This February we spent a week in Aviemore after a few days with friends in the Lake District. Weather was mixed so we didn’t achieve as much as we wanted but here is what we did. Helm Crag and Steel Fell from Grasmere Low level walk around Grasmere and Rydal water from Ambleside Short walk » read more »
For a bit of a change we got a cheap TUI package trip to Madeira this September. It was really quite good ;-) Day 1: We took the Funchal Cable car and had a walk around some gardens including Jardim Botanico Distance: 8km, Ascent: 200m, Descent: 200m Day 2: Levada do Norte (South) We set » read more »
This summer we spent 2 weeks in Austria. The first week we went to Matrei am Brenner and from there we did the following multiday hutting trip. Day 1 – Vals (1345m) to Geraer Hütte (2326m) Train from Matrei to Steinach then a bus to Vals. Started at Touristenrast Inn, took then Central Alpine Way » read more »
This Easter we got a cottage in Kyle of Lochalsh to get into Kintail and Skye. Beinn na Caillich 732.1m (2402ft), Beinn Dearg Mhòr 709.3m (2327ft), Beinn Dearg Bheag 582m (1909ft) Glamaig – Sgùrr Mhairi 775m (2542ft) via An Coileach 673m (2208ft) Five Sisters of Kintail (classic 3 Monros) The Saddle 1011.5m (3318ft), Sgùrr na Sgine 946m (3103ft) and » read more »
We had a week at Aviemore this February half-term. The plan was to do some gullies in the Northern Corries but the snow was very lean. All we could manage were variants of the Goat Track or Point 5 Gully or both, in pretty much any concievable order.
Author: Phil Newby