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I joined CUHWC for a weekend in the Yorkshire Dales, staying at the Selside Centre in Ribblesdale. On the Saturday, I did the Three Peaks walk with Ruth, Alison and Alex, encountering a fair amount of snow on the tops! On the Sunday, we drove over to Wensleydale and walked over Dodd Fell and Drumaldrace from Hawes.
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Some of the Cambridge hillwalkers visited me in Hilton for my housewarming weekend. We walked on The Roaches on the Saturday and in Dove Dale on the Sunday.
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I took advantage of a crisp, clear, sunny winter’s day for a walk onto Kinder Scout from Edale, walking most of the perimeter of the plateau as well as visiting, for the first time, its highest point.
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I went on the CUHWC weekend trip to Snowdonia. The trip was based at the Pinnacle Club hut in Cwm Dyli, but Ruth and I stayed at the nearby Bryn Gwynant youth hostel to save bunkhouse spaces for the Cambridge-dwellers. The weather was mostly dry but there was cloud on the tops both days. On the Saturday, I did Elidir Fawr and Y Garn from Nant Peris, and on the Sunday, Cnicht and Moelwyn Mawr from Croesor.
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I visited Ruth in Carnforth for the weekend. We walked in the Lakes both days, doing Blencathra on the Saturday and the Ill Bell ridge on the Sunday. There was lots of snow on the ground, but unfortunately also lots of low cloud on the hills!
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For this year’s younger Duffers’ New Year trip, we went to the Southern Highlands, staying in two ‘Highland Lodges’ near the shore of Loch Tay, a few miles from Killin. The mixed weather allowed three good mountain days and three lower level walks, and the long hours of darkness provided plenty of time for cooking, eating and socialising back at the lodge!
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I spent a long weekend in the Westcountry. After a couple of days at home with my parents, I headed up to Dartmoor to join the CUHWC trip staying near Princetown. The weather was wet at times, but I still managed a couple of good walks, to King’s, Great Mis Tor and Beardown Tors on Saturday, and past Grimspound on Sunday.
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Alison proposed a Duffers’ weekend camping in the Dark Peak. I didn’t really fancy camping in December, but drove up both days for walks on Stanage Edge and Mam Tor. Good to catch up with a few people I hadn’t seen for a while!
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Kate visited for a day walk in the White Peak, taking in Robin Hood’s Stride, Lathkill Dale and Stanton Moor.
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I joined CUHWC for a very wet weekend in the Lakes, staying in the large bunkhouse at Dunmail Raise. On the Saturday, I walked over Fairfield to Patterdale, returning via Striding Edge and Helvellyn. On the Sunday, I did a shorter circuit from Helm Crag to Steel Fell.
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Sunday brought my seventh annual CUHWC Edale trip! Ruth and I met Michael in Hayfield (where he had been supervising a DofE group) and we walked over to Edale together. For the return leg, I joined Dave, Joe and eight new members on a route via Hollins Cross, Brown Knoll and Farlands Booth.
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Ruth visited me in Derby for Edale weekend. On the Saturday, we walked in the Staffordshire Peak, taking in The Roaches, Gun and Tittesworth Reservoir.
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There were sunny spells and clear views for my first local walk of October, starting in Curbar, and I enjoyed the early-autumn colours of the trees and bracken. My route took in Froggatt Edge, Higger Tor, Abney Moor and Eyam.
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Ruth and I spent a weekend in the North York Moors, staying at Osmotherley Youth Hostel. On the Saturday, we did a circular walk from Kildale, including Roseberry Topping and Gisborough Moor, in strong winds but some sunshine. On the Sunday it was sunny again and much calmer for a linear walk along the Cleveland Way from Swainby to Ingleby Greenhow.
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On my way home, I spent another day at Ruth’s. We did another short walk, on Arnside Knott, which gave excellent views across Morcambe Bay to the Lake District.
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For the final three days of my trip, I enjoyed excellent sunny weather for an expedition through the hills between Glen Spean and Loch Ericht, staying in the Culra bothy. This included five new Munros for me, and repeat ascents of two that I’d done before. At the end of the trip, my Munro total stood at 131.
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For the next couple of days, I stayed in a hostel near Fort William. Tuesday was so wet that I didn’t do a walk, except a short stroll by Neptune’s Staircase on the Caledonian Canal. The sunny spells returned on Wednesday though, and I enjoyed a traverse of the westernmost three Munros of the Mamores.
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For the start of my week in Scotland, I stayed in Roybridge, from where I did a short, wet walk through the cloud to Beinn a’ Chaorainn, and a longer, drier walk over three Munros and six Tops on Creag Meagaidh.
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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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