Has Norman Hadley invented a new Lake District challenge? He can't quite believe this traverse hasn't been documented before. At a distance of 70.5km, it could be an easier alternative to...

Among the many marvels of Patterdale are its huge variety of side valleys: Grisedale, Deepdale, Dovedale, Caudale, Threshwaite and Hayeswater are all worthy of separate, leisurely exploration. Less...

This tale of youthful misadventure (and a big mistake on the Cairngorm Plateau) defies all odds. It’s time to get it off my chest.

Best Walks in the Lake District offers a feast of fellwalking in an attractive and user-friendly format, and it's one of the first guidebooks to be integrated with Cicerone's new app. If...

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Come and see York as you've never seen it before: through poems, stories, shadows and ginnels

There's far more to Yorkshire hillwalking than the cliches of Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent. Norman Hadley ventures east of the M6 and far from the Three Peak crowds to seek out some...

To cross the Central Fells is to pass between worlds. Between the glittering, coniferous waters of Thirlmere and the nibbled swards of Borrowdale lie wild acres of tussocky moorland, waiting to be...

Having first teetered across Striding Edge aged just nine, Norman Hadley has made regular ascents of Helvellyn ever since. Whether running, walking, mountaineering, bivvying or biking, it's a...

This high limestone plateau separates the upper Lune valley from the headwaters of the Lyvennet, a tributary of the Eden. You won't find any one outstanding summit to focus the eye here, but...

On a dry or hard-frozen day the central ridge of Lakeland is a delight, with easy miles of turf, and panoramic views across pretty much the whole district. Rather than just treating Ullscarf as a...

The Northern Fells are arranged as a large pie cut into rough thirds: the Blencathra grouping occupies the sector from the Caldew at 2 o'clock to the Glenderaterra at 6, Skiddaw and subsidiaries...

As well as having a lovely name, Glaramara is the dominant feature in upper Borrowdale, extending a friendly mittened hand in between Langstrath and the Seathwaite valley, with Combe Gill tumbling...