mountains
145 posts · February 2004 – June 2023
December 2005
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Article Traverse of Aonach Mor and Aonach Beag The fisrt day of our week in Fort William was accompanied by the finest weather of the week as demonstrated in the photographs below. It wa… -
Article A traverse of the Brecon Beacons from Pencelli to Storey Arms I don't need to say too much about today, I think that the pictures say so much more than any words I write ever could. A descriptive of th…
November 2005
October 2005
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Article Traverse of Cadair Bronwen and Moel Fferna I met up with Paul today for the first time since we arrived back from Ullapool in the summer, and we opted to do a 14 mile circuit in the … -
Article Kinder Scout I picked up Richard at 8am, having decided on Saturday upon an excursion to Kinder Scout. I have taken it easy for the last two months wher…
September 2005
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Article A bigger Coniston round Not having time to write a full TR this evening unfortunately, but I think that the pictures below adequately portray the story. Had an abs… -
Article Ascent of Arenig Fach Had a great day out on Saturday with Mike and Nigel. The plan had been to follow the route in the Nuttall book, and we set off from the car…
August 2005
July 2005
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Article Ascents of Mynydd Troed and Mynydd Llangorse Sunday was a more of a relaxing day, with just a couple of Marilyns to 'bag' before the journey home. Rather than opt for a rather long Nor… -
Article Traverse Waun Fach and the Black Mountains This weekend was the follow up to the Wild Camping weekend last year on the same weekend at Styhead Tarn. On this occasion we opted to rema… -
Article Traverse of the Scafells I suppose that after my failed 3000s attempt of the week previous I went into this route feeling that I had a point to prove. Nigel's 'don'… -
Article Attempt on the Welsh 3000s You will probably note from the title that my attempt on the Welsh 3000s on this occasion was unsuccessful, the reasons for which I shall a… -
Article Traverse of the Ben Lawers Ridge This flying weekend up to Scotland was the brainchild of Andy Brown, and I thought that it was an excellent opportunity to gauge myself for…
June 2005
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Article Traverse of Crib Goch and Crib y Ddysgl Had a fantastic day today, didn't expect to go out, and only on Friday evening was the excursion planned by SMS whilst attending my little … -
Article A Traverse of the Aran Range I had a fantastic day today... must have been the company. It was all the more remarkable in that I had boarded a coach bound for Minfford …
May 2005
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Article A Berwyn circuit from Llangynog - Moel Sych and Y Gribin This article looks back over a circuit in the Berwyn Mountains, starting and ending in Llangynog, taking in Moel Sych and y Gribin on route. -
Article Ascent of Conival and Ben More Assynt After a hugely frustrating week in Ecosse todays ascent was a hugely welcome relief. Having resigned myself to no significent ascents durin… -
Article Traverse of The Nantlle Ridge I had a really great day today, I didn't quite have enough time to achieve everything that I had hoped for, but I wasn't too far away.
April 2005
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Article Heath Mynd, Corndon Hill and Titterstone Clee I picked Paul up at 10:00 and headed off along the M54 for a bagging session in the Welsh borders. The intention was to park between Corndo… -
Article The Yorkshire 3 Peaks I had known for some time exactly what I had intended to do today, and was a little disheartened to see a non-promising weather forecast. I… -
Article A circuit in the Arans Paul picked me up at my house this morning at about 06:40 having struggled somewhat to find it. We promptly headed off for Lake Bala via th…
March 2005
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Article Caer Caradoc, Callow Hill and other minor tops Having felt that I had been a little lazy on Sunday in the Peak District I was determined to make amends today, and an awesome day it was. … -
Article Bleaklow and Higher Shelf Stones I had a really good day today despite the weather being far from ideal, as illustrated by the photographs below. Some idiot had the idea of… -
Article Black Mountain and surrounding hills Had been hoping to do something today, but until Saturday afternoon it appeared most likely that I would be spending Sunday learning PHP as… -
Article Ascent of High Raise from Thirlmere I didn't achieve anything like what I had intended today, I had hoped to do the Dodds and Helvellyn, dropping off at Grisedale Tarn. Not ha…
February 2005
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Article Moel Hebog, Moel yr Ogof and Moel Lefn I drove up to the hut on Saturday night with Andy, not really sure about what to do. Andy hadn't done Hebog before, so we decided to do tha… -
Article Ascent of A' Chailleach Today was quite an apt end to the week. I had already been turned back twice for one reason or another by A' Chailleach, and it felt quite … -
Article Ascent of Cairn Gorm If today I had intended to go for A'Chailleach it was a non starter, as I could not seem to get a team together. I ended up, a little reluc… -
Article Ascent of Creag Dubh It was with some reluctance on the Wednesday that I opted for another local Graham in Creag Dubh. I think that I was concerned that my toil… -
Article Traverse of Carn Dearg Tuesday, as laid out in 'the plan' was to be the day of deliverance. The plan was to head over the tracks laid yesterday turning right at t… -
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Ascent of Creag Liath
My plans for Monday were made somewhat simpler by the fact that I could not find anyone insane enough to attempt A'Chailleach with me. It w…
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Article Attempt on A' Chailleach We set off at about 09:00 on the Sunday morning with the most honourable of intentions. We were in the blizzard with a wind on the tops of … -
Article Jack's Rake and the Langdale Pikes I had a fantastic day today, which I think goes with the territory in Langdale. We set off from West Bromwich on the coach at 7am as usual,…
January 2005
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Article Ascent of Stiperstones I had a fantastic day today walking around in the snow. Didn't really want to spoil the ending, but the title is a bit of a give-away, I ac… -
Article An attempt on the Long Mynd I picked up Sarah at about 18:15 on the Friday night and set off up the M6 and onto the M54. The plan was to take the country road that run… -
Article A trio of Marilyns in the Clwydians Its kinda funny how when you build up to a great day in Ogwen or Keswick it often doesn't live up to the expectation created beforehand, ye…