View descending Fairfield looking over Rydal Water with Windermere in the distanceI thought it would be hard work - and it was!! In the last week my friend Alan and I managed to climb Great Gable and the Fairfield Horseshoe (not in the same day!). It was knackering at times and, not being accustomed to climbing nearly 3000 ft, my legs moaned and groaned about it all for days; however it was all worth while and the views and special atmosphere experienced at the tops of high fells are just so...
Posted by Steve Adams on Thursday, April 19, 2012,
Walking under the big skies of Norfolk (thanks to Pat of Spelthorne Ramblers for the photo). I'm the chunky canary in front! We (Phil Howe and Me) were here leading some walks along the north Norfolk coast. Beautiful area - and nice and flat too. We saw a good mixture of wildlife, especially wading birds such as avocets and oyster catchers. One of the best sightings was a barn owl in broad daylight - think he (or she) was a bit of a poser, doing a display flight before alighting on a...
I thought it would be hard work - and it was!! In the last week my friend Alan and I managed to climb Great Gable and the Fairfield Horseshoe (not in the same day!). It was knackering at times and, not being accustomed to climbing nearly 3000 ft, my legs moaned and groaned about it all for days; however it was all worth while and the views and special atmosphere experienced at the tops of high fells are just so...
We (Phil Howe and Me) were here leading some walks along the north Norfolk coast. Beautiful area - and nice and flat too. We saw a good mixture of wildlife, especially wading birds such as avocets and oyster catchers. One of the best sightings was a barn owl in broad daylight - think he (or she) was a bit of a poser, doing a display flight before alighting on a...