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A squelchy backpack across north Dartmoor

This was a hastily put together backpack with only a couple of days notice.  I had planned to be in the Highlands but a lousy weather forecast ended that plan.  The south-west appeared to the best bet...

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Rosedale and Farndale – backpacking a double horseshoe

I have to admit that I have only previously visited the North York Moors twice.  A bit of an oversight considering that they are only two and a half hours drive away.  That makes them my second closest...

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Summer slackpacking in the Moelwyns

As I sat in the car it was rocked by the wind that was rushing unimpeded through the valley.  Soggy curtains of rain drifted down from the mountains which were hidden under a steely grey blanket of...

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Four nights alone in the magnificent Monadhliath pt1

The Monadhliath Mountains occupy a huge tract of the Scottish Highlands.  This is not an area of soaring ridges and fearsome pinnacles.  It is a much more understated landscape, one of vast open...

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Four nights alone in the magnificent Monadhliath pt2

Day 3 – 18.5 kilometres with 340 metres ascent I don’t think that it is very often that you have to drag yourself out of a shelter in the morning because it is too hot, especially whilst located at 830...

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Four nights alone in the magnificent Monadhliath pt3

Day 4 – 23 kilometres with 590 metres ascent It was probably one of the worst nights that I have ever had for condensation. No wind, next to a stream and temperatures around freezing meant the walls...

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A night at the Grinah Stones

The road along the Derwent reservoirs to its terminus at Kings Tree is shut on Saturdays and Sundays during the summer. This makes this exceptionally popular area much more pleasant, especially for the...

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Newtondale – backpacking the North York Moors

Navigating the steep hairpin bends between Lockton and Levisham made my stomach flutter with a bit of excitement. It wasn’t the angle of the road but the fact that I thought that a new series of the...

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Stronelairg – 5 snowy days in the Monadhliath pt1

I had spent a couple of weeks meticulously planning a route through the Monadhliath for the Easter weekend. Mileage and ascent had all been taken into account to give me some realistic TGO Challenge...

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Stronelairg – 5 snowy days in the Monadhliath pt2

Part one of this trip report was published a few months ago, unfortunately other trips got in the way and I never got round to writing part two. So cast your minds back to Easter this year………. You can...

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