Loading tweets...Probably the toughest walk of the year for me yesterday (Sunday), what with the heat and the choice of route. I’d elected to walk-in through Eskdale and then ascend via Little Narrowcove bringing me around the back of the Pike and offering the chance to do Scafell as well, without retracing my steps up and …
Tag Archive: county tops
Jul 20 2008
Snowdon?…. Where?
Tex Gore and I battled our way onto the summit of Wales’ highest peak yesterday, through 35 mph winds (accurately measured with the new toy) and 10 yard visibility to the empty summit cairn and trig point. The walk was invigorating and great exercise and a fine example of Welsh weather. We both enjoyed it …
Jul 06 2008
Gragareth & Great Coum
As I expected, today’s weather was pretty foul and Metcheck had it almost right. The wind was much stonger than predicted and the rain didn’t start until about 2 hours after it was scheduled to. I was pleased with myself though, because I exercised my will power two or three times today. First time was …