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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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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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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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Attempt at Skiddaw
I recently went for a walk with the plan to go up Skiddaw (931 m), the fourth highest mountain in the Lake District. After heavy snow some days before it turned to be more difficult than I expected.
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New Years trip to Braemar
For a few days over New Years I went to Braemar to go winter walking. We had to work around the extensive flooding but managed to get some good walking done.
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Lake District trip in October
I went to the Lake District on 16th to 18th October with the UoN mountaineers. On the Saturday I led a walk near Buttermere with a group of new members and on the Sunday went for a scramble up Sour Milk Gill and then up Great Gable.