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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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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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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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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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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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Today’s post-work walk in the Peak District was in Monsal Dale.
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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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With no plans for the Sunday and Monday of the Bank Holiday weekend, I made a late decision to head to Herefordshire and bag a few Marilyns, camping in Kington for the night.
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My colleague Aditya and I went for another evening stroll in the Peak District, this time on the hillside above Carsington Water.
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For the last few days of the holiday we returned to France to explore some of the extinct volcanoes of the Massif Central.
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For the first part of this year’s main summer holiday, Ruth and I spent a few days near Annecy in the Haute Savoie region of the French pre-Alps. Our excellent, mountainous walks included ascents of two nearby Ultras.
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I headed towards Stafford for two 11km walks ticking off a few Tumps.
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I spent a long weekend with my parents in Minehead. We walked in the Barle valley on Exmoor on the Friday and on the coast near Combe Martin on the Saturday.
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My colleague Aditya and I went for another sunny evening walk in the Peak District, this time in Lathkill Dale.
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The Duffers congregated in Buttermere for Ruth’s slightly belated 30th birthday weekend. The weather stayed mostly dry for good walks around the Buttermere skyline and on the Loweswater Fells.
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My colleague Aditya suggested an evening walk in the Peak District. We opted for a few miles’ circuit from Alstonefield into upper Dovedale.
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Today’s local walk was through the rolling hills, pasture and forests of Charnwood Forest, taking in four new Tumps along the way.
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Ruth and I once again headed to the Highlands for some bagging over Spring Bank Holiday week. This year we were treated to excellent, dry, sunny weather in Torridon, Applecross, Glen Elchaig and Glen Coe. Fourteen new Corbetts for me: 117 down, 104 to go!
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I spent a weekend exploring the South Pennines, ticking off the Marilyns of Hail Storm Hill (above Rossendale) and Freeholds Top (above Calderdale) and spending the night at YHA Mankinholes.
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I headed northwest for a sunny weekend in the hills. On Saturday, I did a solo walk up White Fell in the Forest of Bowland, and on Sunday, I walked with Ruth over Helvellyn from Glenridding.
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