John Paterson


Skiing in Gressoney, Italy
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Read more...The Monte Rosa ski area is an area of steep-sided, wooded valleys strewn with boulders large and small. Because of this the ski area, whilst huge, is only medium sized in terms of the number of runs - although some of them are several miles long with descents of up to 5,000 feet. The valleys are branch valleys off the huge Aosta Valley which stretches for many miles below the Swiss border.
 
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Dale Head to Scope End

Read more...This weekend, Jo and I have had two walks in very different conditions.  The first was from Chapel Bridge in Newlands.

 
Fornside to Clough Head and White Pike in snow

Read more...When I went to bed last night we had snow on the ground and when I woke up this morning we had more!  The cloud was still down though, so I didn't really fancy heading for one of the higher fells.  Instead I opted for a walk from my door. 

 
FEATURED UNFREQUENTED WAINWRIGHT ROUTES
UWR:19 Fisher Wife's Rake & 20 Fornside Peat Track

Read more...As anyone who has walked the ridge between Clough Head and the Dodds knows, it is a flat whale back of a ridge covered in peat.  Many of the settlements in the valley below date from Norse times (1,000 years ago) as witnessed by the names.  For example Fornside, Legburthwaite and Lowthwaite are all of Norse origin.  So peat will have been an important fuel for at least since those settlements were created.  Fornside and Lowthwaite have their peat tracks on which peat was brought down from the ridge above on wooden hand sleds.

 
UWR:12 & 13 A circuit of Deepdale and Dovedale from Deepdale bridge

Read more...Like everyone else on the fells today I had wonderful walking conditions with not a cloud in the sky.  I had planned to park at Cowbridge carpark near Hartsop but it was full (the weather had seen to that) so I parked at Deepdale Bridge instead.  Deepdale is easy walking and eventually leads up to Deepdale Hause between Cofa Pike and St Sunday Crag - but I turned off the main path a mile below the hause.

 
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"On Saturday we met up with Ann and Roger Hiley, John Paterson and Terry Gargrave for a walk up High Rigg and on Monday we met Paul Harrison on Pike O'Stickle. It was a real pleasure meeting everybody and we enjoyed every minute." Dave Leslie