A homepage for my hillwalking photos
I visited Alex and Ausma for a long weekend in Müllheim, enjoying several short-ish walks in the nearby Black Forest (with spectacular autumn colours), and a day trip to Switzerland with Alex for a big mountain walk (above an awesome cloud inversion!)
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I went for a short afternoon walk up the nearby Tump of Bagot’s Park.
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I enjoyed a sunny walk circumnavigating Matlock, ticking off five more Derbyshire Tumps along the way!
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Alex P and I spent three days backpacking in southern Snowdonia, tackling a strenuous 75km route from Harlech to Llanuwchllyn via the Rhinogs, Cadair Idris and the Arans. Hard work, but well worth the effort!
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Mum and Dad visited for the weekend. We enjoyed walks in improving weather in Dove Dale and fine sunshine in Edale.
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I spent the weekend orienteering in the Lake District, training with DVO on Eycott Hill on Saturday and taking part in a Border Liners event on Fauld’s Brow on Sunday. No photos of either, but I did take a few to record my opportunistic ascents of a HuMP and a Marilyn!
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Unusually spending a Bank Holiday weekend at home, I decided to focus my walks on ticking off some obscure local Tumps (P30s). I’ve now visited 108 out of 127 in Derbyshire.
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I spent a weekend in Natland, visiting Ruth in her new house for the first time. We walked on Aye Gill Pike on Saturday and around Longsleddale and Kentmere on Sunday.
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For the second half of the holiday we moved the other side of Mont Blanc, to Argentière in the Chamonix valley. The weather was a little cooler than it had been in Italy but we still had several sunny days’ for more super walking through awesome scenery!
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Today’s walk from Kirk Ireton took in a few P30s that I hadn’t previously visited near Carsington Water, circumnavigating the lake at a distance.
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Today’s local walk was in the Staffordshire Peak. Starting near Upper Hulme, I followed the Roaches ridge to Danebridge, continued up the Dane Valley to Flash, then looped back to the east via Merryton Low.
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For the first week of this year’s summer holiday in the Alps, Ruth and I were joined by the Patricks in Val di Rhêmes, from where we explored parts of the Gran Paradiso National Park and Valle d’Aosta. Unusually hot weather was great for walking but kept us off any snow routes!
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My parents visited for the weekend. As the forecast was poor, we opted for the mainly-indoor option of visiting the Heights of Abraham, above Matlock Bath.
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Bright and breezy today in the White Peak: perfect for trying out my new car on some country roads and a circular walk from Ashford in the Water.
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Ruth and I spent the rest of the week Corbett-bagging in the far northwest, based in Scourie. Arkle and Foinaven were the definite highlights of a rather grey and showery week.
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Many hillwalking friends convened in the Trossachs for Spring Bank Holiday weekend to join Ruth in celebrating her 282nd and final Munro, Ben Lomond. This was preceded by a day in the Arrochar Alps, and followed by a walk up the nearby Corbett of Beinn a’ Choin.
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Today’s walk in the heart of the Peak District started in Hope village and followed the skyline over Lose Hill, Mam Tor, Old Moor, Bradwell Edge, Offerton Moor and Win Hill.
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I spend a weekend in the Lake District with a few colleagues from Rolls-Royce. On the Saturday, we climbed Scafell Pike from Borrowdale, followed by pub dinner in Buttermere. On the Sunday, we visited Rannerdale to see the bluebells, followed by pub lunch in Loweswater. Then I went for a solo walk up Mellbreak before the drive home!
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I spent Bank Holiday Monday walking in the North Pennines, where my route onto Cross Fell from Garrigill took in three of my four unbagged Nuttalls.
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Ruth and I spent a weekend bagging the three Corbetts in the Southern Uplands near Moffat.
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