Tag: hills and mountains
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Cloughs in the Peak District – March
We went to the Peak District for the first time, over a long weekend. We drove up on Friday morning, and on arrival we had a look at a potential scramble up Elbow Ridge by Winnats Pass near Castleton. Not only quite a bit exposed in terms of the geographical conditions, but in terms of…
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Hares and aeroplanes on Lochnagar, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
We made a 9.10am start from a car park a few miles east our of Braemar. We had intended to follow a circular walk going up to Lochnagar, but were asked by the representative of a big group of stalkers in several 4x4s to keep to paths and come back the same way from the…
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Wind and rain over Meall a’ Bhuachaille, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
It was another very windy day. We took the track that goes through Glenmore Lodge, stopped to appreciate the greenish water of the An Lochan Uaine, then headed up the ridge from the Ryvoan bothy after first having a look inside. It was another sloggy ascent up to the first top of Meall a’ Bhuachaille;…