Category: hills and mountains
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^^-áµ¥-^-^ Second day of the Cuillin traverse – Skye, Scotland, May ^áµ¥–^-^
(Blog entry below the photographs) All too soon (or not soon enough?), M’s alarm quietly sounded at 3.00 am, and we started getting up. Eating and drinking what we could, we stashed our sleeping gear near the cave, and set off up to Sgurr Alasdair, the highest point in the Cuillin. Getting onto the ridge…
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^-^-^^ At last on Skye for the Black Cuillin traverse – Scotland, May ^^–^
(Blog entry below photographs) We had been preparing all year for this since our decision to attempt the Black Cuillin traverse on the Isle of Skye. A lot of time and effort had gone into training for it and making arrangements. Normally we would have driven and camped using B’s van, but as we had…
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First time in the Rhinogs, Snowdonia – April
Having driven a bit further south to try to find something we could do in the poorer weather, we ended up in the Rhinogs. We did an easy walk up the so-called Roman Steps, where large stones pave the way at the start, then took the steep path off to reach the summit of Rhinog…