The weather forecast looked OK, so I made a last minute decision to go around the Yorkshire 3 Peaks for the second time in 5 days yesterday. Some may question this behaviour as obsessive, or compulsive. They may be right! I did the traditional round - in other words that starting at Horton in Continue Reading
Archives for July 2015
Yorkshire Three Peaks (again!)
19th July 2015 The Yorkshire 3 Peaks walk is becoming one of my staples. I did it three times during September and October last year in the lead up to my South America trip. https://clachliath.com/2014/10/ I am in training again. This was the 10th time I have completed the round but the Continue Reading
“English” Corbetts and The Cheviot
English is in parentheses because, in truth, this is a misdescription. The Corbetts are hills in Scotland between 2,500ft and 2,999ft with a prominence of at least 500ft. As the hill historian will know, these hills were first catalogued by John Rooke Corbett, a district valuer based in Bristol, Continue Reading
Beinn na Caillich
3rd July 2015 I remember from my first visit to the Isle of Skye my eyes being drawn to a pudding basin shaped hill standing loftily over the town of Broadford. In those days access to the island was via ferry. Even from the slipway at Kyle of Lochalsh the shape was unmistakeable – uniform Continue Reading