Author Archives: tpltravelled

I absolutely get the need for an injection of funds in to @peakdistrictnationalpark but this is horrible. If anybody else did that you would jump all over them. It also partially obscures the exit from the car park for vehicles travelling west – i ‘look forward’ to the position of the sign being cited asContinue reading “Sign Of The Times”

A great mini film about the diversification of farm potato sheds in to padel courts …. and the saving of a farm watch

My friend Gordon quotes a saying from his Grandma’ regarding decision making and procrastination … ‘do a poo or get off the pot’ My indecision around the Hilleberg Akto goes back nigh on 30 years. That’s a lot of years ‘on the pot’. Writer, gear expert and long distance walking oracle Chris Townsend bought oneContinue reading “New Digs”

Got on a train in Sheffield bound for Penrith.  Somewhere near Preston the train in front caught fire. We went to Chorley for a long wait.  Hours later we got going. Then most of the trains northwards were cancelled and >30 carriages worth of passengers tried to get on our 5.  30 in to 5Continue reading “Hot Fells”

Many of the farmers that i know are saying that the ticks are worse this year than they have been in a long time. Maybe that’s the mild winter followed by some very warm spells of weather in Spring ? Check yourself properly and regularly. Get talented with squatting over a mirror (preferably in private).Continue reading “Ticked Off”

Reading, riting and ‘rithmetic … ? I won’t be mentioning it much on the socials but a few months ago i literally stumbled across a large healthy badger sett not too far from home, up on the moors. With that anthropological thingy where humans like to name things / animals in nature, and as aContinue reading “The Three R’s”

I received several well intentioned calls earlier this evening from folks that had seen ‘a massive meal being prepared’ in a layby under Stanage. I messaged the farmer and asked if he could pop by. He did. Ten minutes later he sent me a photo of a pile of curry. I asked if they wouldContinue reading “Uncle Phil”

Various takes on the causes, damage and politics behind / around the Tintwistle wildfire (*see earlier post by Tom Aspinall RSPB) For the Daily Mail reading side of the moor there’s this … and for a nifty bit of *open source* multi-database analysis of the fire site and the impact thereon by slope, aspect, vegetationContinue reading “Smoke and Mirrors”

I spent several pleasant hours yesterday afternoon wandering around the Eastern Moors patch in that warm breeze. Meandering between the Upper Res and the B6054 i came across a pile of stones i hadn’t visited before.  Wasn’t on the OS map. Nothing obvious via Google. I messaged Craig R – the oracle and a fellowContinue reading “The Oracle”

A very timely article and video by Tom Aspinall (RSPB Senior Policy Officer)