If August’s mountain of the month was a little tenuous hopefully you will forgive me when you check out Septembers mountain of the month. In September we went BIG – a trip to the Pacific Northwest in America where the highlight of the trip was a circumnavigation of Mt Hood, a dormant volcano in Oregon….
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Adders, ale and airy scrambles on Arran
Any trip is usually improved by the addition of a ferry. It makes even close by places seem exotic. Simply crossing even the smallest stretch of water cranks the adventure factor up a notch. Arran is an island of 5000 permanent residents. It covers an area of 423 square kilometers. It’s main port is Brodick…
Mountain of the month February 2019: Waun Rydd, Brecon Beacons, Wales
From the beautiful bluebird skies of the French alps to the four seasons in one day excitement of the Brecon Beacons 2019’s #mountainofthemonth has got off to a flying start. This months walk involved sunshine, hail, rain, sleet, snow and ferocious winds all experienced in a circuit along Talybont reservoir up onto the plateau via…
One day adventures: Glastonbury Tor, Somerset
The longer I live in Bristol the ever widening circles I draw around the city to investigate new adventures. Don’t get me wrong I also love to re-visit some of my favourites which you can read about here on my Bristol page. A few weekends ago a new destination was needed. As it was a gloriously…
Introducing… Mountain of the month; Feb 2017; Ben Ledi, The Trossachs, Scotland
New year, new plans didn’t get off to a brilliant start. I had formulated a scheme in my mind to climb a mountain each month but my first attempt was aborted in bad weather. It appeared on the blog here but I was a little coy at revealing my plans and it turned up as…
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