4th May 2015 Another day spent bagging a couple of Marilyns. Because of access conditions, I did not bring Jet on this occasion. As I left the house I had the definite feeling that Jet was communicating a degree of disappointment at being left behind. The first target was Hoove. The forecast Continue Reading
Aye Gill Pike and Great Knoutberry Hill
2nd May 2015 Wensleydale (and particularly Upper Wensleydale) is a part of the Dales much neglected by me. OK I went there last year when driving some of the route taken by Le Tour. But before then I cannot really recall when I was last there. That also means, of course, that the hills Continue Reading
Benvane
A pleasant evening after doing Creag Mac Ranaich and Meall an t-Seallaidh the day before (21st March) involving food, wine and late evening craic meant that ambitions for the following day were not challenging. The weather forecast was not as good as the day before's either. Benvane is a Continue Reading
Creag Mac Ranaich and Meall an t-Seallaidh from the north
Each year for many a year a group of four of us have had our winter meet somewhere in the Highlands of Scotland. Normally this is January or February. Last year for the first time in many years commitments prevented us from gathering. This year the meet was delayed until the end of March and Sue Continue Reading
Yorkshire Three Peaks
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