Rab Mountain Marathon
Leighton Moss
Great Cockup in the Uldale Fells
Little Chamonix
So (Hodge) Close!
One Man and His Dog (in the rain)
Holiday continues…
Cornwall
The real Williamson’s Monument… at last
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The weekend of September 29th and 30th was the Rab Mountain Marathon in the Lake District. We drove up Friday night after Richard had arrived back from Boston that morning. Perhaps not the best preparation...
My mum and dad came to visit this weekend and as the forecast was reasonable (not raining) we decided to take a trip to Leighton Moss to check out the birds. Pete was excited, and then he realised we'd be looking at the feathered variety...
Another great day in the lakes. 8 Wainwright's, 18.9 km of walking, and 1100 m of ascent.
We were up to visit Fiona's Parents & Sister for their 56th & 30th wedding anniversaries but we managaed to get a climb of Little Chamonix in as well...
The weather forecast for the weekend looked great on Tuesday. Every day since then it has deteriorated and opening the curtains this morning revealed the truth, it had - grey and damp. Not the best weather for the adventure Jon and I had planned...
Quiet fells, wind, rain, sun shine and a dog for company...
Having finally got back through the monsoon of the midlands, Chris and Sarah persuaded Jon, Anna and me to head up to High Crag, Buttermere.
Grabbing some Cornish good weather before the long dark winter... Well, that was the plan for our trip to Cornwall, staying at the CC's Bosigran hut, the Count House...
We came home from North Wales last night. The forecast wasn't great, so we decided that not so great weather at home was better than not so great weather in Wales. Very tired, we didn't get out of bed until close to 10am, and the clouds looked heavy, so we felt uninspired to climb. After a few essential household chores we decided to go for a bike ride up the Kentmere valley...