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We returned to the Dolomites this year for our annual boys weekend away, heading for the Tre Cima range north-west of Cortina. Although early in the season and some huts not yet open, we’d booked in to Refugio Lavaredo which sits at the foot of the iconic Tre Cima triple Read More …
A quick post on my first overnight trip of the year, with Rosie in tow or rather Rosie towing me! Parking at Pistyll Rhaedr waterfall we headed north up the valley and into the Berwyns. Rosie was wearing a loaded pack for the first time, proudly carrying her own food Read More …
Black Mountain Oct16 from Nigel Gray on Vimeo. An ‘s‘ and around 40 miles separate the Black Mountains and the Black Mountain, which mark the eastern and western extremes of the Brecon Beacon national park. A Thursday business trip to Cardiff was an ideal opportunity to visit the western Brecon Read More …
This years mountain weekend was a little further afield, aiming to summit Mount Toubkal, the highest peak in North Africa at 4,167m. Eminently doable in a long weekend we flew to Marrakesh and immediately took a taxi to the village of Imlil in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. The Read More …
No wonder I saw no other soul in 24 hours – the foothills of Arenig Fawr are a pathless, tussocky bogfest that sap the life and energy from your limbs with every squelchy stomp! The weather forecast had been less than encouraging but a bright blue sky in London teased Read More …
It was a social weekend really – a chance to get away and meet up with some friends and enjoy beautiful countryside, a walk or two, with good beer and food. We stayed at the delightful Keld Bunkhouse, which a friend had happened across on his Coast-to-Coast route last year. Read More …
I took a small SJCAM SJ4000 waterproof video camera on my recent Aran Ridge wild camp trip. It only arrived in the morning so no chance to read the manual or tweak settings, or fully charge the battery so it didn’t last for the whole trip and thus my edit Read More …
As ever, I didn’t manage to get away from London as early as expected so it was 6pm when I arrived in Bala to grab some provisions, parking at the lake to sort out my gear and load my rucksack. I had some new stuff to try out. I’d be Read More …
I should have been summiting Mount Triglav in Slovenia. Flights were booked, the route planned and huts contacted some months back but misfortune afflicted my travel companions – one was advised by his doctor not to go lest disrupt his ankle rehabilitation and the other fell foul of a hernia Read More …
Southend Airport?!? There was incredulity in my voice as my fellow chaps advised they’d booked their flight to Krakow. Our annual boys weekend cum pilgrimage to the mountains was fast approaching and this years destination were the Tatra Mountains, straddling Poland and Slovakia. The main highlight was to be Orla Read More …