Even though there was a bit of light in the twilit sky, some head torches were turned on in our first foray into the dark at the start of our latest outing. It was noticeably good weather for the Serious Read more

We learnt from last Wednesday’s epic wet and windy wanderings that it was useful, sensible and safer to split ourselves into two groups, so we did. There were five fast Serious (Slow) Warts (including birthday boy, Tom) and four slow Read more

Wednesday Warts weather this summer has generally been kind to us, so much so that comments were even made about the lack of bad weather. We had fallen into a group mood of complacency about the weather, so we dressed Read more

‘Tis the season, for mists and mellow fruitfulness and head torches, (forgive the mixing and ruining of quotations) this set the scene as we tentatively descended over the rocks and mud to the river bridge from Blackden carpark. It felt Read more

I have cursed him many, many times when we’ve been staring face to face into a mass of impenetrable bracken some of which is trying to wrap around our legs in a “frond” boa constrictor like embrace. Where are we? Read more

A journey of discovery or the wrong destination? We, the slow section of the Serious (Slow) Warts, were accused of incompetence by the fast Serious (Slow) Warts. They had run ahead to Shelf Stones and Shelf Moor to The Pike Read more

After last week’s bracken-fraught outing, it was a pleasure for ten of us to step out into clearer ground. However, we did encounter some bracken immediately above Rowley Bridge. We hesitated and some of us bravely plunged in, whilst others Read more