On Foot Through History and Place
A blog by Nick Burton, walking guide, author of Wainwright’s Way & other walking books
All Routes North provides unique guided walks and walking adventures across Northern England. With a passion for the great outdoors, a love of history and an exceptional knowledge of the North’s varied landscapes we aim to provide unforgettable walking experiences for people of all ages and abilities.
The Blog
An Accountant’s Night Out
September 2019. Driving up to the Lakes with the radio on, I had the misfortune of hearing the BBC news reporting ‘revelations’ from David Cameron’s memoirs. I switched off and within a few hours I was standing on a grassy shelf below the rocky upper reaches of Dungeon Ghyll. It was almost instant relief from the atmosphere of a country going increasingly toxic through Brexit.
Pendle to Parliament: A Long Distance Walk across England
Any man can draw up a petition, and any man can carry it up to London, with instructions to deliver it into trusty hands, to be presented whenever the House shall meet.” [ William Cobbett, 1816 ] Over the last eight years the traditional English field path has become...
Out of the Manchester Blitz there came a Wimpy Bar
Piccadilly Gardens is a scruffy shadow of its former self. A truncated patch of muddy grass and concrete next to a tram stop. Yet for most of the 20th century it was a green oasis of sunken lawns and colourful flower beds tended by Manchester Corporation’s Parks...
2,500 Names. 2,500 Tragedies.
I have known for some time that my great grandad, Andrew McDonough, who died in 1915, has his name recorded on the giant obelisk of the Helles Memorial, standing over 30 metres high and visible to passing ships sailing by the Gallipoli Peninsula in modern day Turkey....
The Wharfedale Men Who Marched Away
Upper Wharfedale is particularly special this time of year when jelly-legged lambs sway unsteadily in biting winds and the distinctive trills of the curlew, oystercatcher and lapwing make a welcome return to the riverside pastures. For the mid-week rambler the busy...
Unforgettable Walking Adventures in Northern England
