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Very sad and sobering news. My condolences to Allan's family and friends. Allan's love of what he did in the hills shone from his detailed and compelling trip reports. Many of them were of epic proportions and he overcame illness along the way. Through a shared feeling for being in the hills, and th...

Congratulations PR on your Hewitt near-completion. :clap: I've read your walk reports regularly over the years (years which have galloped by!). Sometimes I've planned seemingly slightly non-standard or off-piste routes in Wales from the map, to find when looking after my walk that you'd done the sam...

Try taking your bonnie lass with you (make sure the weather and conditions will be good) and she might see that all is generally well. Very thoughtful responses on this thread, as ever. I did just this last week take my bonnie lass with me, we were based in Ballachulish and climbed The Pap, the 2 A...

You are correct, maybe. What if one's loved ones are aware that one has been struggling, and end up wondering if it could have been suicide under those circumstances? And what if the attempt is not successful? Most importantly, are you referring to yourself in these thoughts? There are folk you can ...

It would be hypocritical of me to say 'don't go in winter' since that's exactly what I did over 6 consecutive days on my first trip to Scotland, and with no experience at that time. Marvellous it was too! However, we had a minor epic on An Stuc that you may find of interest, in terms of the mountain...

Hello AK, yes a fine round, I did similar last summer - in much better weather so I saw it all - you must go back!

All the best with getting through your medical condition and hopefully back to full speed!

About 10 years ago I read Dave Hewitt's account of his Watershed Walk, and in fact have read it again a few times since, it being a superb read. I started reading Chris Townsend's Watershed book just yesterday and will be interested to compare the 2 accounts, particularly since Hewittt's trip was ma...

It is a fabulous place and your report is quite outstanding, thanks! The light quality, and of course the brockens, are magic.

It is a place I have been to a few times and will always draw me back, one of those places that is just so special.

The forecast was for fabulous weather so a day not to be missed after the recent rains and clag. I met up with Mark and decided that a high day was in order, west was forecast to be best so the Snowdon area was chosen. Not wanting crowds, and having done a circuit from the south earlier in the year,...

Snowdon is a fine place, with many route options, great that you visited! You chose a good route too, a bit different from the norm. As you say, once off the main Llanberis/Pen y pass routes it is surprisingly quiet - each of the western and southern routes are good. Shame you got the cloud but an e...

I wouldn't trust that any third party hosting service won't change in the future, especially if it is free. The business model just doesn't stack up. I think the Flickr new cost is reasonable for the services provided but of course there's no guarantee there won't be significant price hikes in the f...

It's probably just me, but I've never understood why people ask 'ground condition' questions. :? Agreed. Besides anything else, conditions change so rapidly. Unknown conditions, amongst others, are part of the adventure and challenge, to me it is possible to research too much. Will, take gaiters, w...

The "so called" wild areas are the scars of clearance, deliberate depopulation and Scotland's outrageous land ownership system. Along with historic over-population, failing crops and industry, and lack of opportunities. Perhaps the Scottish Government should take a radical step in changin...

I don't know, some folk are just fair weather walkers, can't see much to complain about! :) Seriously, wonderful perseverance, well done, and I like the 'alternate' routes. Or a touch of madness perhaps, better still? :wink: I saw that memorial last year, the letters hadn't been painted, so hard to ...

Great stuff, similar to my jaunt in June, in reverse. Not sure which of ours is the reverse, yours or mine! :) You must be so pleased to be out after the stir-crazy period, how long until the scrambling starts, or is that ok one-armed? :wink: And do exactly as I did on my last walk before my op - pu...

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