v-g Backpacking in Britain BlogA circuit around the hills of the Dee valley between Corwen and Llangollen, largely following the Clwydian Way for the northern half and the North Berwyn Way for the southern. A dry but rather mediocre interlude in a wet spell of weather suggested a short backpack fairly close to home and this was a good […]
A 2-day backpack around the North Western Carneddau from Aber, approaching the massif along the Foel-ganol ridge and returning via Gyrn and Moel Wnion.
This circuit was suggested by the four Dewey tops in the Carneddau range that I had yet to visit. Foel-ganol and Yr Orsedd form a short ridge that give a new and […]
A magnificent solo 4½-day backpack of the Central Cairngorms, a circuit that boasts some of the finest mountain scenery in Scotland. The route takes in nine Munros, including five of the elite 4000+ feet peaks.
The weather conditions were perfect throughout with almost constant sunshine and good clarity, while the patchy lingering snowfields added a touch […]
I’ve just returned from a superb 5-day mountain backpack around the Cairngorms, a favoured area at the moment with two recent blog reports already posted from Robin at BlogpackingLight and Martin at Summit and Valley that I’ll study at greater length when I’ve completed my own report. The conditions were perfect throughout and this mouthwatering […]
A 2-day route from Cwnwyd based on the Dewey 500m tops of the northern Berwyn hills, approaching on the virtually untrodden Moel yr Henfaes and returning via the familiar line of Vivod Mountain and Moel Fferna.
There were four new Dewey tops in our plan for this circuit, but we ran short of time near the […]
A solo circuit of Lower Eskdale from Ravenglass, my first visit to the Lake District of this year, taking the Muncaster Fell and Illgill Head approach to Great How and returning via Stony Tarn and Devoke Water.
The choice was suggested by a weather forecast of generally “north and west is best” with a strong easterly […]
A varied 4-day backpack in the NE of Arran including superb glens, the wild and deserted Loch Tanna, a section of the Isle of Arran Coastal Way and finally Goatfell with its excellent view of the nearby rugged mountains.
This was a backpack of contrasts in other ways too: the wind was so strong on the […]
A solo circuit to traverse the western hills of the Hirnant range and return on the Aran side via the waterfall of Pistyll Gwyn and the Aran ridge.
The Hirnants to the west of Llyn Efyrnwy form an upland area several miles long around the 500m contour that presents an impressively steep and incised facade to […]
Another remote and secluded backpack in the wilds of the Elan Valley, a hurriedly improvised walk based on a group of hills from the Dewey 500m list.
Circumstances found us in mid Wales with our backpacking kit and three days to walk, but no plan or suitable map. The quickest option was to park in Rhayader […]
A solo 2-day backpack around the familiar Dale of Goyt with an extension circuit of Combs Moor, host to two Dewey 500m tops and one of the very few pockets of the Peak District we have not walked before.
This walk actually visits six Dewey summits and passes within very close striking distance of Oliver Hill, […]
