The Roaches (7th May 2017)

I went for a walk on The Roaches with my cousin Xavier.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/W4oedRf3datGrEFe6

Staffordshire Tumps around Kidsgrove (23rd April 2017)

I ticked off a few more Staffordshire Tumps, this time around Kidsgrove. Only eight now remain to be bagged, which should be doable in a single day at the southern end of the county.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MTBKCurC4Y1w2XPi6

Wedgwood’s Monument, which was originally an obelisk four times the height, until damaged by a storm in 1976!

Angus and Braemar (14th-18th April 2017)

I spent Easter weekend in the southern Cairngorms, bagging a few new Munro Tops and Corbetts, and re-visiting a few Munros.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XcT2zhhvQnBbYviA9

Parents’ visit (8th-9th April 2017)

My parents visited for a few days. At the weekend we enjoyed glorious sunny weather for two great walks in the Peak District.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XEwfguNVeTZi5iU87

Lake District (24th-26th March 2017)

With a sunny forecast, I made an impromptu weekend trip to the Lake District. On the Saturday, I joined Andrena and Ruth for a long, snowy ridge walk along the Eastern Fells from Ambleside to St John’s in the Vale. On the Sunday, I walked solo from Langdale.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tfqaZdNUGDwN9Ac86

Black Forest and Swizterland (15th-19th March 2017)

I visited Alex and Ausma for another excellent long weekend, spending a day walking in the Black Forest then three days walking and snowshoeing in the Swiss Alps, based in Küblis.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9XjZKNESAyDagxwBA

Tumps around Leek (4th March 2017)

I spent a day in the countryside around Leek, ticking off eight more Staffordshire Tumps in warm, sunny weather.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/yT3PqtibG8dqWfJWA

Gun and The Roaches, from the summit of Revedge Hill

Visiting Dave and Jo in Skipton (17th-19th February 2017)

I visited Dave and Jo in Skipton for the weekend, taking the opportunity to bag three of their nearby Marilyns: Sharp Haw, Ilkley Moor and Boulsworth Hill.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Y8JWNjG2H16Crgex9

Dave and Jo at the summit of Ilkley Moor

Visiting Ian and Emma in Kendal (10th-12th February 2017)

I visited Ian and Emma in Kendal for the weekend. We walked on the Coniston Fells (from Dunnerdale) on the Saturday and on Wansfell on the Sunday morning. I also had time to bag the Marilyn of Claife Heights before heading home.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/e4YpT12gXWCUZntw5

Edale skyline (4th February 2017)

I made the most of a sunny winter day by heading to the Dark Peak for an anticlockwise 20-mile round of the Edale skyline, starting in Hope.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/bUYWRNH5anSfpDZw9

Tumps near Stafford (28th January 2017)

I spent a few hours visiting a few Tumps west and northwest of Stafford; they’re not close enough together to sensibly connect on foot so a series of short walks and intervening drives was the order of the day!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Pov6ehkarERRKTFT7

Tumps near Keele (7th January 2017)

I spent rather a grey day bagging a few more Staffordshire Tumps, starting in Keele village.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GMHBDDSnYY1oMzWh6

Misty as I crossed the M6 near Keele village

Mull (27th December 2016 – 3rd January 2017)

This year’s Youngish Duffers’ New Year Trip went across the sea to the Isle of Mull, where we stayed in the comfortable Salen Pier House. Reasonable weather, for the most part, allowed me to visit eight of the island’s nine peaks over 2000ft.

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