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Andrew Locking
GUESTBOOK
248 entries.
Jackie Wolfe
from
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
31 January, 2021
31 January, 2021
Your photos are amazing. You have just taken me on my favourite walk. The one I do in my imagination when I can't sleep!
I am now over 80. I remember staying at the Black Sail Hut youth hostel with my Dad when I was about nine years old. The Buttermere fells were always my favourites. Red Pike, HIgh Style, High Crag on the one side, Robinson, Dale Head and Hindscarth on the other, and of course Haystacks and Fleetwith Pike at the head of the lake. I waitressed at the Buttermere Hotel while I was an undergrad., around 1957-60. Returned with my two young sons and stayed at Gatesgarth Farm (BandB and evening meal back then) in the hot dry summer of 1976. Such a disappointment on Haystacks. No Innominate Tarn that year. Just a cracked, dry mud-flat. Returned as often as I could. Last time, with grandson of 11, in 2016 stayed at a farm just out of the village, and had rain every day. Couldn't make any of the high fells. Where I used to run the path round Buttermere before breakfast I now needed help over the rocky sections. Had to enjoy it as my morning walk and look forward to a hot cuppa in the village. Thank you for bring back such vivid memories by taking me on my favourite hike.
I am now over 80. I remember staying at the Black Sail Hut youth hostel with my Dad when I was about nine years old. The Buttermere fells were always my favourites. Red Pike, HIgh Style, High Crag on the one side, Robinson, Dale Head and Hindscarth on the other, and of course Haystacks and Fleetwith Pike at the head of the lake. I waitressed at the Buttermere Hotel while I was an undergrad., around 1957-60. Returned with my two young sons and stayed at Gatesgarth Farm (BandB and evening meal back then) in the hot dry summer of 1976. Such a disappointment on Haystacks. No Innominate Tarn that year. Just a cracked, dry mud-flat. Returned as often as I could. Last time, with grandson of 11, in 2016 stayed at a farm just out of the village, and had rain every day. Couldn't make any of the high fells. Where I used to run the path round Buttermere before breakfast I now needed help over the rocky sections. Had to enjoy it as my morning walk and look forward to a hot cuppa in the village. Thank you for bring back such vivid memories by taking me on my favourite hike.
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Hazel Blackbourn
from
Boston
3 January, 2021
3 January, 2021
Andrew, I've just read your blog on Catbells and the photos you have are absolutely wonderful. You really captured the day amazingly well. I had great pleasure reading through it and re-visiting your day there. My experience on Catbells has been very hit and miss. We have climbed it many times and we've had a mixture of the weather. Some good days and some bad. The most recent one was a wonderful climb from Hawes End to the summit and then round. It was a typical wet day in the Lake District but it didn't dampen our moods. We were loving every second of it! And the smiles didn't fade, even when the hoods went up. We've done a little blog on it if you fancy reading up on our story too, please feel free. Anyway, thanks again and I'm going to read up on some more of your adventures. Honestly, great photos! 😊👍
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John Wylie
from
Wakefield
27 December, 2020
27 December, 2020
Hi Andrew, hope you and your family are all keeping well and you have had a good Xmas. Just wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year for 2021. Have enjoyed your site so much this year, much more so because of Covid 19. I will be out and about walking in the New Year, your walks on the Yorkshire Wolds have been a revelation. They are not too far to get to from Carlton - Wakefield. I will pick my days walking on fine weather days just like you do. All the best John Wylie.
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Jason Dixey
from
Wigton
19 December, 2020
19 December, 2020
What a fantastic website and wonderful photos, so kind to share. Thank you so very much. Best wishes to you.
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Mr Robert Cross
from
Skelmersdale
5 December, 2020
5 December, 2020
Blimey - you really are a great photographer - Thanks you for the walks - just great
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Paulina
from
Hornchurch
29 November, 2020
29 November, 2020
Well, Andrew,
Today’s memories of your walk on Harris have evoked more for me. I stayed in Seilebost 13 summers ago and as your rightly describe, only pictures can fully describe the-out-of-this-world beauty of the place.
I’ve travelled all over the world and nowhere has come close to this part of the British Isles.
You saw an eagle, when we arrived at our accommodation, we heard and saw a corncrake.
The place took our breath away and still does including the photos of your walk. They took me right back to that marvellous encounter with Luskentyre.
Thank You
Paulina
Today’s memories of your walk on Harris have evoked more for me. I stayed in Seilebost 13 summers ago and as your rightly describe, only pictures can fully describe the-out-of-this-world beauty of the place.
I’ve travelled all over the world and nowhere has come close to this part of the British Isles.
You saw an eagle, when we arrived at our accommodation, we heard and saw a corncrake.
The place took our breath away and still does including the photos of your walk. They took me right back to that marvellous encounter with Luskentyre.
Thank You
Paulina
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Paulina
from
Essex
26 November, 2020
26 November, 2020
Hallo Andrew (again 🙈)
your walking posts are becoming addictive, but appreciated. What a lovely day it was, today, on the Lincoln Wold. Grim and dark down here in Essex, Hornchurch way. Your walk brought back memories of my grand bus rovings around Lincolnshire and when I saw Lincoln Cathedral, from a great distance, looking like a ship’s prow, high up on the edge of the wold.
The woodland photographs are stunning, your camera has excellent colour reproduction and really picks up on the detail and variety of hues. I spend a lot of time ‘wood bathing’ these days and drawing and observing the trees, they call it Shinrin Yoku in Japan and their doctors prescribe it for melancholic patients. They allow 3 hours of wood bathing out of work time.
Thank you
Paulina
your walking posts are becoming addictive, but appreciated. What a lovely day it was, today, on the Lincoln Wold. Grim and dark down here in Essex, Hornchurch way. Your walk brought back memories of my grand bus rovings around Lincolnshire and when I saw Lincoln Cathedral, from a great distance, looking like a ship’s prow, high up on the edge of the wold.
The woodland photographs are stunning, your camera has excellent colour reproduction and really picks up on the detail and variety of hues. I spend a lot of time ‘wood bathing’ these days and drawing and observing the trees, they call it Shinrin Yoku in Japan and their doctors prescribe it for melancholic patients. They allow 3 hours of wood bathing out of work time.
Thank you
Paulina
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John Wylie
from
Leeds / Wakefield
23 November, 2020
23 November, 2020
Hi Andrew,what a great walk round the west of Louth you both did. Fantastic pictures on a lovely sunny November day.You find some great places to walk where I would not think of looking.
All the Best , John Wylie.
All the Best , John Wylie.
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Katy & Michelle
from
South Shields
4 November, 2020
4 November, 2020
Hi Andrew
Today we did your Wasdale walk from Nether Wasdale taking in the beautiful views of Wast Water seeing it for the first time from Low Wood.
Wow!!! We love your walks , the easy to follow instructions and stunning photos . Thank you for all the time you take compiling these;
absolutely Fab
Today we did your Wasdale walk from Nether Wasdale taking in the beautiful views of Wast Water seeing it for the first time from Low Wood.
Wow!!! We love your walks , the easy to follow instructions and stunning photos . Thank you for all the time you take compiling these;
absolutely Fab
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Goats & Oats at Garsdale
from
Garsdale
3 November, 2020
3 November, 2020
Hi Andrew!
I loved your write up about Grisedale Walk! I've posted a link to your blog on our website: https://www.thegarsdale.com/visiting-garsdale - hope that's ok!
Rach
I loved your write up about Grisedale Walk! I've posted a link to your blog on our website: https://www.thegarsdale.com/visiting-garsdale - hope that's ok!
Rach
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Tim Dawson
from
Newcastle upon Tyne
2 November, 2020
2 November, 2020
What a fantastic website! Just shared the link with three friends. Though we do some walking we never know where to go. This has inspired us, and we look forward to emulating some of your walks.
Thank you and all the best.
Tim & Emma.
Thank you and all the best.
Tim & Emma.
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Frances Andrew
from
Grange-over-Sands
25 October, 2020
25 October, 2020
Hi Andrew - Just found your website by happenstance when looking for help with a painting. Everything about your site is beautiful - photography, walks, range, and the glorious workings of the website itself. You'll be my go to source for walks and painting inspiration from now on.
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Paulina
from
Hornchurch
15 October, 2020
15 October, 2020
Hi Andrew
Your camera/photography advice page was lovely. Excluding the technical raw and jpeg/computer stuff, your hints were straight from my own heart. Light aware, composition, and crucially rapid access to the camera - loved it. I always went by those rules when I was up on the fells.
Love your walks
Paulina
Your camera/photography advice page was lovely. Excluding the technical raw and jpeg/computer stuff, your hints were straight from my own heart. Light aware, composition, and crucially rapid access to the camera - loved it. I always went by those rules when I was up on the fells.
Love your walks
Paulina
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John Wylie
from
Leeds/Wakefield
12 October, 2020
12 October, 2020
Hi Andrew, hope you are all keeping well. Good to see you out and about. Enjoyed your great pics of Wasdale, Watendlath, and your walks on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. I did St Dogmaels - Solva part of Pembrokeshire Path in October 2007 and always remember the tremendous rock formations on the cliffs. It is a great walk, so different to walking in the mountains.
All the Best, John Wylie.
All the Best, John Wylie.
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Ben
from
Newcastle
11 October, 2020
11 October, 2020
Hi Andrew, just to say that you have a beautifully curated website and thank you for your route recommendations. My wife and I did the Rothbury Circular three weeks ago and the Hethpool & College Burn one the next - thoroughly enjoyed both! We'll always keep an eye out for any of your recommended walks in our (post-lockdown) travels! Thanks!
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Francine BEUDET
from
MENETREUIL
9 October, 2020
9 October, 2020
Hi, Andrew
Visiting your delightful website, it is just like a dream. Colours of Autumn, superb clouds in the sky, friendly trees... landscapes for painters, where are the artists ? Your photos are so beautiful !
I also do like reading about your walks through Lake District and at the sea side... Mervellous time in the nature combining peace of mind.
When I read your comments I feel always invited in the lovely spots everywhere you visit.
Thank you to share with us.
Francine, fée Mélisende
Visiting your delightful website, it is just like a dream. Colours of Autumn, superb clouds in the sky, friendly trees... landscapes for painters, where are the artists ? Your photos are so beautiful !
I also do like reading about your walks through Lake District and at the sea side... Mervellous time in the nature combining peace of mind.
When I read your comments I feel always invited in the lovely spots everywhere you visit.
Thank you to share with us.
Francine, fée Mélisende
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Gillian
from
Colchester
13 September, 2020
13 September, 2020
I just returned from a wonderful walking trip to the North York Moors, and I wanted to thank you for helping me pick some truly unforgettable walks. I’ve been targeting a lot of the “100 best walking routes in Britain” (published at theoutdoorguide.co.uk), and also looking at the routes in Country Walking magazine (if you love walking, I would highly recommend subscribing, but also they post their routes on their website. Neither of those sources had many (or any) pictures though, so I did some Googling and kept coming across your site. Your beautiful pictures helped me cut down the very long list of possible walks to the few that I could do in my limited time. It’s easy to feel that we’re putting things out in the world, and hard to know if anyone is noticing, so I just wanted to say a quick thanks!
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Jayne
from
Marlow
1 September, 2020
1 September, 2020
I followed your route of a short walk in Little Haven in ViewRanger today. It was very helpful and gave me the confidence to do the walk on my own. Thank you.
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Alan Paul lesbirel
from
Wigan
25 August, 2020
25 August, 2020
Seen your beautiful shots of Lake District on BBC north west tonight, spectacular is an understatement 👏👏👏
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Tracey
from
Minehead
19 August, 2020
19 August, 2020
Stumbled across your website whilst looking for walking inspiration. I am not usually given to putting pen to paper, but what a fantastic website! I found it really inspirational and your photos are beautiful. It’s very easy to use the search facility too. Really inspired to get out there and do some of these walks! Happy walking, keep up the good work!
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