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Category Archives: outdoors
The Breithorn – An Easy Climb in the Alps
As the traveller journeys up the valley of the Mattertal from the Rhone Valley towards Zermatt, he or she will become aware of a great peak adorned with permanent snow that stands like a white sentinel at the head of … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, outdoors, Switzerland, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Alps, Breithorn, Europe, hiking, holidays, mountaineering, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, Switzerland, travel, vacation, Valais, walking, wilderness, writing, Zermatt
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Lake District Walks – Skiddaw from the North
Skiddaw in the northern Lake District above Keswick was the first mountain I ever climbed – at the age of about seven I think it was – and when my son Josh first expressed an interest in fellwalking it was his first … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Lake District, outdoors, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Britain, Cumbria, days out, England, Europe, fellwalking, hiking, holidays, Keswick, lake district, lakeland, lakeland fells, mountaineering, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, Skiddaw, The Wainwrights, travel, United Kingdom, vacation, walking, wilderness, writing
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Three Peaks of the Auvergne – part 3 – Mont Mezenc
It had seemed so far that all the Auvergne peaks we had scaled – if that’s the right word, perhaps ambled to might be better – had easy access for the downright bone idle but the last of our hills … Continue reading
Posted in France, Hiking, outdoors, travel
Tagged Auvergne, Europe, France, Haute Loire, hiking, holidays, Loire, massif central, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, travel, vacation, walking, wilderness, writing
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Three Peaks of the Auvergne – part 2 – Plomb du Cantal
The day we set out to climb the Plomb du Cantal – the high point of Cantal – we drove the short distance over the wooded col from Thiezac to Super Lioran and walked through the town towards the cable car … Continue reading
Three Peaks of the Auvergne – part 1 – Puy de Sancy
The region of southern central France known as the Auvergne is the birthplace of two of the country’s best known rivers – the Loire and the Dordogne – yet the majority of the tourists who visit their illustrious wine regions … Continue reading
Through Britain’s Arctic Zone – A Walk in the Cairngorms
It seemed that the usually inclement Highland weather was being kind to us today and it had dawned a glorious summers’ morning at Glenmore by the wooded shores of Loch Morlich. In the wake of our recent success on Ben … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, outdoors, Scotland, travel
Tagged Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, hiking, mountaineering, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, the munros, travel, United Kingdom, walking, wilderness, writing
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Walks in the Lake District – Scafell Pike
This track leads steeply up to pass a copse of trees. It was a warm day when I did this walk and it made for hard work in the sheltered confines of the valley but the view back down to … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, Lake District, outdoors, travel
Tagged Cumbria, England, fellwalking, hiking, lake district, lakeland, lakeland fells, mountaineering, mountains, nature, outdoors, scafell pike, The Wainwrights, travel, United Kingdom, walking
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Walking in Wales – Cadair Idris
The vast bulk of Cadair Idris dominates the Mawddach Estuary at the southern edge of Snowdonia National Park, its soaring ridgelines lifted almost 3000 feet above the sheltered tidal sands. The mountain is probably the second best known in Snowdonia … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking, outdoors, travel, Wales
Tagged Cadair Idris, hiking, hiking in snowdonia, mountaineering, mountains, outdoors, Snowdonia, travel, Wales, walking
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Tales from the Hills 