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Despite being a Bank Holiday other commitments meant Michelle, Lauren and I couldn’t set off till the Sunday, which ran the risk the campsites were liable to be full – you can’t book since they all seem to be first come first served but armed with a long-list of sites Read More …
“Don’t think, just do” – lyrics from a Snow Patrol song on their Eyes Open album. Paradoxically I ‘think’ its sometimes easier said than ‘done’ but the essence of it is true. It’s all too easy to think about doing things rather than actually do them – life sometimes seems Read More …
Seeing as though I’m sitting at home this weekend rather than being in the mountains I thought I’d share some thoughts and fears from my recent wildcamp weekend. Thoughts on kit etc. and fears because it was my first solo trip and I have to admit there was some trepidation Read More …
A severe cold and bad chest have put paid to this weekend’s trip – much to the disappointment of my nephew! The car was all packed on Wed evening but I woke up with a stinking cold and a few days of wet and windy Wales is not going to Read More …
As I’m away on business for a few days, my planning for this weekend has had to be brought forward, meaning I’m gonna have to pack tonight. I’m taking my 15 year old nephew on his first backpack/wildcamp weekend in N.Wales. The plan is to explore the Carnedd range and Read More …
A window of opportunity. Chance to stuff my pack and jump in the car. The journey up to N. Wales was uneventful until reaching 15miles from Betws-y-Coed when the road suddenly opens up, stretches ahead for miles and the full expanse of Snowdonian range suddenly fills the skyline. From left Read More …
The Red Nose Day Kilimanjaro celebrity climb shown on TV last week brought back some great memories of my own ascent in 1997. Here are a few (poorly scanned) pictures I managed to dig out.
Lauren had been desperate to join us on a walk for some time, so we planned to pop up to Betws-y-coed for the weekend and find a suitable wee mountain she could claim as her first. We took Friday off work to get up to north Wales early as she Read More …
As a belated Xmas present Michelle arranged a winter skills day in North Wales. We’d considered going up to Scotland where the ‘winter’ bit was more certain but the logistics for a quick weekend were against us. After a few emails back and forth with Gareth at Sea2Summit we were Read More …
We were joined at New Year by Carl and Paula at New Year – another couple of newbies who we had helped kit out a day earlier. After a later than planned start I decided we would head up on to the Glyders from the south-east, parking on the A498 Read More …