Earlier this week, I went for a walk along along Baslow Edge, Birchen Edge and Gardom Edge, following the interface between the gritstone ridges and moorland. It is beautiful country.
I parked just up the hill from Curbar village and soon found myself on Baslow Edge where there was an amazing view of Curbar Edge and [...]
Not too long ago, we went for a nice walk in the Peak District from the village of Hartington to Pilsbury. Hartington is a bucolic spot, famous as the home of the oldest continually operating creamery in England and source of about a quarter of the world supply of stilton cheese. It is a beautiful [...]
It is a short walk from Gail and Dave’s Scottsdale house to the undeveloped desert. Piles of granite, remnants of ancient igneous intrusions, are scattered across the landscape. They just call out to be climbed!
Quite a few of us scrambled up the crack and made it atop this boulder.
I came back later with my rock [...]
Well, it’s nearly the end of January and I’ve only just finished uploading my pictures from the end of December. I’m hoping to write several posts about our trip to Arizona in the next few days and catch up to more current events.
As you can see from our visit to the Grand Canyon, [...]
The Scottish Highlands are truly a magical place. After leaving Loch Ness, we drove along Loch Cluanie. The mountains here are increasingly rugged and there is a grandeur to the landscape.
The effects of glaciation are apparent in the sculpted glens, but even more striking to me is the influence of what I’ve decided to call [...]
We had planned a longer hike in the moors, but somehow we ended up hiking along the coast north from Ravenscar. It turned out to be a very interesting place with some incredible views.
The trail led past an old alum mine and processing facility. Alum, among other things, was an important mordant for fixing the [...]
Molly went to the first meeting of the South Derbyshire Knitting Group that she helped to organized through Ravelry. There were nine knitters there, including her and River, and apparently it went off well. They are planning to meet bi-monthly in the future. Sage was inspired to take up finger-knitting with a [...]
Wales is a beautiful country and the mountains in Snowdonia provide a dramatic landscape of snow covered peaks interspersed with rolling vales and grazing sheep. We hiked part of the way up Mt. Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales, on Sunday.
We followed the Miner’s Track from Pen-y-Pass, the pass leading out of the mountains [...]
The sun was shining and the wind was blowing as I walked in the Dovedale yesterday.
Here I am at Lover’s Leap! The stone steps leading up to this outcrop contained myriad crinoid fossils. Apparently, this part of Derbyshire was part of a warm, shallow sea just north of the equator about 300 million [...]
We went walking at Kedleston Hall today. The house is closed for the winter; I imagine it is prohibitively expense to heat these huge old mansions. The grounds are very beautiful and there are several nice walking routes. There are sheep in the fields and some nice water features. The [...]
