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Message 313: Have also been making use of the site and walks over the last few months. Otley Chevin walk nearly killed me today! I've been tracking most of the walks using Nokia Sports Tracker Beta - google the web site and check out adrianwi. Thanks for your efforts! From: Adrian Williamson Town/City: Leeds, West Yorkshire Country: England Date: Monday 05 May 2008 Message 312: Great website. We're off to Timble now for an easy dander. Many Thanks. From: Caroline Dempsey Town/City: Yorkshire Country: England Date: Monday 05 May 2008 Message 311: Fab site – just deciding which route to go on today !! Just wanted to ask – do we really need detailed instructions for the walks or would we manage with the stuff on each walk page? ( If youre going to suggest I get a map to take …consider Ive got my mobile phone, lipstick and Kendal mint cake to carry too….. oh but then there’s the husband of course….. he could manage the map !!) Just back from dragging him up to Easedale Tarn nr Grasmere - I think he’s planning on a sofa day today…ha ha…. Im just polishing the boots……. Thanks, Jan From: Jan Collinson Town/City: Sledmere, East Yorkshire Country: England Date: Sunday 04 May 2008 Message 310: Hi Your Roaches/ Hen Cloud 12m walk looks great. Any chance of a route card please? I find the site funny and also very informative. Thanks, Rachael "I mailed Rachael her requested Memory Map route" From: Rachael Lee Town/City: Country: UK Date: Saturday 03 May 2008 Message 309: Is there any chance of mailing me the MMO files for the Snowdon walk featured on your web site. Sounds excellent and hoping to take the kids up. Regards, Craig Varley PS. Fantastic web site really enjoyed it – thanks very much !! "I mailed Craig his requested Memory Map route" From: Craig Varley Town/City: Country: UK Date: Sunday 27 April 2008 Message 308: I have recently been making good use of your site around Yorkshire. Timble ,Swinsty, Fewston mix today. Have just taken delivery of a GPS and Memory Map System. By way of a trial run decided to download one of your 'R' routes. One I am familar with namely Haworth/Top Withins. Everything worked until I tried downloading the way points onto my GPS. At this I got something about license incompatability or some such. Should this in fact work? Thanking you in anticipation...AND more to the point Thank You for providing such a superb facility. "I gave Joan some guidance on how to overcome the problem" From: Joan Law Town/City: Bradford Country: England Date: Saturday 26 April 2008 Message 307: I am working my way through the 29 hills(19 completed so far).Could you tell me why you exclude Great Dummacks and Bram Rigg Top both of which are over 2000 feet? "I added both hills to the listing on the Yorkshire Dales hills page" From: Denis Varley Town/City: Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire Country: England Date: Saturday 26 April 2008 Message 306: As a fellow walking Englishman, (I've walked on my own, in the Scouting movement, with the Cov CHA rambling club, Cov local YHA group and with family and throughout England / Wales / Europe) I've visited your site several times now and have found it informative and entertaining and helps bring back memories of my own walking experiences in many of the same places ... Thank you ... Your site might well have inspired me to have a go at my own web site (if I can get my head aroud the technical IT stuff) ... Any advice how to start ? Best regards, Gary. "I gave Gary a few options on what to do in order to start to build a web site" From: Gary Hadden Town/City: Rugby, Warwickshire Country: England Date: Saturday 26 April 2008 Message 305: Hi Mike, can you tell me what Ingleborough is like for taking a crazy boxer dog to the summit, been up penyghent a while back and I seemed to remember I had to pick the dog up a few times because it refused to scramble up! "I replied to Gary stating Ingleborough had less scrambling (from a southern or eastern approach)" From: Gary Town/City: Country: England Date: Friday 25 April 2008 Message 304: Hi, I'm planning a Lake District mega walk in a few weeks time that will include Sharp Edge, Jacks Rake, Striding Edge and Scafell all in one weekend! (I like a challenge). Your site is great and the walks will be based on the routes published on here. Would you happen to have higher resolution pics of your route maps for these 4 walks that you could mail me? Thanks "I compiled route cards with larger maps for Mark" From: Mark Barrett Town/City: Derby Country: England Date: Thursday 24 April 2008 Message 303: Hi, I have been looking at a walk you have done called Haworth Moor and Top Withins Walk. Do you have any guidecards for this or can you please tell me where I can get instructions from. I usually do walks from AA 100 best walks in Northern England. I am hoping to do this walk this weekend so hope I haven't left it too late. Thanks, Angela "I immediately sent Angela a detailed map and a route card with waypoints & instructions" From: Angela Miller Town/City: Liverpool Country: England Date: Wednesday 23 April 2008 Message 302: Great site pleasing to the eye and well put together. From: Keith Town/City: Newcastle Country: England Date: Monday 21 April 2008 Message 301: Hi Mike, I am fairly new to all these walks, I walk with my dad in the Lake District, so far we have done Scafell, Scafell Pike, Fairfield Horseshoe, Jack's Rake and this weekend Bowfell & Crinkle Crags. When we chose our walks we always have a look on your site to take in any information and to get a general idea of the walks. Your website is of great aid to us. So thanks again. Keep it up. Marc From: Marc Whittaker Town/City: Country: England Date: Monday 21 April 2008 Message 300: Hi I live in Lincoln and yesterday I completed the Top Withens walk from Haworth with my son. Poor day with strong winds but scenery very atmospheric. The climb from the Bronte falls upto Top Withens is a good stretch but we had no trouble with sheep. Heathcliiffe must have been something special for Kathy to have walked all that way! Good web site with many good ideas. Regards to all , Phil. From: Phil Brooks Town/City: Lincoln Country: England Date: Sunday 20 April 2008 Message 299: What a gem of a website. Like you I enjoyed Jake's Rake too though we also did a Ghyll Scramble up the stream as well. Weather was... interesting. From: Jo Sutton Town/City: Country: England Date: Sunday 20 April 2008 Message 298: My name is Barbara Howe. My son Alex, has just moved to Chesterfield to live and work. He is 19 and is familiar (ish) with the area as my family have lived there for several years, and we always go for a short walk at Curbar Edge when we are able. He is keen to join a walking/climing group. He has done plenty of long walk with Duke of Edinburgh bronze, silver and gold. Can you help him get in touch with any groups that walk in the area (phone numbers would be great). Because he has just moved to the area and doesn't have any friends, it would be a really good way for him to enjoy himself and meet people. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Barbara "I pointed Barbara to the Ramblers Association Walking Groups search page" From: Barbara Howe Town/City: Chesterfield, Derbyshire Country: England Date: Friday 18 April 2008 Message 297: Brilliant website with great information on walks. I always have a look on here to see what walks to do. Brilliant descriptions and easy to look at descriptions of the walks. From: Marc Whittaker Town/City: Country: England Date: Thursday 17 April 2008 Message 296: Hello from Ellicott City, Maryland in the states! I am looking for a great hike for six youths (17 & 18 year olds) and me (the chaperone (and father of one of the youths)) for a day in the Lake District in late May. Since this will be our one and only day in the Lake District, I think that the Newlands Horseshoe Walk will be perfect. My main concern, however, is navigation. I don't think that I could follow the path that you describe using only what I read (about the walk) on the website. I must be missing something. How can I make sure that we stay on track? Is it much simpler than I am imagining? Thanks for your good work on this site. I'm already looking forward to the trek! "I replied to Jim's query with more detailed information of the route" From: Jim Johnson Town/City: Ellicott City, Maryland Country: United States Date: Friday 11 April 2008 Message 295: We had some guests from Australia stay at our guest house who had printed out some of the walks in and around Settle from your site. We were very impressed with what you have done when we visited your site ourselves. The walks you have selected are excellent and you present them on your web-site beautifully. Our guest house is well placed for many of the walks that you have featured. Recently we have had many people who have stayed who have come by train from as far away as London as did our Autralian guests. Five of your walks are accessable from our guest house by public transport; two directly from our front door and we are keen to encourage this sustainable tourism. We will put a link to you in our web site at www.settlelodge.co.uk. Anyone wanting to see what we have to offer in terms of accommodation can also visit our site. Keep up the good work, Amanda and Eduardo From: Eduardo Martinez Town/City: Settle Lodge, Settle, North Yorkshire Country: England Date: Saturday 05 April 2008 Message 294: Perhaps it is time you decided to try a a walk on the wild side...in Connemara, Ireland. The quaint village of Clonbur, ('An Fhairce' in Irish), located on the narrow peninsula separating Lough Corrib and Lough Mask, is the gateway to the breath-taking Connemara region. Attracted by the easy pace of life here walkers love exploring the unspoiled Connemara countryside, rambling along the quiet mountain boreens overlooking the lakes, soaking up the stunning Connemara scenery. Many walkers use the Failte Ireland Loop walks and the posted Forestry walks as their walking routes on the Maamturks mountains, Mount Gable, the Twelve Bens and even Croagh Patrick, although thorough planning and care are necessary to ensure a safe hike on all of Connemara's mountains. My family have been welcoming walkers to Connemara for over half a century and understand the true meaning of old time hospitality. We welcome old and new friends equally and offer keen group rates to tour and group organisers. We'll make sure your stay is enjoyable, hassle-free and above all, affordable. From: Eddie Lynch Town/City: Fairhill House Hotel, Clonbur, Connemara, Co. Galway Country: Ireland Date: Friday 04 April 2008 Message 293: Just come across the site via Google, Great resource & it's free so well done! I am planning on getting back into walking again after a 10 year lay off and want to have a go a Scafell Pike for the 1st time or the Yorkshire 3 peaks challenge - one I have done a couple of times before, in May sometime, I will keep you posted and let you know if it "Makes or Breaks me" Cheers, Tony W From: Tony Wroe Town/City: Country: England Date: Sunday 30 March 2008 Message 292: Hello, My wife and I really enjoy your website. We have lived and worked in GB and have spent many years visiting Lago Di Como as you have. We found out about the old Roman Road from Menaggio up around past Dongo and also experienced the pleasures of hiking it in 30C heat. Your website and your videos brought many good memories back for us. Our compliments to your creation and organization on this site: Very pleasant! Best Regards, Rob and Claude Mary Case From: Rob Case Town/City: Country: Switzerland Date: Sunday 30 March 2008 Message 291: Hi chap! Decided only this week to do Kinder Scout, leaving Edale via Grinds Brook... and hunting on the net found your site. The exact walk we had been planning! Perfect. Had a right good nose round fella and think I've stumbled on an excellent resource for the years ahead - thanks very much From: Kelvin Mann Town/City: Country: England Date: Thursday 27 March 2008 Message 290: Well I have notched another few walks from your excellent site since my last entry. I can recommend the walk in the Dales above Settle to Catrigg Force to anybody looking for a surprise - I was looking out for a large stream and couldn't see anything like that - but then I heard a roar and guessed I couldn't be too far away. A true hidden gem. Also last weekend I completed the walk from Follifoot to Spofforth Castle with my partner which was a nice walk spoiled only by the dog muck that was abundant on the path leading away from Follifoot and the roadside on Haggs Lane - where motorists appear to use the hedgerows as their rubbish bins - they should be made to go and clear up after themselves. Apart from that it was lovely with the secluded pond at Lodge Wood and rounding under Manor bridge and arriving at Spofforth Castle being lovely highlights. Keep the walks coming and keep up the good work :-) From: Richard Hebblewhite Town/City: Harrogate Country: England Date: Saturday 22 March 2008 Message 289: Hi Mike, Just wanted to report what Peter & I have been up to......been walking in the snow recently which was a nice change! Even though its nearly spring...lol! We have at long last invested in some new water proof trousers the type you wear all the time not over ones!!! So they went out with us of course........... to be tested on Nine Standards Rigg in the snow a week ago. As we seem to forget something??? on all our walks out, a compass is not the thing to forget! Especially in this area where the clag comes down & you haven't the faintest idea which direction you could be going! Pleased to report we got back safe & sound & were the only loonies out walking on such a day as the cars passed us walking up that fabulous road that takes you through breath taking scenery from Muker to Nateby. As always we call into a welcoming hostelry for a warm (dry out) & a well earned drinky poo. We called into the (not so long opened) Keld Lodge, which use to be a Keld Youth Hostal. We can highly recommend this delightful place after a lovely walk out & the owners are wonderful! Also one of the owner's had just helped to rescue 20 kids off the hill doing the D of Edinburgh overnight expedition in very dangerous weather conditions!!! It was unbelievable this was allowed to happen (I take kids out too) but luckily nobody was hurt!!!!!!! Oh by the way, pleased to report also, that our new trousers were a huge success.............. even though its taking us sometime to get use to them lovely!!! It is people like you & all the other ones who have created books, programmes, taken picture's, I say a HUGE THANK-YOU for inspiring us all to get out there. Also there is a good chance that we will never get to explore everywhere. But it fills your heart up with hope to do & see as much of it as you can......................... happy walking to all!!!!!!!!!!!!! From: CaZ from Middlesbrough Town/City: Middlesborough Country: England Date: Tuesday 18 March 2008 Message 288: My wife discovered your great site and brought it to my attention. We have spent our last four annual holidays in Snowdonia because I like heights and climbs. Unfortunately Chris, my wife, is unable to participate so this year we are to holiday in The Lake District. I was worried there might be nothing of any great challenge for me (in comparison to Ben Nevis and Snowdon). Just viewing your photos and text about the walks and climbs has cheered my heart immensely. We will stay in Ambleside district and are coming in October. My question: are there walks in your repertoire from Ambleside and are there any pitfalls to avoid? (note: I replied to Mic with a couple of suggestions) From: Mic McCreadie Town/City: Country: England Date: Sunday 02 March 2008 Message 287: What a great site. We live locally and can't wait to take some friends visiting at the weekend for one of these walks - just don't know which one to choose! From: Babs Swan Town/City: Yorkshire Country: England Date: Friday 29 February 2008 Message 286: This is a wonderful site. The images alone are inspiring. From: Paul Bech Town/City: Pennsylvania Country: USA Date: Wednesday 27 February 2008 Message 285: Dear Mike, My name is Owain Roberts and I am the chairman of the Fellwalking and Mountaineering club at Sheffield Hallam University. I just thought I would send you an e-mail to thank you for the many ideas for walks you have given our club through your 'Walking Englishman' website. This year, so far we have followed your routes for The Sutton Bank and White Horse walk and The Staithes and Coast walk in the North Yorkshire Moors, Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia and most recently this weekend where we took in Pen-Y-Ghent and the Hull Pot on the Saturday (despite very indifferent weather!) and then Settle Caves and Waterfalls on the Sunday. All the routes were easy to follow thanks to the maps and written material which we had printed out from you site in advance. If you would like to join us in future for one of our Sunday walks in the Peak District then please do let me know as you would be most welcome. We know a few good ones which are not yet listed on your site! We go out there most Sundays. In the meantime keep up the good work and may thanks once again. All the best, Owain Roberts and all at Sheffield Hallam University Fellwalking and Mountaineering Club From: Owain Roberts Town/City: Sheffield, South Yorkshire Country: England Date: Monday 25 February 2008 Message 284: Hi, Great site with some refreshing new ideas. I notice that your routes are in Memory Map format. Do you have any route files for The Yorkshire Dales that you can send to me or are they available to download on the site. Keep up the good work "All my routes are available by request in Memory Map (.mmo) format" From: Mark Dixon Town/City: Bridlington, East Yorkshire Country: England Date: Saturday 23 February 2008 Message 283: Excellent webpages! Trying to work out where to go and explore around Yorkshire and it is so nice to have a pictorial trip along a route. Keep the walking shoes on and get some more routes on there! From: Alexis Keech Town/City: Yorkshire Country: England Date: Friday 22 February 2008 Message 282: Hi Mike! We did your recommended walk the circular of Great Whernside & Buckden Pike, with the exception of doing it the other way round! Why you may ask? Well, Peter & myself were not sure we would have enough time/ light to do both in the alloted time we had left. So an escape route could be taken on our walk back if necessary!! BUT we didn't really want to do that......... so carried on even though light might be against us!!! After all we had almost a full moon to guide us back!! What a sunset, unbelievable with the whole of the mountain range lit up with the most magical of colours, it went on after for a whole hour. Peter & I were extremely privileged to be spectators of such a awe inspiring & breath taking show, from our life giving Sun.........without it we are well & truly ******! It was as always a wonderful euphoric walk out in the spendours of this beautiful World we live in!!! A brilliant walk out again thanks to your website! Ok would like to see more of the World but money does'nt allow & i'm not sure my fabulous nearly 11 yr old springer would allow me to go away that long lol!!! He's going to be in a shock when I go to Skye in April for a week, here's hoping God will look down well on me my son (his first big trip out) & party, as I visit the wonderful Cuillins. Hoping this time to get summet done!!!!! Happy walking to all!!! CaZ................. Middlesbrough lass From: Caroline Town/City: Middlesborough, Teeside Country: England Date: Wednesday 20 February 2008 Message 281: Just looking for walks around Beverley and came across your site. Teriffic effort put into the site. Well done and please continue as I can't wait to go and try some. I go to Italy at least once a year so keen to give your Italy lakes a try where did you find these routes. From: Peter Dixon Town/City: Beverley, East Yorkshire Country: England Date: Tuesday 19 February 2008 |
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