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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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#203 – Over the Sea to Skye (Part 2) – Storr Rocks

Posted on 28/06/2016 by Paul Shorrock

Skye holds many great mountaineering memories for me, but I would be the first to admit that the island gets more than its fair share of bad weather, and when conditions eventually turn fine the curse of the Scottish midge … Continue reading →

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#202 – Over the sea to Skye (Part 1) – The Quiraing

Posted on 13/06/2016 by Paul Shorrock

The mountain walking highlight of our Scottish trip in May was undoubtedly my trip up Quinag (see post #201), but I had also pre-planned a couple of shorter days out that Chris might enjoy, both of them on Skye.    … Continue reading →

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#201 – Quinag – a nice day for a dog walk

Posted on 31/05/2016 by Paul Shorrock

Visitors from abroad probably look at our modest mountains in the UK and wonder what all the fuss is about.    True, our mountains are lower in height than the peaks of Europe, North America, Africa and Asia, but our … Continue reading →

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#200 – Parlick Pike and Fairsnape Fell

Posted on 11/05/2016 by Paul Shorrock

For me, this was the beginning.  For all my adult life, the hills and mountains have been very important to me, and this is where it all began.  When I was 14 I cycled to these hills with a mate … Continue reading →

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#199 – Mysterious Lancashire – Pendle Hill

Posted on 02/05/2016 by Paul Shorrock

Pendle Hill has an air of mystery about it.   The hill dominates the view in much of Central Lancashire, but stands separate from the Pennines, the Bowland Hills and the Yorkshire Dales which surround it.    At 557 metres (1827ft) … 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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#195 – Mam Tor – The ‘Shivering Mountain’

Posted on 22/02/2016 by Paul Shorrock

About 4000 years ago, the slopes of Mam Tor in the Peak District of Derbyshire would not have been a good place to be.    The hill is mostly sandstone lying on top of unstable shales, and 4000 years ago the … Continue reading →

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