Lake District, High Street, Kidsty Pike.

High Street and Kidsty Pike from Haweswater.

7hrs.

The parking area at the roads end, Haweswater and free.

Lake District, Wetherlam.

Wetherlam from Walna Scar Road car park.

6hrs
From the parking area at Walna Scar Road I headed up the popular path towards The Old Man od Coniston but took a right fork up to levers Water.

The copper mines.

North Wales, Moel Siabod from Capel Curig

Moel Siabod from the Bryn Glo car park on the A5 at Capel Curig.

6 hrs.

The Ridge below Moel Siabod.

Parking at Bryn Glo (free).

Peak District, Barrow Stones From Kings Tree then to Fairholmes.

Got the Shuttle Bus up to King's Tree at the top of the Derwent Valley with the intention of following the River Derwent up the valley to it's source near the Barrow Stones on Bleaklow, returning to Fairholmes via Westend Plantation.

6 1/2 hours.

Bleaklow

Slippery Stones about a mile above King's Tree.

Peak District, Castleton, Mam Tor Ridge Walk.

A trip out to Castleton to do the ridge between Mam Tor and Lose Hill, down to Hope back to Castleton and up Cavedale behind Pevril Castle back to the National trust car park beneath Mam Tor.

6 hrs.

A misty Rushup Edge late in the day.

National Trust car park, Mam Tor.

Yorkshire Dales, Great Shunner Fell from Hawes.

A trip up Great Shunner Fell from Hawes without seeing a single soul all day, must have been the weather.

6 1/2 hrs.

Gayle Beck in Hawes somewhat swollen.

A swollen River Ure just outside Hawes.

Peak district, Wildboar Clough, Bleaklow, B29 Crash Site.

A trip up to Bleaklow via Wildboar Clough from Torside.

7hrs.

Car park at Torside, pay and display normally but today the machine was out of order, shame.

East Coast, Bridlington to Flamborough

Brid to Flamborough and back.

6hrs.

Heading into Brid having found a free parking spot seeing as the park and ride was closed till April.

I hurried through.

Lake District, Wetherlam from Tiberthwaite...almost.

A failed attempt at Wetherlam from Tiberthwaite on a cold and frosty Monday morning.

5 1/2 hrs.

Car Park at Tiberthwaite with a very icy path at the start.

I is going up there to the right, hopefully.

Howgills, revisited.

Back to the Howgills a month after our last visit which turned out to be very wet and not very good for visibility. This trip was to prove somewhat different. Almost the same route with a slight variation.

7 hrs.

Starting point at Sedbergh.

Peak District, Black Hill, Chew Reservoir from Crowdon.

A circular from Crowdon on the old Pennine Way to Black Hill and beyond returning on the official Pennine Way with a visit to Chew Reservoir and an un-named Trig Point.

7 1/2 hrs.

Campsite at Crowdon not far from the free car park.

First style of the day heading up towards Westend Moss.

Peak District, Ronksley Cabin from Fairholmes Visitor Center

Off to Ronksley Cabin today via Alport Castles and Bleaklow from Fairholmes Visitor Center.

71/2 hrs.

Across the road from Fairholmes is a path that tales you up through the woods to Lockerbrook Farm.

Lake District, Walna Scar Road, Brown Pike, Dow Crag, The Old Man of Coniston.

4hrs

From the free parking area at Walna Scar Road above Coniston I headed off up Walna Scar Road with the weather looking a lot brighter than yesterday with the objectives being Dow Crag and the Old Man.

Parking area.

Walna Scar Road.

Howgills, Winder, Arant Haw, The Calf, Cautley Spout.

6hrs.

Starting from Sedbergh we headed up towards Winder on a damp morning with the weather forecast promising a brighter afternoon but it proved to be wrong, it got much worse.

Leaving Sedbergh.

On the way up to Winder looking back down to Sedbergh, the weather from here deteriorated rather quickly.

North Wales, Foel Grach from Llyn Eigiau

7 hrs.
Second day in the Carneddau and a trip to Foel Grach via Llyn Eigiau reached via a single track road from Tal-y-Bont south of Conway. The day was very overcast and wet in the afternoon and the settings on my camera were messed up so apologies fro the poor quality of the photos.

The start and free parking at Llyn Eigiau.

The Summit shelter on Foel Grach

North wales, Aber Falls, Garned Uchaf, Foel Fras, Drum.

7hrs.

Parked up at Abergwyngregyn (free) and walked up through the village to the start of the walk at Aber Falls on a very overcast morning.
Pay and display parking at Aber Falls.

Aber Falls, there is a path to the left over the scree and up the to the left of the falls.

Peak District, Fairholmes, Margery Hill, Outer edge, Round hill.

From Fairholmes visitor center at Derwent a trip to the head of the watershed for the dams.

7 1/2 hrs
The start.

The overflowing Howden Dam not far from Fairholmes.

Yorkshire Dales, Malham Dale Wander

A wander round Malham Dale.
5 hrs.

Parked up at the free car park above Malham near Malham tarn and started on a path that leads to Arncliffe.

Pendle Hill to the left in the distance.

Peak District, Outer Edge from Flouch car park.

Outer Edge high above the Derwent Valley from the Flouch car park.
5hrs.

Outer Edge.

Heading off through the woods from the car park.

Peak District, Alport Castles, Bleaklow.

From Fairholmes at Derwent up to Alport Castles and on to the eastern side of Bleaklow returning via Grinah Grain, Howden and Derwent resevoirs.
7 hrs.

Exiting the woods having left the car at Fairholmes.

Rowlee Pasture.

North Wales, Carnedd Llewelyn from Ogwen Valley

Carnedd Llewelyn from Ogwen Valley via Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Daffyd.

7 Hours.
Carnedd Llewelyn through the haze.

Ogwen valley was extremely busy on this Saturday due to the Oggie 8 Challenge, details....
http://www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk/oggie_8/ all for a good cause though.

Not many car parking spaces to be had today.

Yorkshire Dales, Skipton to Gargrave and back.

4 Hours.
Skipton to Gargrave and back on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

On a visit to Skipton and having looked around the town and the Craven Museum I decided to take a stroll over to Gargrave along the canal and back to Skipton the same way. The above photo is the only one I took on the whole walk but it was a nice stoll all the same.

Lake District, Dale Head, Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike

7 Hours
Starting from the National Trust car park which is adjacent to Honister slate mine and free for myself my first objective was Dale Head.
Leaving the car park.

Looking across to Fleetwith Pike.

Yorkshire Dales, Pen-y-Ghent, Plover Hill, Foxup

6 1/2 hours.
From Horton in Ribblesdale a stroll up Pen-y-Ghent then over to Plover Hill away from the crowds and down to Foxup in Littondale before heading back to Horton in Ribblesdale skirting Fountains Fell and the shoulder of Pen-y-Ghent.
Completed without a drop of rain.

Pen-y-Ghent from just outside Horton in Ribblesdale on the busy path.

Near the top.

Yorkshire Dales, Ilkley Circular

6 hours.
A trip over Ilkey Moor and over to Round Hill on the edge of the Dales, back though Ilkley and up to Ilkley Crags finishing with some light refreshment in the Cow and Calf pub.

A view of Ilkley Moor in not the best weather.

After a while we came across some aircraft wreckage of a Halifax Bomber that came down on January 31st, 1944, off course on a night training exercise.
The memorial.

Scotland, Stob Ban

6 Hours
A lovely walk up to the summit of Stob Ban with the weather holding for most of the day.

The short journey from the camp site to the car park was interesting.