MY WALKING WORLD David Preston

 Last updated 25/01/2012
Welcome to my newly designed Website. I was running out of space on my old webpage as there was not enough room to keep adding links to the various pages. I have bought a little programme that enables me to put a row of drop down links across the top of the page and I do hope you find it easier to navigate around the site. Some of the links are not functional yet and I have got quite a bit of work to do, however I am sure it will be worth it and the end result should be a lot better.

I welcome any comments about the new design and I will keep adding pages and statistics as they become available.

When I started this webpage way back in 2003 I obviously was not famailar with web design and looking back at some of the old pages they do look very outdated. The challenge for this winter is to bring them all up to date and make them look smart

 

Looking across from Mallerstang Edge towards Wild Boar Fell and Baugh Fell


What I've been up to recently

 

What I'm thinking about for the future

Just had a great couple of days up in the Yorkshire Dales where I managed to climb 7 Nuttalls in the two days. There are a total of 251 in England and I have 86 still to climb. Due to the distance from home a bit of careful planning is needed. I think the way to complete these is to travel up for two days at a time and stay up there overnight, although I can stay in a B&B I think the best way will be to camp which means I can get an early start on the second day. I will be putting a list of the unclimbed peaks in the walks list at the top of this page.

 

The little bus on my walks means I have used public transport to get to a walk.

  I am planning to walk from  Blair Atholl to Aviemore, this walk is about 39 miles and seems to be within my capabilities. I believe there are a couple of river crossings that may cause a problem if the river is in spate but I will worry about that when the time comes. I would like to think I could complete this walk in about 3 days and am planning to do this towards the end of April in 2012

A family holiday in Spain in the early summer will give me the opportunity to have a look around the mountains in Costa Blanca as long as its not to hot


Recent Walks on the Walking Summary 2012
16/01/12   Cumbria High Seat and Hugh Seat from Outhgill Sunny 12 miles
15/01/12   Yorkshire Gragareth and Great Coum from Yordas Caves near Ingleton Sunny 12 miles
12/01/12   Cheshire Circuit of Tatton Park from Knutsford Sunny 6 miles
08/01/12   Peak District Youlgreave and Lathkill Dale Sunny period 7 miles
07/01/12   Cheshire Croker Hill from Oakgrove Cold and windy 6 miles
28/12/11   Staffordshire Circuit of Tittesworth Reservoir Sunny periods 7 miles
22/12/11   Peak District Cisterns Clough and Flash Sunny 7 miles

     A few interesting  Webcams

      

The Cat & Fiddle Webcam A537 Buxton to Macclesfield
 Leek Webcam   Monsal Head
 Foolow Webcam Zermatt Matterhorn
 Lunna House - Shetlands  

 

  I took this view of the Matterhorn in July 2007 as I neared  Zermatt at the end of the Walkers Haute Route - No matter how many times I look at it this exciting photo it fills me with wonder. Many climbers have fought there way to the top, some have lost there lives. It is like a magnet, when you are near you cannot stop gazing up at it. Alas its out of my reach but it has got to be one of my favourite views


You are welcome to copy any of my photos but please credit the photographer David Preston or put a link to my site.

If anyone has any questions or comments please e-mail me at davidpreston@mywalkingworld.com and I will do my best to answer

 
 

 BROKEN CROSS WALKERS

Macclesfield


 

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