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Low Fell and Fellbarrow from Thackthwaite - Lake District
Hi Folks, Every other week I try to get out on an easier hike to spend some quality time with my wife, Mandy. This week we chose to give Low Fell and Fellbarrow a try. Its a nice easy route but with a...
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Hiking Round Barf, Broom Fell, Lords Seat, Graystones, Ling Fell and Sale...
May Bank Holiday Monday in the Lakes. Since it was likely going to be very busy, my friend Paul planned us a hike in the quieter and less popular North Western Fells. Our route was to take in 6...
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A Hike Up Walla Cragg In The Lake District With My Wife Mandy
My wife Mandy and I made a last minute decision to drive up to the lakes and do a bit of hiking last weekend, so I quickly plotted a few routes based around the expected weather and we decided to go...
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A Hike Up Kentmere Pike and Shipman Knotts with 2 friends.
Our original plan this Sunday was to go up Scafell as bad snow stopped us from visiting it while up Scafell Pike a couple of months ago and we beat a hasty bail out route straight down through...
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A Hike Up Pike O Blisco With Two 6yr Olds.
What can we do on a Bank Holiday Monday with a 6yr old? Watch Tv? Go to the park? Sit in a god awful indoor play area and watch kids going up and down slides? Or maybe hike up the side of a mountain in...
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A Hike From Grasmere Up Silver Howe In The Lake District
Hi Folks, Weekend finally arrived after a long week on the dyno and my wife and I had decided we wanted to do an easy hike, but one that we had not done before. After a bit of research I settled on...
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Blencathra By Moonlight - A Hike Up Halls Fell Ridge For Charity.
Evening readers, I was browsing Facebook on Monday evening and noticed a charity event had been created in aid of the Nepal disaster. It initially sparked my interest with its name "Blencathra By...
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Crinkle Crags Via Pike O Blisco after work In the sun. Welcome back summer!
One of my few solo hikes this year, and it was epic! Since the summer is finally here (or more hours of light at least) and with me in dire need of some miles on my legs prior to my Ben Nevis climb in...
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Glenridding Round - 6 Summits - Glenridding, Sheffield, Hart side, Stybarrow,...
I had a busy weekend this week, my Mums wedding on Friday & a day out on and around Derwentwater with my wife Mandy on Saturday to combat the hangover from the wedding reception. Because I had my...
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A hike round Coniston Old Man, Brim Fell, Swirl Hows and Great Carr with a...
Hi folks, its blog time again. Having had a particularly draining week at work on the dyno and conscious of the fact that my Ben Nevis trip is fast approaching I decided last minute I wanted to do a...
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An Extended Newlands Round - 15 Miles, 8 Summits and 5600ft Of Ascent
Hi Folks, This is my biggest hike and longest blog to date, so I thought a little background to the planning of this particular hike was in order... (You might need a brew) My Ben Nevis hike is fast...
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Ben Nevis - The Highest Mountain In The United Kingdom At 4408ft
Good morning folks, Well I have finally done it, after months of worry, planning and training I managed to summit the highest mountain in the UK, Ben Nevis, at 4408ft. That said, she bit me on the ass...
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A lovely hike up Catbells with my wife Mandy
Hi Folks, It feels like such a long time since I wrote a trip report. Regular readers will remember I damaged my ankle during the descent of Ben Nevis back in mid July. Well, it has taken this long to...
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A Full Coniston Round - 7 Summits - 14 miles and over 4000ft of ascent
Hello folks, Well, with Catbells out of the way last week and the successful hike proving to me that my damaged ankle (See Ben Nevis Report) is ready for another big one out with the boys, Steve and I...
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A Mosedale Round - 5 Summits and 4500ft of ascent in 12 miles.
Hi folks, This week we wanted something a little more challenging. Shorter, but harder, so I scoured my maps and decided it was time to do whats known as the "Mosedale Horseshoe" A pretty hard route...
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The Langdale Pikes. 9 Wainwright summits in a single 11 mile walk.
Hi folks, Ever since I started going to the lake district as a landscape photographer I have been visiting the Langdales for one reason or another, often Blea Tarn and places like that and because they...
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A lovely single summit walk up High Rigg with my wife Mandy.
Hi folks, Mandy and I had a Sunday free this weekend and fancied a walk. Nothing too strenuous, we just wanted a nice day out together and an opportunity to test Mandys new rucksack, hydration bladder...
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A great days hiking up Cold Pike from Wrynose with my daughter Ella, Aged 7.
Welcome back... Regular followers will know my that youngest daughter has now turned 7 yrs old and likes to get out on the fells with me. As with all kids, she grows very fast and costs a small fortune...
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A nice little hike with Ella up Wainwrights smallest fell. Castle Cragg.
Hi Folks, As its half term, I really wanted to have at least one day off work to spend with my 7yr old daughter Ella in the fells. She was keen to conquer a new fell too as she has been hiking with me...
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The Grasmoor Six... with perfect inversions and a very long and dark descent.
Hi folks, Winter is almost upon us so Steve and I wanted to grab an epic round of summits that offered good views whilst the Lake District is enjoying this unusual period of high pressure and therefore...
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