Category: hills and mountains
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Finally getting to see An Teallach, Wester Ross, Scotland – September
From the campsite in Glen Coe we headed northwards towards Dundonnell, to see if we could get good weather for long enough to attempt a day up An Teallach. On previous trips, there had always been cloud cover over the hills so that we could not get a look at them. This time, we were…
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A wet day on Ben Starav, Glen Etive, Scotland – September
We did not spend too long in the Lakes, but moved on to north-west Scotland. The weather forecast for the next week or so was not great. We decided to try going up Ben Starav, a munro accessible from Glen Etive just south of Glen Coe. The weather was a bit iffy that day. As…
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Scrambling up Jack’s Rake on Pavey Ark, Langdale, Lake District – September
It had been a long time since we had been able to go on a walking trip. The last occasion was to Snowdonia in November the previous year. For the first walk of the trip we decided to go up to the familiar Langdale Pikes, but via Jack’s Rake on Pavey Ark which we hadn’t…