The Yorkshire Three Peaks is the original three peaks challenge. Dependant upon the precise route taken it is around 25 miles in length with around 1,600m (5,250ft) of ascent. The walk covers Pen-y-Ghent (694m/2,277ft), Whernside (736m/2,415ft) and Ingleborough (723m/2,372ft) which nestle in the Continue Reading
Kit list
I have been asked what gear I am taking for this trip so I thought I would do this blog. Those items marked with an asterisk are items that I already possessed. I must say that the need to acquire additional items has given me an excuse to become a kit freak and to spend hours salivating through Continue Reading
A disgrace – and a challenge to youth groups
Here is a great blog by cairngormwanderer on the (ab)use by some of facilities provided in remote areas. Kirsty and I camped outside this bothy in 2012 and we met a couple of the guys who look after it then. It isn't always a pleasant task and it's b****y miles to carry rubbish out to the road Continue Reading
Shame on the NTS
Another thought provoking blog by cairngormwanderer on the preservation of an iconic high mountain shelter. http://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/is-bothies-policy-designed-to-seal-fate-of-garbh-choire-refuge/ Continue Reading
Doubly compleat – the end of an adventure on The Saddle
Introduction It is a long time since I first “compleated” the Munros, almost 23 years in fact. The desultory approach to my second completion has arisen as a result of the arrival of two kids and a requirement to concentrate on maintaining one’s position on the slippery pole of Continue Reading