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  • Scotland in April

    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 to bag Munros, stay in bothies, and explore some of the more remote areas in Scotland. The first two days would take us into the…

  • 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; but neither place truly feels wild. The Scottish Highlands provide something different, a sense of grandeur and remoteness that causes that wonderful mix of trepidation,…

  • 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 to the source, all the way down to locks and towns further downstream; it’s hard not to be amazed at how rapidly the character of…

  • 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 drop below 800m, or that it feels much quieter and more remote than other parts of Snowdonia. Whatever it is, it has always been my…

  • 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 catching a train from Euston all the way up to Windemere train station. The excitement was palpable – this was my first time back in…