Muckthwaite, Friday 29 September, 2006Many folk will have heard tell of the 'Old Grey Woman' ofMuckthwaite Moor and many's the encounter I've had with her ghostly,inexplicable presence. The first mention of the phenomenon was in thewritings of Victorian pioneer Sir Francis Waffle...

Grindelwald, Friday 17 November, 2006For one week only, I'm writing outdoors diary from outside ofMuckthwaite, well, I say 'outside' but in point of fact, Jack Clegg -landlord of Muckthwaite Arms - and I, are in t'Swiss Alps.There were none

Muckthwaite, Christmas, 2006Not many folk know this, but local legend has it that Mary andJoseph were looking for an inn not in Bethlehem, but in Muckthwaite.Now, the theory that the son of God were born in the outhouse of theMuckthwaite Arms may seem far fetched, but there's ple...

Muckthwaite - Friday 16 JuneThe first rays of summer sunshine have run their golden fingers through the lush vegetation of the high moors. Hares bask in the hollows as the warm rays soak their tired bones and mother nature, for once, beams a happy, slightly stoned smile in this b...

Muckthwaite - Friday 16 JuneThe first rays of summer sunshine have run their golden fingersthrough the lush vegetation of the high moors. Hares bask in thehollows as the warm rays soak their tired bones and mother nature,for once, beams a happy, tousled smile in this beautiful va...

Muckthwaite, Friday 30 June, 2006It's at this time of year I feel the burbling call of MuckthwaiteBrook summonsing me into the hills. The brook is an old friend, aglistening, glittery streak of dancing watery joy that comes fromafar and, in time, leaves the valley behind a greene...

Muckthwaite, Friday 14 July, 2006There's not many folk as knows about the rare Muckthwaite orchid,or to give it its full latin name, MuckthwaitatisCarnivorovinious. In fact Muckthwaite Moor is one of the fewareas in the northern hemisphere where this little-known andbeautiful pla...

Muckthwaite, Friday 25 August, 2006First, I'd like to apologise for absence of column last week. Itwere terrible, there were a two-headed cow born in't village and ittook three of us to hold it down while the local lasses plucked itseyebrows and applied lip-stick. Twice over obvi...

Muckthwaite, Friday 3 November, 2006Now if you remember foot and mouth you'll know that rural economywere hit bad and Muckthwaite were no exception - Mrs Jenkins as ranHill Farm bed and breakfast tested positive and had to be put tosleep, reet sad it were and the end of tourism i...

just how itfeels, check our OM member Alex Ford's audio diary and pics by Alex and Andy Ashton of amomentous hill day...TheSnowdon Massif04:50 It's Pen-y-Pass and we are walking across the carpark. It's been raining nearly all night and I've had almost