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Hiking and Walking
Main image: Birkhouse Moor, Lake District, Autumn 2024
An autumn hike in the Grimsel Pass area with glaciated ridges, reservoirs and tremendous views to the high Alps.
A summer hike following the well-marked approach to Quinag, climbing steeply to its saddles for wide views across Assynt, Kylesku and the northwest coast.
A steady hike from Stechelberg to Trachsellauenen on a quiet afternoon, with waterfalls, mountain views and a reassuring test of improving fitness.
Returning to the Gemmenalphorn for a timely reminder of the importance of staying fit.
Letting the rain on a regular walk wash away the stresses of life.
During our time in the Lake District in 2024, I did a lone hike to the top of the fell which I’ve been driving past ever since first visiting the region in the 1990s.
Taking the cable-car to a traditional mountain restaurant below vast cliffs for a birthday treat.
It’s been over two years since I last published one of these, but I enjoyed doing them and so I think I might try and reboot my monthly photographic reviews.
A long but beautiful hiking route with a couple of short steeper sections, best done in autumn.
Walking isn’t about expansive vistas and big mountains, but the intricacies and moments of the place in which you find yourself.
Getting away from a digital career to let the wind blow through the gap between my ears.
Abandoning a walk to Hohgant (again) for the sake of a more enjoyable afternoon.
A picturesque dog walk to the tidal island of Oronsay, off the coast of the Isle of Skye.
A pleasant and warm walk last weekend, with forest sections and huge panoramic views across the lake to the mountains.
In all of the years of visiting the Lake District, I’ve always pondered Helvellyn, but a hike in autumn 2024 was the first time I’d seen it up close.
A wet and cold walk to a small Wainwright fell in January 2019.
