Introduction and Travel I completed the Pennine Way in 16 days in 1974 so we were starting on the 50th anniversary of this! Last time I backpacked the whole way with 2 friends but this time I was hiking with […]
Introduction The Southern Upland Way is Scotland’s official Coast to Coast Trail from Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway on the west coast, through the Scottish Borders, to Cockburnpath in Berwickshire near the east coast. It was 218 miles long and […]
Tuesday 28th July 2015, our last of the 8 day trek in Snowdonia and the longest at 16 miles. As usual it was raining as we left the excellent Bryn Tyrch Inn in Capel Curig. We needed to reach Conwy […]
We originally planned to walk Moel Siabod today but in view of the weather forecast (similar to yesterday, wet and windy) we changed the route to lower ground. Before the day started we had an early morning call in the […]
Today we walked from Tremadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog over Cnicht, a small mountain just under 700 metres. About 15.5 miles but it took 8.5 hours, slowed by the weather, scrambling on slippery rock and old age! It was raining as […]
Today was the fifth of our 8 day trek around Snowdonia. It was also our first dry and sunny day! We left our hotel in Beddgelert late, cooked breakfast wasn’t served until after 9am. The first mile was through farmland […]
A bit of a late start today as breakfast started at 8.30am. That meant we were away at the crack of 9.45am! Rain right from the start, all day in fact. Al’s hip was playing up so we just went […]
Well rested after yesterday we headed off towards Ogwen. Round the back of the lake then over to Tryfan via the Heather Terrace. Really rough walking on jumbled rocks, so had to make sure I had my balance before placing […]
Today Al and I continued our trek around Snowdonia by walking from Llanfairfechan to Bethesda. It was raining when we started and barely stopped for the first 5 hours. There was a strong cold wind too. I put my fleece […]
Yesterday I met up with good friend Al from Gloucester and he drove us over to Conwy in North Wales. Today we walked from Conwy to Llanfairfechan over Tal-y-Fan, a 610m peak on the end of the Carnedd ridge. It […]
Yesterday we spent a couple of hours wandering around Auckland taking photos then loaded up and drove to Whakapapa village and our hotel, the Tongariro Chateau. Mountains were in the clouds but the forecast was reasonable for next day. We […]
I finally added several of the trip diaries that were referred to on the web site but never appeared. They are a mixture of ski mountaineering and treks that I have done over the years. I also edited some of […]
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