A Trip Up The Hoad

I'm breaking in a new pair of walking boots, ready for a new assault on the Fells and a new season of high-level book-releasing. So I thought I'd start off very gently with an amble up to the Sir John Barrow Monument on Hoad Hill, near Ulverston.

At only 110 metres it's not very demanding but the view from the top is pretty good and far-reaching even on a hazy day like today. It's a cousin of one of my other favourite places to while away an hour or so on a balmy summer day: the Tyndale Monument at North Nibley in Gloucestershire.

Naturally, it wouldn't be right not to wild release a book up there, so there goes Crack Down by Val McDermid...



You can see more pictures from the trip here.