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#235 – The Grasmoor Hills – a quiet corner in the North-Western Fells of the Lake District

Posted on 04/12/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Having a Border Collie means a decent walk for the dog, every day.   Most of the time I’ll go with Chris, and we do a good … Continue reading →

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#234 – Rannerdale Knotts, Crummock Water

Posted on 20/11/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) It seems odd that, surrounded by hills and mountains as we are in North Wales, Chris and I seemed to have spent more time on Scottish and … Continue reading →

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#233 – Coniston Old Man and Dow Crag

Posted on 08/11/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Our mammoth Scottish trip in May this year was finally coming to an end, but we weren’t in a rush to get home and the weather was … Continue reading →

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#232 – Carrock Fell in the Northern Fells of the Lake District

Posted on 23/10/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) They say all good things come to an end, and the Scottish trip earlier in the year had certainly been a good one.   We weren’t quite finished … Continue reading →

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#231 – A day on ‘The other Buachaille’

Posted on 09/10/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(‘Left click’ images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Mention ‘The Buachaille’ to mountain people, and they will nod wisely and assume that you mean Buachaille Etive Mor which translates as the ‘Big Herdsman of Etive’.  … Continue reading →

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#230 – The Beinn Eighe Ridge, Torridon

Posted on 25/09/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) We were slowly making our way back home on our May trip to Scotland.   Ten days earlier, Chris and I (plus Border Collie ‘Mist’ of course!) had … Continue reading →

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#229 – A walk up (or around!) Stac Pollaidh

Posted on 11/09/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Travelling north up the A835 beyond Ullapool you enter Assynt, a land of wide open spaces and weird looking mountains.   In May 2016 we had come … Continue reading →

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#228 – The Fairy Lochs, Shieldaig near Gairloch

Posted on 28/08/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Some images will zoom – Left click to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) After our outing to Corrie Mhic Fhearchair (see post #227) I was itching to get in a longer day on a crossing of … Continue reading →

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#227 – Coire Mhic Fhearchair and the Beinn Eighe air-crash, 1951

Posted on 14/08/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Some images will zoom – Left click to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Our Scottish trip had got off to a great start with bright sun and settled conditions most of the time, especially on Skye … Continue reading →

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#226 – Coire na Creiche and the Fairy Pools

Posted on 27/07/2017 by Paul Shorrock

(Some images will zoom – Left click to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) So far, our May trip to Scotland hadn’t got any further than Glencoe (see post #222) and Skye (posts #223, #224 and #225) … Continue reading →

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