Swimming with Mother

Amidst intermittent torrential showers Mother and I braved Ullswater’s choppy waters. Last time I was here, the water was a … More

To Wildcat Island…

Chillswim Coniston end-to-end 2016 On Saturday we swam the five and a quarter mile length of Coniston, me and about … More

I’ve walked to the top of Helvellyn an uncounted number of times over the last 30… 35… years, but I’ve … More

Coniston-end-to-end, 2015. We are at one end, ready to swim to the other end, five and a quarter miles away. … More

This was yesterday. Though I made them myself, they were great brownies. Seem to have done a pretty good effort … More

[Note: apologies for on-going lack of cats. I am on holiday and there are no cats here!] Yesterday I returned … More

I was up in Cumbria for the weekend, swimming, but that’s another story. Fleetingly, driving out of Great Langdale, I … More

The last of my Lake District sketches (for a while). This is me, swimming the length of Buttermere, and somewhat … More

Up the ‘Dinosaur’s Back’ to the top of Blencathra, with nieces/nephews, siblings/in-laws, and Mum who with hindsight may not have … More

Wastwater, 26th October. The Bringer of Shoes! That was my brother, wandering down to see why, having swum most of … More