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  • Invernookie

    The winter season so far this year has been sub-optimal. After a promising and cold start, we’ve been plagued with high winds, warm temperatures, and bugger-all snow. Sub-optimal connies for… Read more

  • T’ Tobasco, Chorizo, and 4* Rock

    When I first saw South Ridge direct in the guidebook, I was awestruck. A 400m VS up this perfect granite crest of rock? What could be better. Lara, Meg, Fergus,… Read more

  • The Needle and Amethyst Pillar

    The Needle and Amethyst Pillar The Cairngorms are a vast plateau, with big corries surrounded by steep walls of granite. These cliffs, dark, gloomy, and North facing, are a paradise… Read more

  • Spigolo Paravincini

    ‘Right Charlie, the route looks pretty steady, mostly about HS, good pegs on the belays, obvious route finding, simple descent – an ideal first alpine route for Chodd’. How wrong… Read more

  • The Ottoz Hurzler

    Ottoz Hurzler – Aguille Croux  The Monzino hut is the base used for many of the hard, classic routes up Mont Blanc. From here, you can see the imposing red… Read more

  • Scotland in April

    After a mediocre sleep on the Caledonian Sleeper, we stepped out of the train at Blair Atholl train station. Ahead of us – six days in the Scottish Highlands, aiming… Read more

  • 3 Days in Scotland – Wind, Rivers, and an Awful lot of Replanning

    Most hillwalkers based in London cut their teeth for the first time in the Lake District or Snowdonia, becoming transfixed by the awe-inspiring views and rugged beauty of the environment;… Read more

  • 100 Miles on the River Severn – A Journey along the UK’s Longest River

    Travelling along a River is undoububly one of the most satisfying journeys one can complete. The simple, elequent joy of moving through different landscapes, from hills, mountains, and rapids nearer… Read more

  • Traversing the High Carneddau

    The Carneddau mountains of Snowdonia are truly special. They seem slightly different from the rest of Snowdonia, perhaps it is the fact that once up on the plateau, you rarely… Read more

  • Windemere to Penrith – Traversing the Lake District

    This post is about a Windemere to Penrith traverse, crossing over high-street and bagging 16 fells along the way. The trip started with an outragously early start of 5am, before… Read more

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