Another New Year
31st December 2015
31st Dec 2015
Another New Year
A new year, another 365 days have past, another birthday, another step along the inevitable path. However, despite tempus fugit, I have had another year full of new experiences and discovered wonderful things about the place I live.
Like most of us I made plans for 2015, which included ensuring I got out in the great outdoors as much as possible. Looking back it seems that I was only modestly successful as I didn't get to visit many of the places I had hoped for. I had planned to resume my tour of Ireland (only County Sligo to go than I have walked around the coast of Ireland and Northern Ireland). I was to complete the Wainwright's for the third time and though I have climbed many, in the last year, my excursions were too unplanned to ensure success.
I had also planned to revisit the South West of England, in particular the Cornish coast and the Dartmoor National Park. Again, I failed and have, therefore, subsequently missed experiencing these, wild and profoundly beautiful landscapes.
Therefore, it might be easy to conclude that 2015 was a year of failures and missed opportunities?
However, I think not, as despite not achieving these things, I have enjoyed the many other experiences I have had, and as a consequence come to know the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales even more intimately.
Sometimes there is benefit in not moving, staying in one place and just get to know the landscape you inhabit. By just staying still I feel I have deepened my knowledge of this corner of the NW England as I have been able to better experience many of the places that are all around me.
I have found new locations to take photos that were just a stones throw away from the routes I usually follow. These new locations reveal completely different perspectives of a well known landscape, so offering a deeper insight into the nature of place.
Furthermore, even though I might be traveling through a well known area I have been able to investigate many of the 'lesser' fells and minor paths, which can take me to crags or streams I hadn't appreciated existed. There can be little gems, off the main route, that are too good to be missed and as each of these new places and experiences are encountered, despite the familiarity, I now have encountered more layers to the landscape. 2015 gave me a deeper, fuller picture of the place I live.
Another New Year
A new year, another 365 days have past, another birthday, another step along the inevitable path. However, despite tempus fugit, I have had another year full of new experiences and discovered wonderful things about the place I live.
Like most of us I made plans for 2015, which included ensuring I got out in the great outdoors as much as possible. Looking back it seems that I was only modestly successful as I didn't get to visit many of the places I had hoped for. I had planned to resume my tour of Ireland (only County Sligo to go than I have walked around the coast of Ireland and Northern Ireland). I was to complete the Wainwright's for the third time and though I have climbed many, in the last year, my excursions were too unplanned to ensure success.
I had also planned to revisit the South West of England, in particular the Cornish coast and the Dartmoor National Park. Again, I failed and have, therefore, subsequently missed experiencing these, wild and profoundly beautiful landscapes.
Therefore, it might be easy to conclude that 2015 was a year of failures and missed opportunities?
However, I think not, as despite not achieving these things, I have enjoyed the many other experiences I have had, and as a consequence come to know the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales even more intimately.
Sometimes there is benefit in not moving, staying in one place and just get to know the landscape you inhabit. By just staying still I feel I have deepened my knowledge of this corner of the NW England as I have been able to better experience many of the places that are all around me.
I have found new locations to take photos that were just a stones throw away from the routes I usually follow. These new locations reveal completely different perspectives of a well known landscape, so offering a deeper insight into the nature of place.
Furthermore, even though I might be traveling through a well known area I have been able to investigate many of the 'lesser' fells and minor paths, which can take me to crags or streams I hadn't appreciated existed. There can be little gems, off the main route, that are too good to be missed and as each of these new places and experiences are encountered, despite the familiarity, I now have encountered more layers to the landscape. 2015 gave me a deeper, fuller picture of the place I live.