Our final day left us with a decision to make. Where to walk before our long drive back down to Plymouth? The weather was due to be pretty good, lots of sunshine with occasional showers so we now needed a walk near to a decent A road running towards the M65 and importantly, running south.…

Now any first trip to the Yorkshire Dales wouldn’t be complete without a trip to see Malham Cove. I remember this walk from a TV programme called Britain’s Best walks, and I think it was at number two. Ade Edmondson (The Young Ones and Bottom fame) walked this route on the show, and I particularly…

Over the last 15 years I’ve made a fair number of trips north from Plymouth heading to visit relatives in St Helens or further on for holidays in the Lakes. Not once did I head east of the M6 to see any of the sights on offer in the Yorkshire Dales, this it would seem…