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Little 15km walk with friends around Malham yesterday. It was a glorious start to the day then the clouds and wind rolled in to make it bloody cold and slightly grim
Edit: double post
A few photos from a bit of an adventure I did the week before last. Had a couple of days' annual leave to use before the year end, and it was my birthday, so decided to go exploring some secret bothies hidden deep within the peak district.
Day 1
Started by getting the train from Leeds to Sheffield, then the bus to cutthroat bridge on the snake pass. I recommend the cafe in Sheffield bus station by the way.. gigantic bacon butty reasonably priced. Cash only, mind.
Up onto Derwent edge. Bit of an inversion. Over lost lad then down to Derwent resr. No wind, millpond flat. Then carried on up the reservoir, then the river Derwent, past slippery stones and onwards up the the cabins. That part of the Derwent is really lovely and very wild feeling. I need to get back up there on a hot day in summer.
Arrived at the cabins about 30 mins before sunset. Got set up and had a little explore and filtered some water. Managed to get a phone signal by walking up to the top of the hill.
Then had beef hotpot dehydrated meal (which was really pretty good), loads of hot chocolate and tea, and a couple of beers / hip flask of Laphroaig.
Then sat under my sleeping bag (it was bloody freezing) and watched a couple of films on my phone and listened to some tunes.
Photos below are out of sequence (can't be arsed re- uploading)
Day 2
I woke up at sunrise about 8am. Beautiful morning. Went and dug a hole (if you know what I mean) then had tea, coffee, and porridge, and filtered some more water.
Signed the bothy book, then packed up and headed back the way I came towards slippery stones, then on up cut gate towards langsett.
At the summit the clag started to descend. Breeze had picked up but it was at my back so no problem really.
Seemed a bit strange to be on foot as I've only ever ridden that trail before (many,.many times) it's a bit cut up with water damage at the moment.
Descended to langsett and then had to decide whether to get my skates on and march to make the train at Penistone in just over an hour, or take it steady and get the next one.. decided on the latter and stopped by the rest to make some instant noodles and a coffee.
After that I potterd down into Penistone taking various footpaths and the Trans Pennine trail. Spotted a big pink penis....which was part of a poster advertising a Penistone copen mic comedy night (I'm such a child). Made it to the station with about 5 mins to spare, then back to Leeds.
I was a bit hungry at that point so went into kirkgate market for a reasonably priced and delicious shawarma, then bus back home.
I absolutely love living up north of England and the opportunities it gives you for this type of caper ?
Day out on some localish hills Wednesday
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El Bouf, that hut is Baltic in a heat wave. Let alone when its actually winter. Nice to have a night out tho?
Haha yeah it was a tad chilly!
I drank a lot of hot tea and hot chocolate and had 2x coats and my big sleeping bag and a hat. Oh and a couple of beers /hip flask gave me a nice warm beer jacket.
Was fine really. Great trip overall.
Since investing in some decent gear over the past few years, I think I now prefer bothies/bivvies/camping in the autumn and winter, due to lack of bugs and not getting all sweaty and dehydrated.
It's also quieter in the hills, and easier to find the time to do it, as the rest of the family are more inclined to stay indoors in comfort. They think I'm off my head (probably right tbh)
Mid Wales/Cymru. Radnor to Pumlumon.
Is there a "best" time of year for those hills? I'd have to book well in advance so cant rely on my usual "weather looks decent, I'll head away this weekend". Its just that little bit too far away and I'll save unplanned weekend trips for Scotland.
My only experience of that area was particularly sodden underfoot - so perhaps avoid after heavy or prolonged rain?
I think it's only drought that properly dries areas like that out. I termed the phrase "an area of Battle Hags" in the North Pennines earlier this year.
Lovely morning on the Ochils.
Amazing.
You lucky sod !
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My favourite mountain.
You lucky sod !
It was just amazing. When arrived at the summit to be greeted with a spectacular view and a Brocken spectre I started giggling. It was that good.
The full traverse is excellent value in winter probably grade I/II and a long day. I covered about 22km.
Chapeau!
Wow, spectacular photos, looks amazing!
^It's a similar winter photo (of liathach) in a ken Wilson coffee table book in the late 80's that motivated me into hill walking, then climbing and winter/alps mountaineering.
@Spin
That Suilven trip looks fantastic. I was up that way twice last year, in decent enough conditions, but nothing like that!
Spent New Year in the Lake District. A couple of days of apocalyptic wind and rain were followed by a fabulous cold, clear day on the Langdale Pikes.
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I miss the Lakes. So many happy hill memories from late teenage years...
With a Louise?
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a bit of pre-work snow tourism on Dartmoor.
In that first photo you have the "did I lock the car?" look.
I was actually out doing some off the beaten track bouldering today but the photos basically look like I was hill walking! A beautiful day on Liathach.
Crianlarich Seven yesterday. Quite a bit of up and down!
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Right, so clearly I now need to learn another convoluted and unintuitive method of posting photos...
Right, so clearly I now need to learn another convoluted and unintuitive method of posting photos...
Just don't try Flickr - it just double posts everything...
A pal's last Munros on Skye last weekend. Fairly grim on Saturday but better for the last one (Am Bhasteir) on Sunday.
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Stac Pollaidh - both summits.
A tad warm. Cracking wee hill.
Alligin and the Castles. Proper big mountain day, great scrambling
It's not so much the heat as the humidity that gets you. I don't think I've sweated so much for so long in years. Only about 22*c, but really humid, and due to light wind and midges, clegs, flies etc we chose trousers and long tops. Watching others get eaten on the descent made it the right decision - I even gave smidge to a french group who had no idea what midges were...
Up early and got off hill by 3.30pm, rain moved in by 4.30.
Brutal physically, but cracking day Grommit.
Those look like great days out on fantastic hills. The Am Basteir pics are really atmospheric too!
I'm very jealous of the recent posts in this thread. Had plenty of great days on Stac Pollaidh, Am Basteir and one on the Horns of Alligin in light winds but occasional 60mph gusts. It was pretty scary stuff.
Not been up any decent/nice hills for over a year due to persistent injuries. Hoping to get out next month.. fingers crossed
@thelawman - 👀
And WTF is up with images on this forum? Flickr or Labnol+Google just doesn't work...
Beinn Chabhair, Loch Lomond area. A hill I have looked up at hundreds of times living in the area previously, and have climbed pretty much all the major hills around it.
We've avoided it due to stories of the bog halfway and the horrid start. And the stories were truth. Youngest_oab and I decided it was time to tick off the last 'local' Munro.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/munros/beinn-chabhair.php#
We met a lady who was seriously cold (it was 5/6/7*c on summit with a breeze and she was in running shorts and t-shirt) - she would not take a fleece from us and headed down to Coire a Chuilinn the steep way. Hoping she was OK.
Lovely view, ace to be out, but not one to repeat in a hurry...
@matt_outandabout think I'll save that one for a very dry period then!
I've been trying my best this year to tick off some more munros as I think I'll actually manage to complete them in my lifetime even though I wasn't sure before. Had ten days recently staying in the van around Braemar which helped picked off 15 for the week and I'm back up now for two weeks picking off some so hopefully Carn a Chlamain tonight on the bike assuming the storms pass over before 5pm when I plan on doing it. Drumochter 4 tomorrow seeing as I now get every other Friday off work!
That is a lot of hills getting climbed - you must have thighs of steel or a high pain tolerance. I am now over 50 and tubby - and don't my knees and thighs tell me that the day after a climbing a hill....
Thighs of steel! I do feel pretty drained by the time I make it back home but when the weather is so decent it really can't be helped! I'm a mere 42 and my husband does keep telling me just wait til I'm 5 years older.
I've been trying my best this year to tick off some more munros
I love your choice of company.. here's Lundy enjoying CMD up to Nevis. 
