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A high level Dovedale circuit
For a map of this route click here. It was one of those weekends when you start suffering from cabin fever and find that you just need to get out of the house. So it was up early on the Sunday for the...
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Snowy Black Mountain Panoramas
Happy New Year everyone! We got back yesterday evening after spending the New Year in the Black Mountains. A great time was had by all and the scenery was stunning under a huge dumping of snow. I...
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A very snowy New Year in the Black Mountains
These days I find the idea of a ‘traditional’ New Years Eve night out a bit of an ordeal, especially if spent amongst the sights, smells and violence of Nottingham City Centre. So why not take...
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Cruach Choireadail and Corra-bheinn (Isle of Mull)
Ok now that is not the most snappy of post titles but it does do what it says on the tin. Anyhow I was originally going to call it ‘Cruach Choireadail, Beinn a’ Mheadhain, Corra-bheinn and Cruachan...
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From heaven to hell in under a minute
Amongst the rough moors a perfect patch of sheep nibbled grass was found to pitch. We were above 2000ft and the views across the Eden valley stretched into the Lake District and beyond. The sun was...
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The night the sky caught fire
The plan had been to camp on the summit, but a perfectly flat ledge high above the lake persuaded me otherwise. It is not very often that I get to pitch so high, it felt that the whole of Wales lay at...
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Sleeping high in the Highlands
It’s easy planning a backpack over several mountains from the comfort of your sofa. You then find reality giving you a big sweaty slap in the face as the second Munro of the day towers above you....
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