About Us
The 3 of us on the summit of Green Gable - Lake District, October 2015
Us
We are the Masarnen Ramblers aka Dave & Angie Walsh and our dog Fudge. Having both left behind busy careers in the Royal Navy, we now have a gentler pace of life than that endured before. We are both very keen mountain walkers, canoeists and enjoy keeping fit. We love nothing more than getting out and about in the mountains and fells near our home in Cumbria. We also like to travel the length & breadth of the UK to seek out other lovely walks - after all it is a great excuse to drink real ale and eat lots of cake!
The name of our website originated from when we lived in Mid Wales. Our house was called Masarnen which is Welsh for Maple.
In addition to our day to day walking and that of Long Distance Routes, Dave guides for a company called North West Walks. The company arrange self guided walks on all kinds of Long Distance Paths and offer guided itineraries on both the Coast to Coast & West Highland Way. A link to their website is here:
We are the Masarnen Ramblers aka Dave & Angie Walsh and our dog Fudge. Having both left behind busy careers in the Royal Navy, we now have a gentler pace of life than that endured before. We are both very keen mountain walkers, canoeists and enjoy keeping fit. We love nothing more than getting out and about in the mountains and fells near our home in Cumbria. We also like to travel the length & breadth of the UK to seek out other lovely walks - after all it is a great excuse to drink real ale and eat lots of cake!
The name of our website originated from when we lived in Mid Wales. Our house was called Masarnen which is Welsh for Maple.
In addition to our day to day walking and that of Long Distance Routes, Dave guides for a company called North West Walks. The company arrange self guided walks on all kinds of Long Distance Paths and offer guided itineraries on both the Coast to Coast & West Highland Way. A link to their website is here:
Fudge
When my Mum & Dad retired they had always intended to bring a dog into their lives. Therefore, in October 2012 they travelled down to Okehampton in Devon to collect me - an 8 week old bundle of mischief, a Chocolate Working Cocker Spaniel called Blatchford Little Fudge – or Fudge as I am more commonly known. I love being out in the hills and I have already climbed all 214 Wainwrights. I am a little chocolate monster although I do not know what that means and my hobbies are walking in the fells & mountains, swimming in any coloured water, eating the landscape, cuddling my Mum & Dad and last but not least raising lots of money for my less fortunate doggy pals at Spaniel Aid. I absolutely love my walkies and completed my first Long Distance Path, The Dales Way in May 2014 and in 2015 I completed The Pennine Way. In 2016 I completed Wainwright's Coast to Coast from one side of England to the other. In 2017 I walked the entire South West Coast Path - 670 plus miles and in 2018 I had a bit of a rest and only walked The Cleveland Way & Tabular Hills - ha, ha. In 2019 me and my Mum & Dad completed Wainwright's Pennine Journey - so far I have raised about £20,000 for my doggy pals at Spaniel Aid plus another £3500 for other charities. In 2020 I completed the St Cuthbert's Way from Melrose in Scotland to Holy Island, Lindisfarne.
In 2021 I completed The Cumbria Way near to where I live and in 2022 I also completed The Cotswold Way. This year (2023) I walked The Herriot Way in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.
Phew, I am a busy pooch.
Luv from Fudge
xxx lick
In 2021 I completed The Cumbria Way near to where I live and in 2022 I also completed The Cotswold Way. This year (2023) I walked The Herriot Way in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.
Phew, I am a busy pooch.
Luv from Fudge
xxx lick