hill has history. Little more than a slope in the Tebay Gorge – which separates the Howgill Fells from the Lake District – it was the site where, in 1684, local villain William Smurthwaite’s...
View Article