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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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Tumps near Keele (7th January 2017)

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

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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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Alex, Alex, Ruth, Michael and Simon at the summit of Beinn Fhada

Minehead (22nd-26th December 2016)

As usual, I spent Christmas with my parents in Minehead, and we did a few short local walks.

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Brecon Beacons (26th-27th November 2016)

I made an “emergency” weekend trip to the Brecon Beacons to re-complete my Nuttalls (English and Welsh 2000ft hills) following the recent promotion of Craig Gwaun Taf to the list. As well as the re-completion, I was rewarded with a spectacular cloud inversion around the high Beacons, and some snow on the tops. On the Sunday I bagged a few Marilyns on the western edge of the Black Mountains.

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Tyndrum (2nd-6th November 2016)

I spent five days in the Southern Highlands, bagging a few Corbetts in mostly good weather from a base in Tyndrum.

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More Staffordshire Tumps (22nd-23rd October 2016)

I continued my exploration of Staffordshire (and its Tumps!) with a short post-orienteering walk near Tamworth on Saturday and a much longer walk over the forested hills west of Trentham on Sunday.

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A lovely sunny afternoon on Kingswood Bank

Dave and Jo’s wedding (15th-16th October 2016)

Along with lots of other Old Duffers, I attended Dave and Jo’s wedding weekend at Coniston Coppermines. Poor weather did nothing to dampen spirits!

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Staffordshire Tumps (8th-9th October 2016)

With an empty weekend in my diary, I decided to tick off some of my closest unbagged Tumps in Staffordshire, walking from Cheadle on Saturday and Cauldon Lowe on Sunday.

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Wharfedale (30th September – 2nd October 2016)

The Duffers convened in Wharfedale to celebrate Marianne’s 30th birthday, staying in a bunkhouse in Hubberholme. I enjoyed a long-ish walk on Bucken Pike and Great Whernside on Saturday, and a much shorter one on Cocklee Fell on Sunday morning.

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Dartmoor (15th-18th September 2016)

Alex P and I spent a long weekend backpacking on Dartmoor. Our four-day, 109km route from Okehampton took in many of the wilder parts of the moor and well-known tors, as well as the Duck’s Pool and Cranmere Pool letterbox memorials.

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Monsal Dale (8th September 2016)

Today’s post-work walk in the Peak District was in Monsal Dale.

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Leaving the Litton Tunnel, on the Monsal Trail

Crowden (4th September 2016)

With improving weather forecast, I headed to the far north of the Peak District to tick off my final three Derbyshire Tumps with two short walks near Glossop and a big loop north from Crowden.

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