Hiking, Camping and Photography Blog Entries

Following is an up to date index of my Lake District and Yorkshire Dales walking, camping and photography blog entries. Please click on one to read the article.

Hiking, Camping and Photography Blog Entries was last modified: January 19th, 2019 by Gavin Dronfield

Lake District Wild Camping
STICKY POST : A list of wild camping locations in the Lake District tried and tested out by yours truly
A walk from Dufton to High Cup Nick
January 2019 : A Walk from Dufton along the Pennine Way to watch sunset at High Cup Nick in winter
Photography review of 2018
December 2018 : My 5 favourite landscape photos from Yorkshire and Cumbria of 2018
Gelt Woods walk in autumn
October 2018 : A walk along the River Gelt in Gelt Woods in autumn, when the woods are at their colourful best
Sergeant Man wild camp from Grasmere
June 2018 : Climbing Sergeant Man from Grasmere village via Easedale for a wonderful wild camp on the tops
Wild camping on Wild Boar Fell
May 2018 : A climb up Wild Boar Fell from Cotegill Bridge for a windy night's wild camping
Climbing Loughrigg Fell
January 2018 : A choice of routes up Loughrigg from Great Langdale and from Grasmere
Photography review of 2017
December 2017 : Selecting my favourite landscape photographs that I published in 2017
Visiting Lacy’s Caves from Little Salkeld
November 2017 : A walk along the River Eden in Cumbria to visit the small caves carved into a sandstone cliff above the river
Wild camp at Styhead Tarn
October 2017 : Walking up from Seathwaite to spend a stormy night spent wild camping at Styhead Tarn
A dawn walk round the Hole of Horcum
September 2017 : A photography trip to a misty Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors
The classic Malham Round
May 2017 : A walk through stunning limestone scenery from Malham in the Yorkshire Dales
A walk from Stainforth to Winskill Stones
April 2017 : Watching sunset from the limestone pavement of Winskill Stones in Ribblesdale
Photography review of 2016
December 2016 : A look back over my landscape photographs taken in 2016 and my top five photos from the year
Stanley Ghyll Force walk
November 2016 : A walk through autumnal Eskdale woodland to Stanley Ghyll Force
Haystacks wild camp at Innominate Tarn
October 2016 : A stormy night of wild camping in thunder and lightening at Innominate Tarn on Haystacks.
Gunnerside lead mines from Gunnerside
September 2016 : A walk up Gunnerside Gill in Swaledale to visit the disused lead mines.
Warnscale Head Bothy visit
August 2016 : A climb from Gatesgarth Farm in the Buttermere Valley up to Warnscale Head bothy for a look inside.
A visit to the wildflower meadows of Swaledale
July 2016 : Wandering through the wildflower meadows near Muker in the summer when they were in flower.
Great End wild camp in summer
June 2016 : A climb from Seathwaite Farm in Borrowdale to the summit of Great End for a night’s wild camping.
Bluebells and ramsons in Robin Hoods Howl
May 2016 : Springtime in Robin Hoods Howl, a coppiced beech woodland in the North York Moors.
Photography review of 2015
December 2015 : A look back over my landscape photographs taken in 2015 and my top five photos from the year
Storm Desmond hits the Lake District
December 2015 : A tour around the northern Lake District surveying some of the damage caused by Storm Desmond in 2015.
Cold Pike from Wrynose Pass via Red Tarn
November 2015 : A cracking autumnal day out in the Langdale Fells visiting Blea Tarn, Three Shires Stone and Cold Pike.
Blencathra wild camp in autumn
September 2015 : The tale of an amazing misty night out wild camping on the summit of Blencathra.
Great Gable and Green Gable from Borrowdale
May 2015 : A day that started out very unpromisingly in Borrowdale turned out to be one of my best days out in the Lake District fells.
An evening walk around Buttermere Lake
June 2014 : Looking at the detail of a photo taken one evening on the shores of Buttermere Lake.
The Lakeland Photography Prize 2013
November 2013 : News of my winning entry in the Lakeland Photography competition in 2013.
The Lyrid Meteor Shower from Boredale Hause
May 2013 : A very unsuccessful night out to watch meteors that turned into a very successful dawn shoot on Place Fell.
Dawn walk up Catbells to watch sunrise
March 2012 : A pre-dawn walk in the dark from Little Town up Catbells to watch dawn from the summit.
The Strid in Strid Woods in autumn
December 2011 : A autumnal day out at the Strid near Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales.
Langdale camping trip in autumn
October 2011 : A camping trip at the NT campsite in Langdale, a dawn trip up to Blea Tarn and a Great Langdale Valley walk.
Walking and camping in Swaledale
August 2011 : A weekend of camping, walking and photography at Muker in Upper Swaledale.