Tag: walking
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A Kentmere Round in the snow, Lake District – March
Having gone to a Buzzcocks gig the previous night with friends in Kendal, somehow we all managed to get up and gather ourselves and our gear in the morning to drive over to Kentmere late morning for a circular walk. Once we got onto the ridge, we put our crampons on, as it became quite…
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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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A very mixed weather day on the Linn of Dee circuit, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
The weather kept changing from sunny to rainy and back again on this 16-mile, 8-hour walk along glens that took us north up Glen Dee, which meets the Lairig Ghru at the Pools of Dee, from the southern end. We started walking from the Linn of Dee car park, and early on, we came across…