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I am  the author of two walking books and a co-author of a mountain biking book, and although smitten with outdoor pursuits from an early age, (not because I was forced to walk up Scafell Pike aged 3 ½ ), due to pressures of being an Orthopaedic Surgeon I have not been able to communicate this love to you until recently. The first book is an eight day long distance walk, a theme walk if you like, and my wife’s idea: to walk from Settle to Carlisle and come back via the classic train

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Orthopaedic Surgeon

I am a consultant orthopaedic surgeon having serviced a District General Hospital since 1990 (Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal, (now known as part of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS trust) for general orthopaedics and trauma. I am now part-time, and, free from the distractions of trauma and administrative duties, have been able to concentrate, ie specialise fully in, surgery of the lower limb, that is, knee and hip surgery. I offer you a

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

By Hugh Stewart

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

By Hugh Stewart and Tony Wragg

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

By Hugh Stewart

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Alternative route for Stainforth walks visiting the Hoffmann Kiln, and Feizor.

The Stainforth walk in my book  being Route 2a. The Hoffmann kiln is not well advertised, which is why we've not known about it until kindly told by our friends Tim and Christine Shaw, nor is it named on maps, although shown: it is the long semi-cylindrical building alongside the railway,

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An Upper Swaledale round from Muker

This lovely 8 mile walk is best done in early to mid-June when the Muker meadows, and to a lesser extent the Ivelet to Muker meadows, are full of wildflowers. Starting in Muker, find the path through the village which leads onto the meadows. It is not signed so be careful. Go through the delightful

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Scafell Pike from Wasdale, without the crowds. (Mostly.)

A glorious friday in early June, the last weekday of the Whitsun holidays. I wanted to see what Piers Gill was like, as my late mother told me once that she had been cajoled by my father to take me and my one older and one younger brothers (aged maybe 3 to 7) up the Pike, but went wrong in bad

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