National Parks – The Musical!

With a Lake District book deadline to meet and less than a third of the walks completed, I should really have been heading up to the north west during half term. But I’ve had time off from the countryside over the last few days, swapping the fresh air and lakes for the urban landscape of

TV and Tourism

Over the last couple of days I’ve been all about Poldark. Reading Poldark, watching Poldark, discovering Poldark documentaries, finding out about writer Winston Graham and writing about Poldark. It’s all in aid of a feature marking the anniversary of Graham’s death, but it has also got me wondering about the link between the countryside and

Take Your McPackaging Home!

Another trip up to the Lake District last week to try and get another couple of walks researched, photographed and written up. Most enjoyable was the climb up to Hampsfell from Grange Over Sands. It’s a sharp, fairly steep climb but once you’re up to the top at the “Hospice” there are some incredible views,