Tag Archive: county tops

Aug 24 2013

Walk 67 – The Unknown Ramble

Whernside from Ribblehead:For one reason or another we hadn’t been walking for over a month, and as such we decided to plan a last minute walk. The thing was, the weather looked decidedly dodgy all over northern England, and with Snail in tow, we have to be a little more selective with our choices.

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Nov 03 2012

Walk 56: Wild West?

Black Hill & West Nab from Wessenden Head: It had been almost two months since we last laced up our boots and I was itching to get going as we pulled up in a lay-by opposite the entrance to Wessenden Head Reservoir. A short time later Roger and Ryan arrived, followed not long after by Marc, Jane and Lucy which meant we would have 9 in attendance today.

Oct 15 2011

Walk 37: More Than We Can Chew

Black Chew Head & Featherbed Moss from Crowden: The Yorkshire Dales and Lake District were familiar to us and now the Peak District would become the third National Park we would visit as we began our Peak District tops tick list.

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Sep 18 2010

Walk 18: Yorkshire Tops…. Done!

Whernside from Ribblehead: And so the day had arrived. Today would be the day that five of the Rambling Badgers would complete the Yorkshire tops tick list. Those five would be myself, Wu Tang, Beaky, Ramblo and last but by no means least, Sherpa G-String.

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May 08 2010

Walk 7: One Peak, Two Peak, Three Peak, Four….

Gragareth, Green Hill, Great Coum & Crag Hill from Leck Fell House: I was nervous as we drove along the A65 towards Cowan Bridge. This wasn’t because we were almost at our starting point of Leck Fell House, or the fact that it had been three weeks since we were at Mallerstang, it was to do with the fact that if Leeds Utd won that afternoon, they would be promoted back to the Championship at our third attempt.