"So what do we reckon for October, Scotland or Mallorca ?". And so we turned south.
I get knocked down, but I get up again - Chumbawumba
After a great (but somewhat windy) trip to Assynt last year, we were keen to reacquaint ourselves with the Inchnadamph hotel and the local hills - hopefully with better weather.
Some of that worked out....
Read moreIt seems like a perfectly sensible plan. Fly up to Inverness and head to the far North West (Assynt) and climb the iconic Suilven and the Ben More. However, it didn’t quite go according to plan……
Read moreDartmoor is a sacred, magical place. You find a truer side of your self there.
It's hard to work out where to start with this one: a British summer, silly accommodation, bog snorkelling, floating skulls, crunchy bits or Kung Fu....
The plan was to take advantage of the August weather and head off to Dartmoor to give Jack his first experience of wild camping (as opposed to that highly sanitised, squeaky clean camp site camping with toilets) so Jack, Tav and Dave H set off down a stop-start M5 on a Friday afternoon to the northern edge of Dartmoor. The weather forecast was dodgy...
Read moreIt was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside
Back by popular demand, another entry from our guest editor - Jack Tavener. This was another training walk for the 3 peaks challenge.