v-g Backpacking in Britain BlogA 2-day circuit of the Southern Carneddau mountains that form the northern side of the Ogwen valley between Ogwen and Capel Curig.
The route along the valley joining the two ends follows Penrhyn’s old road, now a pleasant track shadowing the Afon Llugwy below the mountains on the southern side. By tackling this first on the […]
A 4-day linear traverse of the western Lake District fells, starting and ending at Silecroft and St. Bees rail stations.
Overshadowing Silecroft, Black Combe is almost always tackled in isolation as a day walk, but from the inner southerly fells we have often seen it as a natural approach that would form an unusual and […]
A linear 3-day backpack of the eastern Glenkens range of hills in the Southern Uplands, starting from the Green Well of Scotland north of Carsphairn village and ending at St. John’s Town of Dalry.
The route follows the Water of Deugh to the foot of Willieanna to ascend via Dunool and Black Shoulder to Cairnsmore of […]
A fine linear traverse of the mountains on the west side of the Conwy valley, starting and finishing at Blaenau Ffestiniog and Conwy rail stations.
The route follows the Moelwyns / Ysgafell Wen range to Moel Siabod and crosses via Capel Curig to the eastern Carneddau at Llyn Cowlyd. The excellent SE ridge is ascended to […]
A return to the hills after a few weeks layoff, this was a 2-day circuit of the Northern Hirnant hills to pick up a couple of new Dewey 500m tops, also visiting several familiar 2000-feet summits. The outward route towards Foel Goch and the return from Bwlch y Fenni are the same as our Hirnants […]
A circuit of the hills of the upper Wye Valley between the Pumlumon range and the Elan Valley, taking in a total of nine new 500m tops.
On the south west side of the Wye Valley, a line of hills stretches from Moelfryn near Rhayader to Llechwedd Llwyd above the confluence of the Wye and the […]
A new southern approach to the Arenigs range, exploring five new Dewey 500m tops and including a circuit around Waun y Griafolen, the huge shallow expanse of very rough wet moorland that lies at the heart of the region. The route also visits the two old favourites of Dduallt and Rhobell Fawr, the two Nuttall […]
A circuit of the fells around Malham Tarn and Littondale, formed from a group of six new Dewey 500m hills and completed by traversing several of the familiar mountains of the area.
A backpack of contrasts in both scenery and numbers of walkers, the well used paths and tracks in the areas of limestone-encrusted greenery near […]
A solo circuit around the central region of the Cheviot hills, based on a framework of ten new Dewey 500m hills and including five of the six Nuttall mountains of the region en route. The route covers a variety of terrain and scenery with expansive heather moors, coarse moorland grasses, the steeply incised valleys of […]
A grand tour of the listed tops of Dartmoor:- a second visit to the two Nuttall mountains of the region and thirteen new 500m+ Dewey tops, including two of the small group that top 600m.
A Dartmoor backpack had been on the radar for some time, our only previous visit being a day walk in 1995 […]
