The 21st January was a ‘super’ and blood’ moon, I went outside where it was −33 °C to take a few photos.
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Pyrénées trips: Pique Rouge de Bassiès
On my second trip to the Pyrénées from Toulouse, I walked up Pique Rouge de Bassiès (2676 m). The peak is located nearby to Cascade d’Ars where I walked on my previously trip and is in fact at the head of an adjacent valley.
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Sólheimasandur Plane crash and Dyrhólaey
Two popular places to visits on the Icelandic South coast are the Sólheimasandur plane crash and Dyrhólaey, in June I made a day trip to see them with Ladislav.
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Easter break
This Easter I headed to Yorkshire to meet up with my friend Stu, we went walking in the Dales, Lake District and then caving.
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Pyrénées trips: Cascade d’Ars
Whilst living in Toulouse, I went on three walking trips to the Pyrénées, specifically Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises.
The first trip was a day trip to Cascade d’Ars, which is near Aulus Les Bains.
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Hrútsfjallstindar
At the end of September, after hoping to do so for several months, I summited Hrútsfjallstindar, one of the tallest mountains in Iceland at 1875 m.
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Fimmvörðuháls trail between Skógar and Thórsmörk
In July I was able to walk the Fimmvörðuháls trail between Skógar and Thórsmörk. Fimmvörðuháls is an 1,100 m high mountain pass between the glaciers of Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull, with a popular trail leading from Skógar to Básar.
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Wasdale Circuits – Yewbarrow and Mosedale Horseshoe
Wasdale is a nice part of the Lake District to walk in and especially in early spring quiet. This walk was a circular route around Mosedale and included going over Yewbarrow. I would recommend this route as long as you are happy on steeper terrain.
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UoN Mountaineers Annual Meet
The first weekend of March was the first annual meet for UoN Mountaineering. The club was formed by the merger of Explorers and MPS a few years ago, and so it was also a reunion for there members. I went on two walks, on the Saturday along High Street and the Sunday up Skiddaw.
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Norway 2015: Time Lapse photos
On the expedition to Norway this summer I took a number of time lapse photo series. This was my first attempt at taking time lapse photos and in order to show them I have created the attached videos.