Thack Moor: England's newest mountain

Last weekend, I bog hopped up England’s newest mountain.  No, there hasn’t been a recent flurry of volcanic or tectonic activity in the area; just a survey of Thack Moor in the Pennine wilderness above Renwick.  The use of modern measuring devices has increased the height of the hill by 2cm and propelled it into the sisterhood of mountains, defined by a height of 2000ft.

Inevitably, it was a bleak and windy day, but the walk up the track to the unassuming summit  trig-point made my heart sing, the barren, empty, landscape being one that I truly love to explore