Following on from Blog 47, here is a slightly shortened version of my diary for the second quarter of 2023: Sunday, 2nd April – Walked along the Pennine Way from Malham to Malham Cove, Gordale Scar, Janet’s Foss, Hanlith and… Continue Reading →
For over three years I have been adding to my website every month. It now seems to me that nobody is ever going to find the time to read it all and that there is no point in my adding… Continue Reading →
Stan Holroyd recently sent a message to the Wainwright Facebook site in which he mentioned the Scouter magazine. I replied to say that I had written an article that was published in that magazine in 1960, and here it is:… Continue Reading →
Thursday, 5th January – A man from K.T.D. called to install my new colour printer. Friday, 6th January – Chris Butterfield called with some books for me to sign. I gave him a large Snowdon panorama in case anyone wants… Continue Reading →
Here are some quotations from letters and faxes that I sent to Kate Cave of Frances Lincoln in 2005 in connection with the revision of The Eastern Fells. I have made changes to clarify which parts of the page are… Continue Reading →
Saturday, 1st October – Went by taxi to Glenridding to meet ten other members of the Wainwright Society and two dogs for a walk to Keldas and Grisedale. It seems to me that the people and the dogs enjoyed the… Continue Reading →
In my 9th blog I mentioned some interesting information about distant places that I have read about from time to time. Here are some more: The Mediterranean, Black, Caspian and Aral Seas are all remnants of the Tethys Ocean, which… Continue Reading →
Ancient history Here are some interesting facts in this field that I have read about over the years: In a book about Mastermind I read that in 1130 B.C. Brutus, the grandson of Aeneas of Troy, became the first king… Continue Reading →