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 [...]
We parked. It was darker than dark. Not a soul in sight. Hadn't even seen another car for miles. I put on my headtorch and got out of the car. Spindly leaves remained on a branch of a tree battling against the coming winter. It brushed my face - illuminated by my torchlight. I was [...]
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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