Mend Our Mountains campaign extended
I noticed lately that the British Mountaineering Council’s ‘Mend Our Mountains‘ crowdfunding campaign has been extended. It’s a nice idea to help fund repairs to our hill paths, many of…
Trappers and the quiet ways
The other day, taking advantage of a pocket of sunshine and a light workload, I went out for a bit of an explore. I recently got hold of the Harvey…
Nelly Ayre Foss
A few weeks ago, while I was catting around on the internet for information about Biggersdale Hole, I came across a mention of a waterfall near Goathland called Nelly Ayre…
The cautionary tale of the Saltersgate Inn
[Update 2025. Since this post from 2014 still gets a surprising amount of traffic and occasional comments, it’s worth mentioning that the remains of the Saltersgate Inn were demolished some…
