Cham with my parents…
Category: Walking
Walking (mostly in the mountains).
Dolomiti – giorno 4
Trekking to Rosetta Day 4 of our trek rewarded us with perhaps the best views of the trip, but first we had to retrace our steps, climbing the 840 m back to Passo Canali. From here we hiked over the snow to Forcella Miel, from where the views were stunning. We then followed route 707 …
Dolomiti – giorno 3
A less eventful trek to Rifugio Treviso We left Rifugio Pradidali on route 709 that led up a snow covered valley past the beautiful Lake Pradidali. After a few hours of walking we came to Passo della Fradusta and soon after we reached the Fradusta glacier and glacial lake. Then, another up and down on …
Dolomiti – giorno 2
A long day to Pradidali The weather in the morning of day 2 was a great improvement on that of the previous evening, so Richard and I walked up to the start of via ferrata Sentiero Attrezzato Dino Buzzati, to take a look at a route that was only 100 m long – unfortunately our …
Dolomiti – giorno 1
A stroll to Rifugio Velo della Madonna Richard and I were joined by Dave (one of Richard’s friends) for our holiday in the Dolomites. We started our adventure from San Martino di Castrozza, a perfect base for exploring the Pale di San Martino mountains. The general aim of the holiday was to spend as much …
High Hartsop Dodd
Arthur, Andy and I had a day out in the eastern fells on Saturday, making the most of the sun. Approaching the ascent had been a bit indimidating as the ascent follows a wall up what appeared to be a vertical slope but, as so often, in fact it was not as bad as it …
High Pike… etc.
I should have known that when John says “the walk will include [insert name of summit]” this means not that we will ascend just “a” fell, but that we will jog over as many as possible before dark. However, when we assembled recently in the Northern Fells, I was foolishly expecting only a gentle stroll …
Another Luxury Weekend
Moroccan HGV
