Cadair Idris by the Minffordd Path

August 15, 2018 Trip reports britain, cadair idris, edita, hill walking, snowdonia, wales 1 Comment

Cadair Idris is the last peak in Snowdonia before the high mountains give way to the soft rolling landscape of mid-Wales. The Minffordd Path on its south side is one of the best horseshoe ridge walks in Wales. A couple of weeks ago I took Edita there.

The Snowdon Horseshoe: Britain’s classic hill walk

October 7, 2015 Trip reports britain, crib goch, edita, hill walking, moel siabod, pen-y-gwryd hotel, search and rescue, snowdon, snowdon horseshoe, snowdon mountain railway, snowdonia, wales, y lliwedd 13 Comments

There are many great routes up Snowdon, but for hill walkers the Snowdon Horseshoe is the very best, crossing three of the Welsh 3000ers in three ridge scrambles of varying difficulty. Our circuit of it last month included a little bit of drama.

Walking the Aran Ridge, another Snowdonia secret

July 8, 2015 Trip reports aran fawddwy, arans, backpacking, bear grylls, britain, cadair idris, glasgwm, hill walking, rhinogs, snowdonia, wales, wild camping 10 Comments

There aren’t many hill walks close to civilisation in the UK where you can spend two days and only see one other human. The Aran Ridge is just four or five hours’ drive from London, and last week I went there for a couple of days’ backpacking.

Snowdon via the Snowdon Ranger Path

November 14, 2012 Trip reports britain, hill walking, snowdon, snowdon marathon, snowdon mountain railway, snowdon ranger path, snowdonia, wales 4 Comments

My latest trip up Snowdon was something of a flying visit, and has the distinction of being one of the rare ascents of England and Wales’s highest mountain on a day trip from London. A few weekends ago I ascended

Snowdon via the Watkin Path

October 31, 2012 Trip reports britain, camping, hill walking, snowdon, snowdonia, wales, watkin path, y lliwedd, yr aran 2 Comments

It’s not often you get great weather on Snowdon, but there was a good weather forecast the other day so I decided to head up there. Many people describe the highest peak in England and Wales as hill walking’s equivalent

The Rhinogs: Snowdonia’s best kept secret

June 14, 2011 Trip reports backpacking, ben nevis, boulder hopping, britain, camping, crib goch, diffwys, hill walking, irish sea, off piste walking, rhinog fach, rhinog fawr, rhinogs, snowdon, snowdonia, wales, water purification, y llethr 14 Comments

There are some hillwalking routes in the UK that everybody knows about, and in good weather are certain to be jam-packed with walkers, while others very close seem to remain known to connoisseurs only. I remember once being all alone