Not sure if I'm too late to the party on this one but the Dales can be a fabulous area so here are some of my recommenmdations. Any of the three peaks if you are willing to start early enough. They do indeed get busier as the day goes on. Although there are ways up each which can be quieter. Calf T...

rohan wrote:I'm guessing Beinn Bhan across the Great Glen. I wasn't able to hang around for a view asI struggled to stand in the fierce win whne I climbed it so maybe totally wrong

Or maybe totally right. Beinn Bhan, Glen Loy is indeed the place. All yours, rohan.

Cheers, Caberfeidh. There was a disappointing lack of spiders when I visited the Bruce's cave.

Right, no prizes for identifying hills in the background, but from which hill was this taken?

Spike Milligan once wrote:-

Thoughts of a tortoise on a warm and moonlit night,

"The world is very flat

I'm rather sure of that."

Bannockburn?

Stevekerr188 wrote:I will go for Eel Crag/ Crag Hill ?

Correct, Steve, over to you.

Cheers Mal.

Which summit is this? This pic is from 2014, so the condition of the trig point may be different now...

I admit I had to Google this, and now believe it's Avoncliff Aqueduct.

Hi Davie The Yorkshire Dales is an area where you'll get some of the best walking and scenery if you don't focus too much on the highest summits in the area. You mentioned rail, so walks around Settle would be a definite option. Smearsett Scar, Pot Scar and Giggleswick Scar are all little hills but ...

Does anyone remember doing any training at all for their first Munro? A few of us decided in the pub to do Ben Lomond one weekend, early 40s, I maybe went for a a short (under 2 miles) run once a week but no hills. Felt hard but we got to the top.. I've been to the Ben Nevis summit a few times on s...

Don't want to be too self-congratulatory here but I do think that it's a tribute to those who participate in the chat on this site that no one has descended into language which involves terms like "culture wars" and "woke agenda". Good! Everyone appears pretty rational and prepa...

matt_outandabout wrote:http://flic.kr/p/26rnhQS

(I was on a bike ride, but still...)

There are some folk who'd rather use the car than walk that far

The point isn't that Caucasians are unwelcoming, more that members of ethnic minorities themselves might feel uncomfortable in the countryside. This is something I don't understand at all. Why would ethnic minorities feel uncomfortable? I am unaware of any notion that going for a recreational walk ...

The point isn't that Caucasians are unwelcoming, more that members of ethnic minorities themselves might feel uncomfortable in the countryside. It's becoming a tricky balancing act these days, promoting racial equality in Britain without taking it to the point of anti-white racism. Absolutely, memb...

The point isn't that Caucasians are unwelcoming, more that members of ethnic minorities themselves might feel uncomfortable in the countryside. It's becoming a tricky balancing act these days, promoting racial equality in Britain without taking it to the point of anti-white racism. Absolutely, membe...