Paul Shorrock
Paul offers guided hillwalking in the UK through Hillcraft Guided Walking. He is also a freelance outdoor writer.
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Recent Posts
- #275 – The Offa’s Dyke Path (Northern section)
- #274 – Diary of a project – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook (Part 5)
- #273 – Diary of a project – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook (Part 4)
- #272 – Diary of a project – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook (Part 3)
- #271 – Diary of a project (Part 2) – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook
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Outdoor blogs I follow
- Alan Sloman's big walk
- Ant's Climbing Space
- Antiquity and Adventures
- Bearded Git!
- Beating the Bounds
- Blogpackinglight
- Dixie
- Easy Hiker
- Halfway Hike
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- Random Theories and Observations
- Smacked Pentax (Walking with)
- Summit and Valley
- Walkabout In The UK
- Walking and Climbing
- Words on a Mountain
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NEWSAR (North East Wales Search And Rescue)
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Author Archives: Paul Shorrock
#275 – The Offa’s Dyke Path (Northern section)
(For the best viewing experience, left click the images and maps to zoom in, then use your browser return arrow to go back to the text) It’s almost three months now since we were locked down in the Covid-19 … Continue reading
Posted in 5. North Wales, Aircrash Sites
Tagged Border Collie, Clwydian Hills, hiking, hillwalking, mountains, Offa's Dyke Path, photography
3 Comments
#274 – Diary of a project – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook (Part 5)
(For the best viewing experience, left click the images and maps to zoom in, then use your browser return arrow to go back) 23 March 2010 – Route 6, Ingleborough from Chapel le Dale to Horton, solo – The … Continue reading
Posted in 3. Yorkshire Dales
Tagged Border Collie, hiking, hillwalking, Ingleborough, mountains, Pen y Ghent, photography, Three Peaks Challenge, Whernside, Yorkshire
5 Comments
#273 – Diary of a project – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook (Part 4)
(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) In 1845, Sir John Franklin set out with 129 men and two ships to find a sea link between the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The fabled … Continue reading
Posted in 3. Yorkshire Dales
Tagged Border Collie, Discovery Walking Guides, hiking, hillwalking, mountains, Pen y Ghent, Pennine Way, photography, snow, Three Peaks Challenge, Whernside, winter
1 Comment
#272 – Diary of a project – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook (Part 3)
(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) My first trip out recording the Y3P Challenge walk (see post #271) had been a bit, err …. damp! Gore-Tex jacket and salopettes were dried within a … Continue reading
#271 – Diary of a project (Part 2) – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook
(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) There’s a saying in the military, known as the 7 P’s – “Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents P*ss Poor Performance”. I soon realised that if I was … Continue reading
#270 – Diary of a project (Part 1) – The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge guidebook
(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Back in 2009, I was looking for a new project. A couple of years earlier I had started writing hiking routes for WalkingWorld and had a great … Continue reading
#269 – Y Gamallt and the Migneint
(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) In my last blog post (see post #268) I made the comment that “You’re never far from a mountain in Wales”. It also has to be … Continue reading
Posted in 5. North Wales, Bothy days
Tagged Border Collie, bothy, hiking, hillwalking, mountains, photography, Snowdonia
2 Comments
#268 – Conwy Mountain and beyond
(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) You’re never far from a mountain in Wales. The main interest is in the old favourites such as the Snowdon group, the Glyderau, the Carneddau and others, … Continue reading
Posted in 5. North Wales, Stone Circles
Tagged Border Collie, Carneddau, hiking, hillwalking, mountains, photography
6 Comments
#267 – Two days in the quietest corner of Snowdon
(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) I described the lovely, quiet corner of Cwm Glas in an earlier post after a trip there in 2014 (see post #154). It’s hard to believe … Continue reading
Posted in 5. North Wales
Tagged Border Collie, Glyderau, hiking, hillwalking, mountains, photography, Snowdonia, Yr Wyddfa
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#266 – Moel Ty Mawr
(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) I’ve featured the Berwyns in this blog before – they are remote, wild hills, though nothing like as rough and gnarly as the nearby Rhinogs. Chris and … Continue reading
Posted in 5. North Wales, Stone Circles
Tagged Berwyns, Border Collie, hiking, hillwalking, mountains, photography, Snowdonia, stone circle
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