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Great Gable

Date:
23.12.2015
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:00h

Tok en liten morgentur opp Great Gable med start fra Seathwaite. Få folk ut på tur da jeg var der men møtte flere på vei ned. Mer overskyet enn som var meldt (#lurtavBBC??) men likevel ingen regn. Altfor mildt for denne årstiden og helt snø- og isfritt. Gadd ikke med å lete etter en lunsjplass i le for vinden så jeg gikk ned til bilen igjen og kjørte litt nordover mot Skiddaw hvor gikk en kjapp etter-lunsj tur.

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Skiddaw

Date:
23.12.2015
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:30h

Kom ned fra Great Gable og tok en liten lunsjpause på bensinstasjonen i Keswick. Og så dro jeg på en liten tur til Skiddaw for å utnytte resten av dagslys (mange timer med dagslys her, flere enn 7 timer!!). Parkerte ved Underscar hotel og fulgte stien opp fjellet. Her var det skikkelig fint vær, ihvertfall den første halvtimen på tur opp. Deretter skyet det til og det var surt med sterk kuling helt til topps og ned igjen. Men det var likevel godt med å ha fått litt påfyll av vitamin D :)

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Skiddaw

Date:
13.06.2015
Characteristic:
Hillwalk

Gikk en liten fottur med mora og søstera mi mens vi var i nordvest England i helgen. Var ikke så motiverende vær og ganske tung, disig luft men likevel ganske tørt. Bra sti hele veien men ingen utsikt på toppen. Artig å gå på tur med familien som turfølge, selv om det krevde litt tålmodighet for å gå mye saktere!

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Damp day in Langdale

Date:
07.12.2013
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:00h
Distance:
9.5km

Var i Storbritannia noen dager i forbindelse med et møte, så brukte anledning for en tur med gamle venner. Dessverre var været like dårlig som var meldt og lørdagen ble jeg søkkvått til tross for at jeg hadde nylig impregnert jakken min. Antar at det på tide å kjøpe ny vanntett jakke nå ;-) Vi begynte turen fra parkeringsplassen like ved Stickle Barn puben og gikk opp mot Blea Rigg istedenfor å bruke stien som går rett opp til Stickle Tarn. Deretter gikk vi videre i retning Easedale Tarn, spiste en liten lunsj der før vi fortsatte opp til Tarn Crag. Ikke god sikt i dag og det var vanskelig å kjenne området som jeg skulle vært ganske kjent med. Derfra var det bare å gå tilbake til Stickle Barn igjen ved å gå ned til Codale Tarn, krysse elva og gå opp på en god sti over >>>

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Helvellyn via Brown Cove

Date:
16.08.2013
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:30h
Distance:
7.0km

After a looooong week at a conference in Lancaster I finally got to meet up with my friend Sue in the Lake District. Nice to have a friend with transport too :-) We didn't have a plan when we met up in Penrith but finally decided to try a scrambling route on Brown Cove crag instead of taking one of the normal paths up Helvellyn. Looked like we would be fairly lucky with the weather, even though it looked still pretty dull and cloudy when we drove along the A66 towards Keswick. Anyway, we started from the Swirls car park by Thirlmere and followed the footpath up towards Brown cove. The scrambling guide said we ought to take off from the path at a broken wall, but since we had not seen any wall at all on the way up it seemed a bit confusing. We walked in toward the cove when it looked like we >>>

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Helm Crag

Date:
16.08.2013
Characteristic:
Walk
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
7.0km

Took a short walk up Helm Crag after our trip to Helvellyn earlier in the day. Parked up outside of Grasmere since there was little space along the road in the town. Went up fairly briskly in trainers. It was a little bit boring, except for the top 10m which involved a little scrambling. Cloudy but fortunately no rain until we were nearly back down again.

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Helvellyn

Date:
17.02.2013
Characteristic:
Hillwalk

Since I had to catch a train from Windermere in the afternoon, I decided just to take a short morning trip along a route I knew well, beginning in Grasmere and passing over the tops of Dollywagon Pike, Nethermost Pike and Helvellyn. I had a plan to descend back down to Swirls and walk through the forest back to Grasmere but in the end I decided to be lazy and get a bus back to the village instead. Had really nice weather - blue skies, sunshine and it was not cold. Well, that's not exactly true. It wasn't cold in the start of the day when I was walking up Tongue Gill, but by the time I reached Grisedale Hause, there was a massive strong wind coming up from the south, and that made it pretty difficult to walk at times. Thought there might be a bit of shelter behind one of the walls on Helvellyn's >>>

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Spidean a'Choire Leith (George)

Date:
12.02.2013
Characteristic:
Alpine climbing
Duration:
8:00h
Distance:
8.0km

Third day of our climbing course up in the northwest highlands, and also supposedly the final day of settled, beautiful weather before rain was going to set in. So to make the most of this, and the excellent snow and ice conditions we'd experienced so far, it was decided that we would head towards Torridon and attempt one of the 'classic' routes called George, which is located in Coire Dubh Mor on the northern side of Liathach. Since the route was 4-5 pitches long and the drive from Strathcarron would take around 45 minutes it also meant having to drag ourselves out of bed for another early start. But it would probably be worth the effort as the previous two days' trips had proved! So at 7am we were out of the cottage and bundled once again into Ken's van. It felt pretty mild outside, still >>>

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Sgorr Ruadh (Post Box Gully)

Date:
11.02.2013
Characteristic:
Alpine trip
Distance:
14.0km

After out first day out climbing Access Gully on Fuar Tholl, we had a small discussion about whether to go somewhere with a long walk-in, or a shorter walk-in for our second day of climbing. As things turned out we ended up heading for Sgorr Ruadh which was the longer walk-in option. I was secretly happy about that. The mountain itself was located in the same valley as Fuar Tholl, but slightly more to the north-west. To get to Post Box Gully, which was on the north side of the mountain, we first had to walk 6 to 7km from Achnashellach along the river Lair, with Beinn Liath Mor to our right and Sgorr Ruadh to our left. It was not too taxing, rising gradually from Achnashellach. On the other hand, with all our climbing equipment loaded onto our backs it was no walk in the park either, especially >>>

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Fuar Tholl (Access Gully)

Date:
10.02.2013
Characteristic:
Alpine trip

Today’s objective (today being the first day of a 5-day winter climbing course) was an ascent of Fuar Tholl via Access Gully. Fuar Tholl is one of the mountains more local to Strathcarron, where we were staying and only about 5 minutes drive down the road. On the course with me were 2 other guys, Ryan and Alex and our instructor Ken who I will best remember as being cheerful and enthusiastic with a natural walking pace which seemed to match his enthusiasm for instructing. We had what was deemed to be a ‘late’ start by leaving the lodge at 8.00. If that was supposed to be late, I expected the rest of the week to be a struggle……. Nevertheless, everyone managed to be ready with the kit sorted out on time, and we were soon heading swiftly up the lower south-eastern slopes of the mountain >>>

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