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Month: April 2013

Sunny on Scafell Pike

Saturday, 6th April 2013

I was supposed to be in Les Contamines today, enjoying some ski touring, but work commitments meant I had to postpone my departure. As consolation I went for a bit of a walk in the hills, this time without the heavy bag.

The Dam Water

Thursday, 4th April 2013

On Tuesday evening we attended the expedition dinner which, being held in a Spanish bar, started quite late.

Return to the Dam Bypass

Wednesday, 3rd April 2013

After several months away from Spain Jim and I could take the suspense no longer. We returned to Matienzo, our goal being to find where the water flows into lake Buttermere in the Toca la Vaca system.

Skiing in Mayrhofen

Tuesday, 2nd April 2013

Richard and I are skiing in Mayrhofen this week. The snow on our first ski day was really good (particularly for Easter), but we were in the cloud all day and so the visibility was not great. It was tricky to see the piste-markers and at times we had to wait for skiers to come …