Arthur and I hadn't been out to the mountains for a while. We had been on a family (weekend) trip to Scotland earlier in the summer which hadn't gone exactly to plan (travel sickness, burst tire, biting insects etc)! I had made it the top of Ben Nevis in sweltering heat having boldly said, "I'll [...]
'Don't take the Crib Goch route' I kept telling myself as we set off. I didn't think I would but there was always an outside chance. There was little wind and the night was warm. The fog was thick and just minutes after we left the car it was pitch black. I tried to remember [...]
We set off early, just after 6am. Tryfan was all that I had imagined and more. The cool morning air hid the blistering heat that was coming. I loaded more water and Lucozade into our packs. It was an audacious plan - carry all the kit we would need for the night up the North [...]
Buoyed by our success on Skafell Pike we decided to drive to Snowdon ready for an early start the next day. There was no 3 or 4G reception so we followed a crazy winding route out of the Lakes in glorious sunshine heading vaguely south. We arrived in the dark around midnight for our second [...]
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