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#250 – Lake District bothies Part 1 – Dubbs Hut and Warnscale

Posted on 27/08/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) The May 2018 trip to Scotland was drawing to a close.   Our outing to Invermallie Bothy and Achnacarry (see post #249) had been in damp, mizzly … Continue reading →

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#249 – Invermallie Bothy and the Commandos of Achnacarry

Posted on 13/08/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) On our 2017 Scottish trip, Chris and I (plus Border Collie ‘Mist’) had visited a couple of bothies in the course of our mountain walking (see post … Continue reading →

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#248 – Skye – Kirkibost to Sligachan, the ‘short way’

Posted on 30/07/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images and maps to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) I guess we are all creatures of habit.   I’m prepared to bet that for most of us, our hill days are circular routes starting … Continue reading →

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#247 – Sgurr na Stri and the Cuillin Mountains of Skye

Posted on 17/07/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Despite having almost perfect weather on our May Scottish trip, our first foray onto Skye produced one of the wettest days of the month.    After a day … Continue reading →

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#246 – Return to Beinn Eighe

Posted on 19/06/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Our trip to Scotland in 2017 had been blessed (mostly) with good weather, but my day on Beinn Eighe (see post #230) had included a bitterly cold … Continue reading →

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#245 – The CIC Hut, Ben Nevis

Posted on 06/06/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Some images will zoom – left click to zoom in, use browser return arrow to return) May in the Scottish Highlands is often the best time of year for a visit, with fairly settled weather and no midges, which is … Continue reading →

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#244 – Llyn Cowlyd in the East Carneddau

Posted on 23/04/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) The mountains of the Carneddau in Snowdonia are big and wild, like a mini version of the Cairngorms, and a mountain trip in the Carneddau is usually … Continue reading →

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#243 – Dinas Bran Castle and the Vale of Llangollen

Posted on 09/04/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) It has to be said that ‘me missus’ does not exactly go for the combination of mountains and snow, and my day playing on the Glyderau (see … Continue reading →

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#242 – A (not so) snowy day on the Glyderau

Posted on 27/03/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) UK weather suddenly became ‘interesting’ in March this year, with ‘The Beast from the East’ dumping snow quite liberally.    In North Wales it was the Borders area … Continue reading →

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#241 – Mynydd Du – The Black Mountain

Posted on 13/03/2018 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) The English often find the Welsh language bewildering, with an ‘alphabet soup’ approach to spelling, but in reality, Welsh is fairly simple, with rules and sounds that … Continue reading →

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