Tag Archives: mountains

#72 – “It looked like a canny way down….”

Posted on 09/04/2012 by Paul Shorrock

After twenty five years, I can still remember those words being spoken as if it was yesterday –  “It looked like a canny way down….”   The person speaking was the survivor from a mountain accident that I became involved … Continue reading →

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#71 – Buckden Pike (with dry feet!)

Posted on 02/04/2012 by Paul Shorrock

After plundering other great blogs for inspiration for walks, I thought it was time to come up with an original idea – less easy when you only have a short walking day and have walked all the obvious local routes, … Continue reading →

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#68 – Helm Crag and Far Easedale

Posted on 12/03/2012 by Paul Shorrock

There seems to be a bit of a theme developing in this blog.  In #65 I described a warm and sunny February day on Cadair Idris in 2008.  Last week in #67 it was a February ski trip up Pen … Continue reading →

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#67 – Pen y Ghent on skis

Posted on 05/03/2012 by Paul Shorrock

Well here we are hurtling into March and still no real winter.  A couple more weeks and it will be spring, though you might think it had already arrived.  In post #65 I told the story of a very unseasonal … Continue reading →

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#65 – A warm, sunny day on Cadair Idris – in February?!

Posted on 20/02/2012 by Paul Shorrock

My mum would have said, “it’s neither one thing nor the other”, in the way that mums do.  Now, I like my winters cold and with loads of snow, and last week held the promise of real winter conditions at … Continue reading →

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#57 – “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow”!

Posted on 19/12/2011 by Paul Shorrock

As a kid I was never very keen about being out in snow.  I had poor circulation in my hands and feet, which took a lot of the fun out of playing in the cold – I still feel the … Continue reading →

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#56 – A dog’s life (re-visited)

Posted on 12/12/2011 by Paul Shorrock

Soon after I started this weekly blog (just over a year ago) Chris and I took the momentous step of adding a dog to the household.  No big deal there, you might say, but the previous twelve months had been … Continue reading →

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#55 – Sgorr na Ciche (The Pap of Glencoe)

Posted on 01/12/2011 by Paul Shorrock

A look this week at one of the most recognisable and attractive looking peaks in the Glencoe area.  It’s far from the highest, yet it’s a hill that is well worth the four hours or so that it takes to … Continue reading →

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#52 – The Aonach Eagach Ridge, Glencoe

Posted on 14/11/2011 by Paul Shorrock

Walking from valley to valley has featured largely in both my walking and my blog posts for the last couple of weeks, but to keep a balanced view (and to keep the mountain men/women happy) here’s a look at the … Continue reading →

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#48 – Cnicht, the “Welsh Matterhorn”

Posted on 17/10/2011 by Paul Shorrock

 Sat at home in the middle of ‘normal’ UK October weather (dank, misty drizzle), it seems strange that two weeks ago we were walking the hills of Snowdonia wearing T-shirts.  Yet, that’s exactly what happened, and I have the evidence! … Continue reading →

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