Norman Hadley
@normanhadley.bsky.social
Fell runner, wild camper, writer.
A flash of wildness in the suburbs.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A flash of wildness in the suburbs.
On Golden Tarn. At Holehird, with just the occasional dabchick-squawk breaking the silence.
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
On Golden Tarn. At Holehird, with just the occasional dabchick-squawk breaking the silence.
Yesterday's outing was not so much a bike ride as a punishment beating: floundering through soupy peat being periodically skittled by huge gusts as the Suburban Dad in the Sky blasted me with his jet wash.
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Yesterday's outing was not so much a bike ride as a punishment beating: floundering through soupy peat being periodically skittled by huge gusts as the Suburban Dad in the Sky blasted me with his jet wash.
October, I love you. Saving the best to last.
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
October, I love you. Saving the best to last.
Running round Whitbarrow checking a few directions for @tgomagazine.bsky.social - not too onerous work.
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Running round Whitbarrow checking a few directions for @tgomagazine.bsky.social - not too onerous work.
Just be grateful you weren't in charge of proofing the Tory conference goodies.
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Just be grateful you weren't in charge of proofing the Tory conference goodies.
I didn't have "pet a fox" on my to-do list today. But I'm going to add it so I can cross it off.
September 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I didn't have "pet a fox" on my to-do list today. But I'm going to add it so I can cross it off.
Out tomorrow, including an article of mine on how *not* to navigate the Cairngorm plateau. Arguably includes tips on how not to navigate your romantic life.
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Out tomorrow, including an article of mine on how *not* to navigate the Cairngorm plateau. Arguably includes tips on how not to navigate your romantic life.
After the rain, a freshly-washed Borrowdale greets the morning.
September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
After the rain, a freshly-washed Borrowdale greets the morning.
Glorious canter up St Sunday Crag.
September 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Glorious canter up St Sunday Crag.
Two weeks from everywhere? Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity?
August 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Two weeks from everywhere? Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity?
Smashed LetterBoxed today: target of six words but completed in two, without repetition.
August 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Smashed LetterBoxed today: target of six words but completed in two, without repetition.
The Faragean, blustrous, certainty, whilst being utterly wrong, is truly a wonder.
August 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Faragean, blustrous, certainty, whilst being utterly wrong, is truly a wonder.
The Howgills absolutely wick wi' folk.
August 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Howgills absolutely wick wi' folk.
It's a grand spot, isn't it? I think the vegetation has grown up a bit in the intervening decade, too. This was last month.
August 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It's a grand spot, isn't it? I think the vegetation has grown up a bit in the intervening decade, too. This was last month.
Yarlside from Kensgriff
August 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yarlside from Kensgriff
A spot of Howgill-scampering
August 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A spot of Howgill-scampering
Republicans trying to remember their "let the states decide" talking points.
August 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Republicans trying to remember their "let the states decide" talking points.
Oviposition season is upon us.
June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Oviposition season is upon us.
Fledgeling yaffing-gale being fed on the lawn.
June 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Fledgeling yaffing-gale being fed on the lawn.
Today's random celebration of small things.
June 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Today's random celebration of small things.
Well, I like communing with nature, but when one of these critters drops out of my hair onto the desk after looking around the garden, that might be a little *over*communing.
June 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Well, I like communing with nature, but when one of these critters drops out of my hair onto the desk after looking around the garden, that might be a little *over*communing.
First spin on the MTB in about 6 years, for a fun loop of the Caldew and Glenderaterra.
June 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
First spin on the MTB in about 6 years, for a fun loop of the Caldew and Glenderaterra.