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On my way north for another week in the Highlands, I spent a day with Ruth in Carnforth. We went for a short walk on the limestone pavements of nearby Hutton Roof Crags.
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For my Bank Holiday Monday walk I went south of Derby, to Charnwood Forest. My route took in the two largest hills of the area – Beacon Hill and Bardon Hill – as well as parts of the Leicestershire Round and Ivanhoe Way long distance paths.
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Today’s local walk was through the limestone country of the White Peak. I started in Alport and headed up Lathkill Dale, returning via Deep Dale, Ashford in the Water, Bakewell and Haddon Park.
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I headed to the High Peak Estate for a walk starting near the Snake Pass Inn. My route went up to the Kinder plateau, then followed the Pennine Way north to Higher Shelf Stones and Bleaklow.
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This year’s CUHWC summer trip went to the Saastal area of the Valais Alps in Switzerland, based in Saas Grund. My Alpine gear didn’t get very extensive use this year, but I did several excellent walks to 3000m+ peaks: the Mittaghorn, Monte Moro, Jegihorn (by via ferrata) and Seetalhorn.
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I spent a weekend in eastern Wales, based in Llangollen, where I was joined by Ruth until the Saturday evening. Our walks explored some of the nearby hills, taking in Castell Dinas Bran on Friday evening, Pistyll Rhaeadr and Cadair Berwyn on Saturday, and Llantysilio Mountain on Sunday.
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At the start of her summer holidays, Ruth visited me in Derby for the weekend. On the Saturday, we walked on the western edge of the Peak District, over Shutlingsloe (third time lucky for me!), Shining Tor and Tegg’s Nose. On Sunday morning, we did a shorter walk on some of my local footpaths around Quarndon.
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Before heading home, we called into Kinlochleven for the first day of the CUHWC trip. We climbed Sgurr Eilde Mor (a repeat ascent for me) with Jo, Simon and Paul.
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We then spent a couple of days based in Invergarry, climbing the two Munros west of Loch Lochy. Fortunately, most of the rain fell while we were off the hill, though we did have to abort our first attempt at Meall na Teanga due to a thunderstorm! This took my Munro tally to 119.
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Alex P and I went up to the Highlands for another week of Munro-bagging. Taking advantage of the warm and dry weather, we started with a strenuous five-day expedition into the Rough Bounds of Knoydart from Loch Quoich. Our route took in a total of ten Munros (and two Corbetts), as well as the remote village of Inverie. A superb few days of isolation and awesome scenery!
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I was surprised discover (while browsing Wikipedia!) that I had only climbed two of the five Marilyns (hills with at least 150m prominence) in the Peak District area. To remedy this, I headed to the south-western corner of the National Park for a walk over Gun and The Cloud, starting near Rudyard Reservoir. Now it just remains to visit the highest point of Kinder Scout!
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I spent a day exploring Cannock Chase, an area I had not visited before, where I did a fairly long circular walk through the mixed woods and heathland, returning along the canal towpaths in the Trent valley.
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The last CUHWC weekend trip of the year was to Glenridding, staying at Gillside Farm. I did three contrasting walks in the Eastern Fells: Glenridding Dodd and Sheffield Pike in sunshine on Friday evening, Helvellyn via Swirral Edge in hail and snow on Saturday, and Helvellyn again via Striding Edge and the Grisedale Horseshoe on Sunday!
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I went up to the Highlands for an extended Spring Bank Holiday weekend, based in Braemar. Over the five days, we bagged most of the Munros of the East and West Mounths, either side of the Cairnwell Pass, taking my total to 107.
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I spent a weekend in Eskdale with a small group of CUHWC members and duffers. Despite a number of heavy and prolonged showers, the clouds were generally clear of the tops and we enjoyed some excellent views and even a few sunny spells! We took in most of the nearby fells, walking from Slight Side to Esk Pike on Saturday, and from Green Crag to Hard Knott on Sunday.
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My parents visited me for the weekend. On the Saturday, we did a morning walk in the Derwent Valley near Crich, then headed to Carsington Water to meet up with my uncle and his family. On the Sunday, we did a longer walk from Taddington, through Monsal Dale and Chee Dale.
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After the previous day’s trek to the furthest reaches of the Peak District, I fancied something closer to home. A sunny walk from Wirksworth, taking in both sides of the Derwent Valley as far north as Matlock, fitted the bill nicely!
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After a few weeks of dry weather, I decided it would be a good time to explore some of the peat bogs in the far north of the Peak District! My circuit from Crowden took in Black Hill (which I last visited on my Duke of Edinburgh Gold practice expedition seven years ago!), West Nab and the hills around Dovestone Reservoir.
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I returned to the Peak District for an increasingly-sunny walk starting in Beeley. My route passed through the Chatsworth estate and along both sides of the Derwent valley as far north as Grindleford, including one of my favourite areas: Froggatt and Curbar Edges.
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I joined a few duffers and a few others for an Easter weekend’s Munro bagging around Crianlarich, staying at the Ochils Mountaineering Club hut. The weather was kind to us once again, being almost entirely dry, with excellent visibility on the Saturday and Sunday in particular. Eleven new Munros for me increased my tally so far to 91!
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