Ramblings

Ronnie collected many things during her life, inkwells, fountain pens and pencils were just some of the things that interested her

Having been given discount tickets as a Christmas present, Chris and I waited until June 2008 to start the journeys of adventure.  This...

To the North we have Melmerby Fell, Knapside and Little Knapside, Fiend’s Fell and beyond that in Gilderdale Forest there is Black Fell and

The girls were exploring parts that were normally inaccessible.  And then…there it was…smaller than the other trees and not very tall, but a

An unfinished piece written by Ronnie about her daughter, Anne-Marie. To start at the beginning, I was born in Ashington Hospital

The beginning of roads starts with wild animals who wandered about the countryside, down to the water and migrating from worn out feed groun

Ordnance Survey Bench marks (BMs) are survey marks made by Ordnance Survey to record height above Ordnance Datum.

We have discovered that between Ronnie and her husband, Chris, they wrote a piece on their new adventure to Northumberland.  So, for one we

The view from my office window changes every day, sunrises and sunsets can be glorious, especially in clear weather.  A rosy glow from the s

Glass bottles or vessels are known to date back to around 1500BC, a few examples have been found but unfortunately not intact.

A mountain is described as an independent point 2,000 feet or 610 metres or over with a minimum rise of 10 metres above the immediate surrou

County Councils via their Highway Departments are replacing stiles in order to allow greater access to the countryside for those with disabi

It is difficult to calculate the number of bores in the world.  I have read that there are sixty but also that there are ”over a hundred”.