Backpacking in the Black Mount: a high level route for midges

July 18, 2012 Trip reports backpacking, black mount, britain, camping, hill walking, loch etive, met office, midges, munro bagging, munros, rannoch moor, river crossing, scotland, scottish highlands, walking guides, weather, weather forecasts, wild camping, wildlife

Backpacking in the Black Mount: a high level route for midges

The most talked about subject in Britain at the moment isn’t the upcoming London Olympics, but the crap weather we’ve been having. First it was the wettest April on record, then it was the wettest May on record. I happened

The Welsh Wilderness: backpacking in the Cambrian Mountains

July 6, 2011 Trip reports abergwesyn hills, backpacking, britain, cambrian mountains, camping, cwmdeuddwr hills, drygarn fawr, forests, hill walking, industrial revolution, midges, off piste walking, right to roam, wales, water purification, wild camping 2 Comments

The Welsh Wilderness: backpacking in the Cambrian Mountains

It’s taken a couple of visits, but I’ve arrived at the conclusion that the Cambrian Mountains in Mid Wales are a great area for backpacking and wild camping. They aren’t the most dramatic hills in the United Kingdom, but these