Rolls-Royce Band trip to Snowdonia (20th-22nd April 2018)

I organised a trip to Snowdonia with friends from Rolls-Royce Derby Band. We all walked up Snowdon in sunshine on the Saturday. A few of us then walked up Cnicht in drizzle on the Sunday!

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Easter in the Eastern Cairngorms (30th March – 3rd April 2018)

Ruth and I spent the Easter weekend ticking off a few of the less inspiring Corbetts in the Eastern Cairngorms. Luckily it was snowy to make them more interesting!

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Spring visit to Minehead (23rd-25th March 2018)

I spent a long weekend with my parents in Minehead. We enjoyed local walks on the North Devon coast, above Minehead, and on the Quantocks.

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Visiting Will and Annelies in Peebles (16th-18th March 2018)

I spent a long weekend in the Southern Uplands to visit Will and Annelies and explore some of their local hills, including three Grahams and a Marilyn.

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Dovedale (24th February 2018)

After a brisk morning parkrun at Conkers, the weather was too good not to head out again for an afternoon walk! I headed up Dovedale from Thorpe to Milldale, returning via the pastures to the west.

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Peak District with a few Duffers (17th-18th February 2018)

Ruth came to visit the South Derbyshire Duffers for the weekend. After a morning dash around Rosliston parkrun, we had time for a Saturday afternoon walk on Stanton Moor and Robin Hood’s Stride. On the Sunday, we were joined by Phil Withnall for a longer walk around the Lower Edale skyline.

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Ruth, Dave and Jo atop Robin Hood’s Stride

A snowy weekend in the Dales and Lakes (2nd-4th February 2018)

I visited Ian and Emma for the weekend. We enjoyed two contrasting walks: an ascent of Ingleborough from Clapham in falling snow on the Saturday, and a snowy round of the Coledale Horseshoe in sunshine on the Sunday.

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Ian, Emma and Ruth at the summit of Hopegill Head

Duffers’ New Year trip to Snowdonia (27th December 2017 – 2nd January 2018)

Breaking with our ten-year tradition of heading to the Highlands for New Year (due to the arrival of several ‘Dufflings’), the Duffers instead spent a week in the more accessible hills of Snowdonia, staying in a large house near Caernarfon. My walks included old favourites on the Carneddau and Glyderau, a traverse of the Nantlle Ridge, and a few new Marilyns on the wetter, windier days!

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