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jmarkb wrote:(though I think you may have your grid references back to front ).

Cheers! I've corrected them now...hopefully.

1. Beginnings; Geal-Charn (917m) Started the walk at 8:45 am having got 4 hours of sleep and had a curry the night before...so my friend and I were rather intrigued to see how the rest of the day would pan out. We parked up at Balsporran and started our way up the track. Along gaining about 30m elev...

Very nice photos and congratulations on winning the prize of the month! Regarding your question about the sky. It goes back to ye olde question; "Why is the sky blue"? The reason is that light scatters in the atmosphere due to the particles in the air/atmosphere. On a sunny day, you see a ...

Ye, it was pretty amazing. There were several snowboard tracks leading off the cornices from the summit. It made me think how much more better the day would have been if I had a pair of skies at the top! I think a ski-centre in the dales would be awesome, especially given all the snow this year....a...

Went up to Kettlewell with my mate in very cold and snowy conditions. Parked up by the Racehorse in Kettlewell and walked up past the hostel to the turning for Hags Dyke, a scouts hut. The path climbs rather steepy at first over the hills to the house at the head of the dyke. From here the path goes...

Haha, the stash is just on the inside of the wall by the masongill water treatment plant right at the beginning of the walk. There was just a ridiculous amount, probably a lifetimes supply for at 2 people at least! Probably some wayward 16 year olds dirty secret. Although we also found a champagne b...

I came up the night before and wild camped with a few of my mates who were going to go down Ireby Fell Cavern. I tagged along with them so that I could try and bag the HEWITTs Gragareth and Great Coumb while they went caving on Saturday. We all slept rather uncomfortably in the sheepfold, which prov...

This was my first Corbett, done on a very sunny day in Kintail. I started at around 1050 just off the road to Morvich, after the turn up to the farms at Ruarach. The path up Sgurr an Airgid starts a bit further up Strath Croe near Lienassie, however there are turnstiles along the side of the road op...

I decided to make use of the weather today and visted Great Knoutberry hill. I had tried to bag this HEWITT before but failed in the mist and rain, although today I found out that I was only a just short by about 5 mins! Ah well. Todays trip started at Dent station and proceeded over Great Knoutberr...

If I am ever in the area again, might do it from Glen Turret, it sounds a little bit more interesting than the track up.

I might take you up on that, I usually have a full work week, I'll see if I can get some free time off from the boss.

Yes I believe it is stage 6 or 7 of that traverse starting in Kirkby Stephen and finishing in Keld. Although, you do not have to take route of the summit you can go for the lower level route....but where would the fun be in that? This place is steeped in history, There is Pendragon castle, for examp...

Great Day for a walk. Left the station in Garsdale at 11, and took the road/track upto "Riggs" to climb the hill Baugh Fell. Once you arrive at the wall at Riggs you follow it all the way up to the top. Note though, stick to the RIGHT handside of the wall as opposed to the left, the path i...

First Munro ever and what fun it was. Cloudy day in the highlands, with a lot of snow. Made my way up from Invergeldie up to the dam where I decided to explore off to the left...it was marked on the map!! What a mistake, within a few hundred metres I was stuck in drifts of deep snow and bog, but I p...

This was a walk done a while ago. Set off from HIR car park and had to meet a mate in Clapham for my lift home. A challenge indeed. I managed to walk along the track from the main road all the way up to the ridge in about an hour. The ridge was extremely icy and I regretted not bringing crampons, as...

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Re: The Drumochter 4

The Drumochter 4

Re: Morrone Revisited

Re: Great Whernside

Great Whernside

Re: Gragareth

Gragareth

My First Corbett: Sgurr an Airgid

Bog surfing in Dent/Ribbledales

Re: Ben Chonzie...Twice!

Re: Garsdale Stn to Kirkby Stephen Stn via 2 Hewitts

Re: 9 Standard Rigg

Baugh Fell

Ben Chonzie...Twice!

Pen Y Ghent and Plover Hill from HIR