Tag Archives: Border Collie

#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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#185 – Great Gable from Honister Pass

Posted on 05/10/2015 by Paul Shorrock

Despite living near to some of the best mountain walking in Britain just an hour or so away in Snowdonia, Chris and I have had a couple of trips back to Cumbria over the summer months to revisit the Lake … Continue reading →

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#184 – Blast from the past – Clwydian Hillforts

Posted on 21/09/2015 by Paul Shorrock

A busy couple of weeks meant that I didn’t finish the latest post in time for today, so I thought I would revisit an earlier post from 2012.   Fellow blogger Mark Kelly should enjoy this as he recently walked … Continue reading →

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#183 – Adventures, it’s all relative!

Posted on 07/09/2015 by Paul Shorrock

An annoying knee injury (now sorted out) kept me off the hills for much of August, but I’m an impatient patient and by the end of the month I was ready for a walk out.   We had my grandson Lewis … Continue reading →

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#182 – Coniston Old Man and Swirl How

Posted on 24/08/2015 by Paul Shorrock

I’ve been writing routes for Walking World for several years now, and one of my earliest contributions was Coniston Old Man and Swirl How, returning by the Coppermines Valley.    Not only is it one of my earliest routes for … Continue reading →

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#181 – Norway trip

Posted on 10/08/2015 by Paul Shorrock

“To Noroway, Far Noroway, to Noroway o’er the foam ….”                                 (The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens) I hadn’t been to Norway since 1978. In the 1970’s I was a member of 45 Commando Royal Marines, which was at that time … Continue reading →

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#180 – Arenig Fawr – Going to the dogs!

Posted on 27/07/2015 by Paul Shorrock

This was our second visit to Arenig Fawr – Chris and I had been this way in 2012 (see post #101) and had a cool day (that’s the temperature and not the vibe!) so a return was overdue. Last time … Continue reading →

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#179 – Coniston Old Man and Dow Crag

Posted on 12/07/2015 by Paul Shorrock

1974 was a black time for hill-going Lancastrians – it was the year that ‘They’ changed the county boundaries and the Old Man of Coniston, the highest point in Lancashire at 803 metres (2634ft), became part of the new county … Continue reading →

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