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It's a long way to Place Fell

BMC/002/002

The participants were Trevor Robinson, Cyril Kelly, Roy Gudgeon, David Johnstone, Tony Smart and Bill Mitchell, accompanied by two four-legged friends Popsie and Jasmine. Starting at Hartsop they walked to Troutbeck valley, Hayeswater, Fleet Dodd, Boredale House finally reaching Place Fell.
Lady Anne's Pillar

BMC/002/001

The participants were Cyril Kelly, Roy Gudgeon and Bill Mitchell. Starting at Aisgill they walked to Hell Gill, Mallerstang Edge, High Seat, Hugh’s Seat and Sails. It includes a short piece by Bill Mitchell on the links between Pendragon Castle and Hugh de Morville, who was keeping guard at the murder of Thomas a Becket.
Five Men in a Car

BMC/002/004

The participants – David Johnstone, Roy Gudgeon, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, along with Popsie – tackled three peaks above Mallerstang – Place Fell, Nine Standards and White Mossy Hill. The account is not dated, but there is mention of snow, so is likely to be late winter 2003.
Coniston Old Man: Lookin' for t'owd man

BMC/002/010

The participants were Cyril Kelly, Roy Gudgeon, Trevor Robinson, Peter Kelly and Bill Mitchell. Starting at Walna Scar Road, they managed to take in 6 peaks, first walking to Coniston Old Man, then on to Brim Fell, Dow Crag, Brown Pike, Walna Scar and White Maiden, covering over 9 miles.
A bad attack of railwayitis

BMC/002/005

David Johnstone and Trevor Robinson set off from Dentdale to walk to Blea Moor Tunnel, while Bill Mitchell set off from Ribblehead, meeting his colleagues to walk to Blea Moor. Particular attention was paid to the features of the Settle Carlisle railway that they encountered.
Water Crag in the drought

BMC/002/007

Setting off from Keld, Roy Gudgeon, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell walked to Swinnergill, Rogan’s Seat, Wham Bottom and Water Crag. As this walk was held before the Open Access Act permission had to be sought in advance from the relevant gamekeepers where the group wished to leave the routes of the public ...
Forgive us our trespasses: Wild Boar Fell

BMC/002/009

Setting off from Aisgill the group – Roy Gudgeon, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell – walked to Wild Boar Fell and Swarth Fell. This involved some trespassing, as the right to roam did not come in to place until 2004.
Roy's Mountain

BMC/002/022

Setting off from Clapham, the group – Cyril Kelly, David Johnstone, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, along with Popsie – walked up to Trow Gill, Gaping Gill, Little Ingleborough to reach the summit of Ingleborough in cold, misty and windy conditions.
Back to Roy's Mountain

BMC/002/023

This was a memorial walk for their recently deceased friend Roy Gudgeon, who had climbed Ingleborough 495 times. In the party were Sheila, Caroline, Michael and Janet, Andrew Kelly, Cyril and Margaret Kelly, Roger and Ruth, David Johnstone, Trevor and Doris Robinson, Harold and Audrey, Tony Smart, Bill Mitchell and Father Hypher. Setting off from ...
Frosted Dentdale

BMC/002/024

In cold and icy conditions, David Johnstone, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell travelled together to Dent and walked up Flintergill, past Coombes Haws and Tofts and back to the town.
Snowtime and Smearsett

BMC/002/025

The participants were David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly and Bill Mitchell, along with Popsie. With snow on the ground, the walked from Stackhouse Road up to Giggleswick Scar, then back to Feizor and Oxenber, on to Potts Scar and Smearsett Ridge.
Three Men - and Two Dogs

BMC/002/026

The participants were Cyril Kelly, David Johnstone and Bill Mitchell, and they were accompanied by Popsie and Jasmine. Starting from Brackenbottom they made their way up to the summits of Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill, returning past Hull Pot and back to Horton.
North West Frontier

BMC/002/027

The group comprised Cyril Kelly, David Johnstone, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, accompanied by Popsie. Setting off from a parking space on the flanks of Gragareth they walked to the summit, then went on to The County Stone, where the pre-1974 borders of West Riding, Westmorland and Lancashire all met. They then took in the ...
Down in the Forest...

BMC/002/028

The particpants on this walk were David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, accompanied by Popsie. Parking near High Birkwith they walked past Ling Gill to the forestry near Cam Houses.
North West Frontier 2

BMC/002/029

The walkers were David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, accompanied by Popsie. Encountering several gypsy wagons they made their way to the Fair Mile, where they set off towards Fell Head. They walked on to Bush Howe, The Calf and White Fell, returning via Fell End.
Gosh - it's Cosh!

BMC/002/030

Setting off from near Halton Gill, David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, along with Popsie, walked to Foxup and followed the Cosh Beck to Cosh, returning past the Giant’s graves. Bill Mitchell included in his report of the walk an article about Cosh that he had written in 1984 for the Dalesman.
A soggy way to Whelpstone Crag

BMC/002/032

Setting off in torrential rain from Tosside, David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, along with Popsie, walked to Gisburn Forest. They struggled to find a route up to Whelpstone Crag, but reached it as the skies cleared, and they returned, by a different route, in sunshine but ending in yet more rain.
Ravens over Wansfell

BMC/002/035

Five walkers and two dogs – David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly, Terry Lavelle, Trevor Robinson, Bill Mitchell, Popsie and Sprout – squeezed into one car to go to Troutbeck. From here they walked up to Wansfell Ridge, enjoying the air displays of skylarks, ravens and jets.
Bill Mitchell Walks

BMC/002

Series of walks undertaken between 2002 and 2006 by a group of friends. Reports of the walks were written up by Bill Mitchell (or by one of the other participants), then distributed to his friends. There are perceptive details about the landscape they walk through, the people they meet and the weather they experience, all ...
Great Shunner Fell

BMC/002/016

The participants were Roy Gudgeon, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson, David Johnstone and Bill Mitchell. Starting at Hardraw, they climbed steadily to the summit of Great Shunner Fell, in a heat wave only made bearable by ‘a light breeze in high places’.
Penyghent: hear all, say all, see nowt!

BMC/002/031

On a ‘damp and murky’ day David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson, Terry Lavelle and Bill Mitchell, with Popsie, set off from Helwith Bridge to walk to the mist-covered summit of Pen-y-Ghent. On the return the group splits, with Cyril, Terry and Bill heading to the Crown in Horton, while David and Trevor, with Popsie, ...
Down Yore way

BMC/002/034

Parking near Thwaite Bridge Farm the walkers – David Johnstone, Terry Lavelle, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, along with Popsie – followed the river Ure past Yore House at Bainbridge, climbing up on to moorland then descending to return to Thwaite Bridge. A review of the recently published ‘Keswick and Northern Lakeland’ fell walking guide ...
The Big Blue Hill

BMC/002/033

The participants were David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly, Terry Lavelle, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, along with Popsie – their total age of 364 years was noted! They walked to the summit of Ingleborough from the Hill Inn, returning via Simon Fell and Park Fell.
Beside the Skirfare

BMC/002/036

Parking near Halton Gill the group – David Johnstone, Cyril Kelly, Trevor Robinson and Bill Mitchell, with Popsie – walked to Nether Hesleden Farm and on to Litton and back.

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