Category Archives: Mountains

Still Walking in Circles

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

Exploring the Bronze Age rock art of Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading →

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Bronzed Off . . .

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Another walk in search of Bronze Age rock carvings high on Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading →

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In the Bronze Age on Barningham Moor

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Searching for Bronze Age cup and ring carvings on Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading →

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Madeira: The Royal Road to Ruin (Pico Grande . . . nearly)

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

THIS is a tale of bewilderment and defeat in a strange and hostile environment. It started out like any other day in the mountains – one man with a cheery whistle and a bag of food. Then things deteriorated . … Continue reading →

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Madeira: The High and Mighty (Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

The most spectacular walk in the Atlantic . . . Continue reading →

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Madeira: So Let Me Get Right to the Point . . .

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

A clifftop path through some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in the world . . . Continue reading →

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Madeira: Walking with Water

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Levada walking in the mountains of Madeira Continue reading →

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Madeira: Stairways to Heaven

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

McEff discovers the mountains of Madeira. It’s more than a piece of cake . . . Continue reading →

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Voyage of a Dawn Treader (Buachaille Etive Beag)

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

THERE is something hauntingly primeval in watching the sun rise through a cold mist. And somehow a lonesome lorry roaring over the pass of Glencoe adds to the starkness . . .

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Kentmere – In the Footsteps of the Forgotten

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Looking for history in the abandoned quarries of the Lake District Continue reading →

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The Quest for Breakfast Above Loch Lochy

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

ON the crest of a wet and desolate Cam Bealach, as rain streams in from the north, a desperate man wanders through the mire . . . Continue reading →

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Farewell to Meall a Bhuiridh, Creise . . . and Fiunary

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

It all started with an LP cover – and thirty years later, that song still haunts me on moor and on mountain . . . Continue reading →

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