Category: hills and mountains
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Plan B up the Wee Buachaille, Glen Coe, Scotland – September
The forecast was for light rain and wind. We decided to try going up Buachaille Etive Beag (the smaller of the Buachailles in Glen Coe). The plan was to walk up the Lairig Eilde pass and then to go up the Buachaille from the southern end of the ridge. We set off, and was soon…
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Trying out the Lord’s Rake for Sca Fell, Lake District – August
The sky was grey in the morning, and the hills shrouded in mist, but we set off walking from the campsite up towards Mickledore col between Scafell Pike and Sca Fell. After a bit of discussion we found the bottom of the Lord’s Rake, a scree route up to Sca Fell, in the mist. We…
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Out walking again, finally, Snowdonia – August
It has been a while since I added an entry on this site. It has been a while since I got to go on a walking trip. We visited Snowdonia in Wales on our way through to the Scottish Highlands, with a view to getting some scrambling practice. We decided to revisit Tryfan and the…