My friend Abi and I had the most challenging adventure in the Cairngorm Mountains. From the Linn of Dee we walked 5km to Derry Lodge and pitched camp among the trees by Luibeg Burn. Having lightened our packs we took the path via Craig Bad an t-Seabhaig and Carn Crom to Derry Cairngorm (1155m). In… Read more: Wild camping in the Cairngorm National Park

Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used among Anglican and Methodist traditions for the Christian holy day of Pentecost. It falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter. Whit Monday, the day after Whitsun, remained a holiday in Britain until 1972, the ruling Conservative Government decided to permanently replace it with a Spring… Read more: Manchester Whit Walks

Quelques images mis à jour de Paris. La Défense Au bord du fleuve à Neuilly-sur-Seine, à nuit. La Louvre Quelques-unes des expositions les plus intéressantes du Musée National d’Art de France. Les Sculptures Les Couples Un assemblée de mort Venus de Milo Les Peintures Jardin de Tuileries Champs-Élysées

According to a random statistic, which I stumbled upon when Googling about Facebook, and which by no means am I able to verify, the average Facebook user is connected to eighty community pages, groups and events. An exaggerated claim perhaps. I checked. I have fifty-five! One particular Facebook group I am a member of is… Read more: Caution Walkers: reflections on crossing the Aonach Eagach ridge, Glen Coe.

Twice a year the Derbyshire Caving Club (DCC) open up one of the old mines at Alderley to visitors. It’s a great opportunity to experience some of the history of mining at Alderley and to get a glimpse of the extent of historic excavations. I went along to reacquaint myself with subterranean Alderley and to… Read more: Alderley Edge Mines Open Day – Engine Vein

In the depths of winter lockdown, with gyms & health centres closed, two friends decided to take matters into their own hands. Summer was a blast! With an early finish from work I could be up on the hills to the east of Manchester before half the city below had finished eating their tea, as… Read more: <strong>Darkness on the Edge of Town</strong>

The first time I came to Nant Gwrtheyrn I came at night like a broken king.  It was late October. I had been walking in Cwm Croesor to the east of Aberglaslyn, exploring the abandoned quarries of Rhosydd and, being underground, had lost track of time. By the time I reached Croesor the light was… Read more: Nant Gwrtheyrn and the Englishman who wanted to learn Welsh

Broad Stand, as the notorious flight of granite steps on the eastern flank of Scafell is known, is a death trap. A quick look at the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team website will confirm the number of incidents that have taken place at this accident black spot. These range in seriousness from a family of four… Read more: Taking a Stand

They were not built to give the invading Scots the impression that an English army was camped up there. Nor were they a job creation scheme for indigent lead miners by some eighteenth or nineteenth century philanthropist, still less a ‘folly’ built by one of the more deranged landed gentry, as some have suggested. They are in fact ancient and demonstrably so.