I have planned it for a while to photograph Budapest’s lights and sights in the night. Few days before and later on New Year’s Eve I managed to take some night walks to the Danube with my friends and take some nice photos. First we took a few shots of the new National Theatre with [...]

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Travel, Walking | | 7 Comments
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Cats are killing billions of animals

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Nature | 4 Comments
1 Image | cats, deadly creature

Despite snow falling thick and fast at home and despite our road being like an ice rink, we headed to Whitewalls for the annual dinner weekend. The roads were pretty clear until we reached Brymawr. A small icy hill was impassable and left us finding another way round to the start of the tramroad which [...]

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Caving, Snow Sports | | | 2 Comments
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Fell Running | | | 4 Comments

On Friday it snowed all day and well in to the night. We checked the forecast for the Saturday, and although the temperatures were rising and rain was on its way, it looked like the snow might stick around for long enough for us to have some fun in Kentmere.

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Ski Mountaineering | | | 5 Comments
7 Images | chocolate eclair

News about bird guests arriving to Lake Balaton spread around fast among birdwatchers. I didn’t want to miss the occasion.

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Ornithology | | | 6 Comments
18 Images | Balaton, Balaton lake, birds

We met up with our friends from Leeds, Helen and Kris, for a winter-walk up Wetherlam via Wetherlam Edge. Wetherlam Edge is a steep rocky path in summer, but in the frozen snowy conditions we’ve got in the Lakes at the moment, especially with the strong freezing wind from the east, it promised to provide [...]

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Ice Climbing, Walking | | | No Comments
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There’s been hardly any precipitation in Cumbria since Monday’s snowfall, but it’s been very cold so perfect conditions for an ice route.

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Mountaineering | | | 3 Comments
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