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As I was staying at Ruth’s house for the night, ready for our early-morning flight from Manchester the following day, I decided to head up a few hours early to watch her concert in Grasmere with Kendal Concert Band. We broke the drive up with a quick ascent of Gummer’s How, a Marilyn above the eastern shore of Windermere.
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I joined a few friends from FoCUBB for a weekend in Welshpool. We spent Saturday at the nearby Country and Western Festival (of which Neil’s family are involved in the organisation). After a leisurely start on Sunday, we had a pub lunch in Melverley (just over the English border) and I had time for a little Marilyn bagging before the drive home!
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I headed to Mid-Wales for the weekend to tick of some obscure Nuttalls, plus a few Deweys and Marilyns. On the Saturday, I walked in Radnor Forest, before heading to a bunkhouse near Rhayader for the night, followed by a Sunday walk in the Elan Valley.
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The final two days of the trip were spent climbing the three Munros near Glenfinnan. Pleasingly, the fine weather continued, despite some less-favourable forecasts! I thus finished the week with just 22 Munros yet to be climbed: the finish-line is definitely in sight!
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Our next destination was Arnisdale, where we climbed Beinn Sgritheall and the two nearby Corbetts.
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I spent Spring Bank Holiday week Munro-bagging in the North-west Highlands, where the weather was excellent: far better than elsewhere in the UK, in fact! We spent the first few days on Skye, ticking off all the Munros on the island, including the most difficult of them all: the Inaccessible Pinnacle! Thanks to Will for his help with the ropework.
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I broke a drive down to London with a short walk up Arbury Hill, a HuMP in Northamptonshire.
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Mum, Dad and Ruth visited me in Hilton for the weekend: the first time we’d all been together since Christmas. We walked in Charnwood Forest on the Saturday, and around the Goyt Valley (near Buxton) on Sunday.
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I spent the Bank Holiday weekend with Will and Ruth in southern Snowdonia, staying in Dolgellau. We enjoyed good weather and excellent visibility for walks taking in many of the nearby hills, including Maesglase, Cadair Idris, the southern Rhinogs and the Tarrens.
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As the forecast was dry (which seems a novelty at the moment!), I decided to head to the Hope Valley for the day. My walk was roughly around the skyline of the valley, with an extension to the south-west to tick off a few obscure P30s that I hadn’t previously visited.
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For today’s walk, I headed to the southern edge of the Peak District. Starting near Blore, my route took in various minor hills around the lower Manifold valley. The forecast was for heavy showers, but fortunately they all missed me!
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I joined Ruth, Michael, Alison and Alex for a few days in the Cairngorms, based at Braemar SYHA. Though the weather was rather grey, we climbed Munros every day, and I managed to tick off eight new ones, taking my total to 245.
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Today’s walk was in the south-west corner of the Peak District, with conditions that started rather grey but brightened as the day went on. My route from Roach End took in Wincle Minn, Sutton Common, Shutlingsloe and Gradbach Hill.
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We enjoyed warm, sunny weather for CUHWC’s Easter vacation trip to Snowdonia, staying once again in the Pinnacle Club hut in Cwm Dyli. I did two excellent and contrasting walks, taking in the Northern Rhinogs on Saturday and an unusual Snowdon horseshoe from Nant Gwynant on Sunday.
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As I wanted to watch CUBB playing on tour in Birkenhead, I thought I’d make a day of it and do a walk in the Clwydian Range beforehand: a new area for me. Starting in the Alyn valley near Cilcain, I headed south along the Clwydian Way to Bryn Alyn, then crossed the valley to Moel Gyw and followed the main ridge all the way north to Penycloddiau, before heading back to Cilcain. An excellent day with some great views over North Wales, and six HuMPs bagged (including four Marilyns and two Deweys)!
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I joined CUHWC for a day in the far north of the Peak District. We walked up on to Bleaklow Head and Higher Shelf Stones from Crowden, descending via Near Black Clough.
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After a morning spent orienteering near Leek, I headed a few miles NE into the Peak District for an afternoon walk taking in the high moors of Merryton Low and Revidge.
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I joined the Duffers’ for a weekend in the Northern Fells of the Lake District, staying at the Hudscales camping barn. We walked on Blencathra on Saturday and on High Pike and Carrock Fell on Sunday, which also allowed me to tick off three nearby Nuttalls. Ruth and I also popped up nearby Faulds Brow and Sandale Hill before heading home.
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Mark and I spent the day bagging in the Chilterns: the closest significant hills to Cambridge! In all we did eight short and varied walks, taking in all the HuMPs of the area, and a bonus subHuMP! Unsurprisingly, not all of them proved to be very worthwhile summits, but overall it was an excellent day out!
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I headed up to the White Peak to tick off a few more obscure P30s, starting in the village of Elton. An excellent winter’s day, with temperatures well below freezing, lots of ice and snow underfoot, and clear blue skies overhead! Minninglow Hill, Moatlow Knob and Anthony Hill were the somewhat-unexpected highlights.
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