Tag Archives: hillwalking

#107 – Training ‘Search and Rescue’ Dogs – The story continues ….

Posted on 10/12/2012 by Paul Shorrock

The Search and Rescue Dog Association of Wales (SARDA Cymru) holds two assessment weekends every year, where novice dogs demonstrate their searching abilities, and qualified dogs progress to a higher level.  Originally intended to search for lost or injured people … Continue reading →

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#106 – ” …. Sack it to me ….!”

Posted on 03/12/2012 by Paul Shorrock

My wife doesn’t understand me (as the saying goes).  Is it so difficult to understand that an outdoors chap needs more than one rucksack?  Well, this one does anyway.  I’m also a ‘label’ man – I tend to stick with … Continue reading →

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#105 – Lost in the Clwydian Hills

Posted on 26/11/2012 by Paul Shorrock

My local hills, the Clwydian Range, are not the highest hills in Wales by a long way, though it’s the first high ground you drive through as you enter North Wales from England.  The highest summit is Moel Famau (see … Continue reading →

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#104 –A short jog over the Pennine Moors! – ‘Spine Race’ training weekend in the Yorkshire/Lancashire Pennines

Posted on 19/11/2012 by Paul Shorrock

By any stretch of the imagination, completing the Pennine Way on foot is going to be a challenge.  It’s 268 miles (431 kms) of rough, boggy terrain along the backbone of England, exposed to the worst weather that an English … Continue reading →

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#102 – Arenig Fach – Another Welsh mountain gem (or should that be a rough diamond?)

Posted on 05/11/2012 by Paul Shorrock

It seemed like a good idea.  Six weeks earlier Chris and I had walked Rhinog Fawr (post #95) and after being seduced by a forecast of fine weather, I had gone out two days later and walked a much longer … Continue reading →

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#101 – Arenig Fawr – A Welsh mountain gem

Posted on 29/10/2012 by Paul Shorrock

I’ve spent most of my mountaineering life not knowing a thing about the Arenig hills of North Wales.  That’s probably not unusual for those who only visit the Welsh hills a couple of times a year, and are then seduced … Continue reading →

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#100 – What we did on our holidays

Posted on 22/10/2012 by Paul Shorrock

Typical isn’t it – you wait a year for a trip away in the camper, then two arrive at once! (For non-UK readers, that is an example of British humour at its best!)  We’ve hardly used the camper this year … Continue reading →

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#99 – The ancient forts of the Clwydian Hills

Posted on 15/10/2012 by Paul Shorrock

After dawdling round Dorset and swanning around Swanage it was time to return to the hills in my own backyard.  Although we have explored our own local hills of Moel Hirraddug ( post #73) and Craig Fawr (post #82) at … Continue reading →

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#98 – Walking the Jurassic Coast

Posted on 08/10/2012 by Paul Shorrock

I should make something quite clear.  I prefer to walk mountains, moors and high places.  Ok, so I sometimes I walk the dog on one of our local beaches, but I’m not a beach walker – I want ups and … Continue reading →

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#97 – “Yomping” over Dartmoor with the Royal Marine Commandos

Posted on 01/10/2012 by Paul Shorrock

 When I first became interested in the outdoors as a teenager, I had no interest whatsoever in walking on Dartmoor – Living in Lancashire meant that we had plenty of our own moorland, and the mountains of the Lake District … Continue reading →

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