Category Archives: 5. North Wales

#208 – Back to the Carneddau. Again!

Posted on 05/09/2016 by Paul Shorrock

For all sorts of reasons I haven’t been getting out on the mountains of the Carneddau over the summer months as much as I would have liked, so a free day and a reasonable weather forecast was all it took … Continue reading →

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#205 – Rhobell Fawr and Dduallt

Posted on 25/07/2016 by Paul Shorrock

The panorama coming down from Cadair Bronwen at the end of our Berwyn day (see post #204) had views of some old familiar hills from entirely new directions.  The outline of the Rhinog Mountains was particularly easy to identify, but … Continue reading →

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#204 – Beautiful Berwyns

Posted on 12/07/2016 by Paul Shorrock

The Berwyn mountains are the Cinderella hills of North Wales.  These rough and lonely hills feel like they should be part of the Snowdonia National Park, but on the day that the guy drew the Park boundary, he must have … Continue reading →

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#198 – Heather Terrace – A walk round Tryfan

Posted on 04/04/2016 by Paul Shorrock

#198 – Heather Terrace – A walk round Tryfan Tryfan in North Wales is one of my favourite mountains, and I’ve never had a bad day there yet.   The classic route is the North Ridge, starting by the Milestone … Continue reading →

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#197 – Winter wanderings in the Carneddau

Posted on 21/03/2016 by Paul Shorrock

Winter in the mountains usually means playtime in the snow, but this year the snow in North Wales has been infrequent and transitory, so when the weather settled down and the gales stopped blowing, it was time to get out … Continue reading →

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#196 – Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) by the PYG Track

Posted on 07/03/2016 by Paul Shorrock

The problem with weather in the UK is not that we get the extremes that occur in some parts of the world, it’s more of a case that we get such a lot of it!   I generally avoid the … Continue reading →

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#189 – Snow time in Snowdonia – The Glyderau

Posted on 30/11/2015 by Paul Shorrock

As time in the mountains has been a bit restricted again, here’s another post from the archives – this is from April 2013.  Bring on the snow! Llyn Bochlwyd frozen, with Glyder Fach behind and to the left (JB)

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#188 – Yet another blast from the past – Winter on Pen yr Ole Wen, North Wales

Posted on 16/11/2015 by Paul Shorrock

For all sorts of reasons I’ve not been able to get out in the mountains over the past couple of weeks, but rather than miss a blog post I thought I  would revive another ‘blast from the past’.    In … Continue reading →

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#187 – Ynys Môn (Anglesey) – good things come in small packages!

Posted on 02/11/2015 by Paul Shorrock

I seem to have spent a lot of time on Ynys Môn (Anglesey) over the past week or so, but unfortunately it’s only been in the virtual sense – I’ve been following the start-up of Môn-SAR, a new search and … Continue reading →

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#186 – Yr Elen, Carnedd Llewelyn and Carnedd Dafydd

Posted on 19/10/2015 by Paul Shorrock

It’s rare that I have a bad day out in the mountains – there are great days, and even better days!    Every now and then though, I find myself on a route that I just can’t wait to get … Continue reading →

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