Lordenshaw and Spylaw Round 1 and 2 ....

Our first attempt at this walk was a wintery day in February and our first 'hard' walk. Climbing through foot high heather, up a hill, with no poles was a challenge. We had wet feet, wet trousers and felt thoroughly miserable. We were blown away by reaching the top of a climb to find a lake shrowded in mist (looking quite oriental) hidden away. A slippery walk through a forest was also beautiful and the good points do outway the bad ones and we knew we would like to go back on a sunny day.







Round 2, 29th May and we head back up to Lordenshaw, nice car park and we are first there as usual. New boots since last visit and very comfy. We decided to go for our Paramo smocks, still adjusting to having a smock in my wardrobe. Probably more of an adjustment for Mark I reckon!

A good start, weather was okay and we headed off across the moor confidently. We spotted a deer at Selby's Cove. Barking loudly like a dog it made us both smile. A hard work walk with a slight detour through the heather making us both feel it may not be our favourite walk. Mark said 'never' again, I reckon its our nemesis for now and we will return he he.

St Mary's Lighthouse

This was a early morning in December and Mark took some amazing photos. The lighthouse looked so eerie it could easily be a movie location. I'm missing wearing my hats, scarves and gloves. Winter attire is so much easier to organise, you layer up as you know its going to be cold .... Spring comes along and you think great. Well actually its really hard work and we go out wearing an assortment of t-shirts, tops, body warmers, water proofs and anything else we can think of. You are then faced with stopping regularly to take something off or put something back on. We are currently testing out a couple of Paramo and Montane items, more to follow

New hat ..

Not actually my hat, Mark bought this but I have acquired it and he has progressed to a Tillie hat, indestructable and a lifetime guarantee. I feel he might need it!

The idea of this blog is to plot our efforts (adventures) around the local countryside. We may move to beyond the north-east but for now we are finding pleny of places to wander at the weekends.

As we started walking seriously in January I may reflect back on our journey's and some of the fab photos Mark has took including lots of me wandering off into the distance, I'm hoping as time goes by my rear gets smaller and not just because I am moving farther away he he.