Category: walking
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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…
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… and again … but taking in another top and a different way down, Lake District – April
This time, we went up to Scafell Pike by way of Mickledore again, but with the intention of varying the walk from there. Once up to the shoulder of Broad Crag after passing over Scafell Pike, we took the time to do the short walk over to the top of Ill Crag and back. A…