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White Peak MTB - Parsley Hey and Long Dale
An MTB ride round the green lanes (one actually named "Green Lane") from Parsley Hey in the White Peak.
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Kentmere Skyline
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An overnighter round the Kentmere horseshow from Sadgill at the end of Longsleddale in the Lakes. Superb weather, starting at about 5.30pm meant I had the best of the evening light and the best of the morning light.
Beacons Outlier - Twyn Disgwllfa
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A visit to the relatively untrodden low hills to the north of the Usk Valley west of Brecon and south of Mynydd Eppynt. The ridge doesn't really have a name but the high point of Twyn Disgwllfa is mentioned on the OS map. Stunning views of the South Wales Hills.
The Carmarthen Fan
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The first good weather day in the hills for a good while. Took advantage for a trip over the Carmarthen Fan.
Highest Wiltshire - Milk Hill and Tan Hill
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Not really very high but the highest point in Wiltshire at 295m is Milk Hill in the Marlborough Downs. It's neighbour, Tan Hill is only 1m lower. Ever the romantics, Milk Hill is marked nearby by a grounded rail tank - n-i-c-e... This is a walk visiting both hills on a beautiful morning with incoming weather for the afternoon. Another big sky day.
Barbury Castle
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A walk around the Marlborough Downs from Hackpen Hill, past Barbury Castle, down to Rockley and back up through the sarsen stones of Fyfield Down to the Ridgeway and back to the start. Pretty windy day which meant lots of big skies.
Winter Visits the Black Mountains
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That rarest of things, snow covered Black Mountains. I hadn't anticipated it at all and assumed it would be just a dusting of snow that would melt off by lunchtime. No, it was full-on, drifting snow, about 2 feet deep over the tops! Very tiring for an old fart like me to wade through but very spectacular. It's amazing how snow can transform even the modest Black Mountains into something magical...
Wiltshire Chalkland - Roundway Down
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A short one over a western outpost of the Marlborough Downs near Devizes
Around the Head of the Senni Valley
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A walk around the hills at the head of the Senni Valley in the Brecon Beacons National Park. The village at the bottom is Hoel Senni but I parkd at the top of the pass to the west so I could get the road walking out of the way first. It might look peaceful but it was properly windy!
Ancient Landscapes - Avebury
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A short film of the prehistoric sites and structures around Avebury in Wiltshire
Sgurr na Sgine
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Second day in Glen Shiel, a shorter day for no better reason than I was a bit knackered after the forst day...! Still a supurb day.
Glen Shiel - Sail Chaorainn 3 Munros
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First of two days in Glen Shiel in January 2024. Supurb anti-cyclonic weather you sometimes get in Scotland in winter. Pretty rare but when you do Scotland can compete with any mountain range in the world for beauty and wildness. This is the most easterly ridge of Munros to the north of Glen Shiel and comprises Carn Ghluasaid, Sgurr nan Conbhairean and Sail Chaorainn but you have to re-ascend S...
Dark Peak Walk - Black Hill From Crowden
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A walk from Crowden over Laddow Rocks to Black Hill and return over White Low and Westend Moss.
Brecon Beacons from Blaen y Glyn Uchaf
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Brecon Beacons from Blaen y Glyn Uchaf
Lake District Wildcamp - Around Easedale
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Lake District Wildcamp - Around Easedale
Cotswold Walk - Naunton and Guiting Wood
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Cotswold Walk - Naunton and Guiting Wood
Peak District Classic - Edale and the Great Ridge
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Peak District Classic - Edale and the Great Ridge
Fan Gyhirych and the Limestone Pavements
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Fan Gyhirych and the Limestone Pavements
Cotswold Walk - Chalford and the Golden Valley
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Cotswold Walk - Chalford and the Golden Valley
Great little film! So near to the hotspots of Kendal and Windermere, and yet 'a thousand miles away'
Beautiful but strange place. Sometimes looks like ancient vulcanic origins, stones splitting in such regular patterns. Guess there are no wild animals left and it gets real cold and wet in winter. In Mediterranean areas like this there'd be a lot of snakes / reptiles in all those boulder fields - so quite an uneasy feeling to hike and camp.
Hi Stefan, yes it is, that's part of it's appeal for me. The rocks are ancient seabed, coarse dark sandstone and mudstone, dating from the Cambrian period, a rock known as 'graywacke'. Yeah, in the UK we've lost most of our 'interesting' animals!
I'm taking a Cotswolds walkabout from America in 10 weeks; staying at the Crown Hotel in Blockley the second night. Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant, you'll have a great time, as long as our fickle weather co-operates!
Very nice. You had beautiful weather. Good video👍
Excellent video
Thanks so much mate. Just watched it again. Loved your comment about the heron gill wanting to enjoy your sandwich too, and we like what looks tremendous is is not. You're such an awesome guy, quite 😂 a lot of the time. Love it. Hope you do more mountains in North snowdonia so we can all enjoy. Thank you ❤
And a well deserved pint 👏 👍
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Great video again. Was up there about 6 weeks ago with the clwydian ramblers, but on my ankle, I couldn't do the final scramble to Aran Ffawddy. I could get up, but I would have struggled to get down. It was a safe call. ❤
Cracking ridge isn't it.
Yes it is. Did Aran Benllech before from the Valley floor. But recently with the clwydian ramblers we went from Llanwchllyn. Didn't realise it was going to be 12 miles of up and down. Loved it but would have been better on my fixed ankle eventually 😂❤❤❤. Thanks for all your videos. They are so helpful to us all watching ❤❤
I know where the bridge up you are talking about. I come from nant peris side. I can follow the wall from nant peris along a footpath so far to get into the cwm that you clambered up to reach the base of Llechog. It's from there at the base that I'm confused. Did you scramble to the top, or is there grass flanks to get up the left (the side you tackled it from) side to get up onto the ridge? ❤
I can't really remember that level of detail, I went to the right and then bypassed a grade 2 section on the left. But I can't really say exactly where that was, it was below what I considered to be the start of the scrambling proper. Not sure if that's useful.
Yes, that's very helpful. I read a short report on the trail on a climbers/graded scrambles. It says to stay left (on easier terrain) of the big tower with the clefts in your video and chamber up stone slabs (great handhold you commented when started climbing it) that I saw when I watched your video again after reading it. Then it says ascend the rib to the next tower and go right to bypass the tower and stay on the rib until you accend onto a prominent shoulder. The next step is climbed on the left where the ridge eases. then stay left for the least challenging route to the top. does this sound like what you did?Thanks for all your support. I Am determined to do it and come down the gryrn las ridge that you came down. Do you remember how far down in metres is the gully you have to come down if following the grass path from the top gyrn las ? ❤❤
Sorry mate, I just can't remember that level of detail. I kind of just read the terrain and climbed what I thought looked ok for me. The thing with scrambling is it's a lot less precise than climbing where you can identify individual moves and features clearly. Again with the descent I just located it via the map (it's a bit tricky to find as you can't see it from above) until it coalesced into a ridge then followed it down and tackled obstacles as I encountered them. As I've said before, you need to be confident in navigation in steep mixed ground, you don't want to fall down Cyrn Las!
I think I should go up gyrn las 1st before coming down it then. Your video is so awesome, and so are you. I'm trying to find all the routes off the llanberis ridge down to nant peris avoiding llanberis where my brother and I got stuck for a couple of hours after we missed the last bus. I was so exhausted and feet killing me that I couldn't walk the 3 to 4 mile road to nant peris. I know there's at least 5 off. The 610m contour mountain is one. Bwlch coch is another llechog another, gyrn las, and a few more. Thanks for all your help. Will leave you alone now, mate. Must be getting on your nerves by now 😂. Will keep watching this fantastic video for clues, though. I do know how to use a map and compass, but after a breakdown in late 2017, then covid, kinda lost some confidence. I was a really good navigator before. Just getting the confidence back. My brother has no navigation skills at all. It's all down to me. No pressure 😂. I got us on the ridge last time, though, plan B. I always have a plan B ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
👋 I tried to get up from nant peris up the right side and got stuck a few times. Thankfully, my brother was with me. When I got up there, there was llechog to my left, 2 subsidiaries, and the 610m contour mountain to my right. Llechog seemed impassible and too steep above the cliffs. So knackered after the steep climb from nant peris, I went with plan B and headed for the 610m contour mountain. It was the safest move. Didn't find a path till high up. Will be trying again from the left side accent to see if that is easier. Thanks again. Just thought I'd let you know how I got on. I've a recovering ankle injury, too, which doesn't help, but I'm stubborn. If I want to do it, I'll do my best to do it. I find it hard to follow your video as we are starting in a different place. Are you starting from the metal footbridge???? to get up, llechog????
Brilliant! sounds like an epic. If I remember rightly it was the metal footbridge, I might be wrong about that though.
I tried the right side going up today but didn't get there. Looked lolly bad after taking a wrong turn I think I'll try from the west side, the left sides 😮. Got up the 610 contour onto the ridge instead. It's really dangerous and hard
Ah well, at least you had a go
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Whats with the ridiculous music??? Youve ruined a good video..
Nah!... best part of it...
I’m so glad I’m visiting Blockley on this glorious meander! Wonderful video ❤🎉
Thank you so much❤
Is the right side easier up onto the ridge? Grass flanks with the odd chamber over the rocks. Coming from nant peris. Thank you for your info, and thanks for your fantastic video. Would like to try the gyrn las ridge (up) that yo came down at the end, another time. I always like to try it up 1st before I attempt a descent. I will leave markers on the route. So, the right side of Llechog crest?❤
Yeah, the right side, quite a bit of rock but easy angle and pretty much all avoidable
I'm talking about going up. Right or left of the rocky crest? Please 🙏
I can't guarantee but I'd suggest the right is the easier. But take care, it's vegetated/rocky steep mixed ground.
Where did you start from please?. I want to go up the way you come down. Gyrn Las. I will be going from nant peris. Do I have to head for cwm gkas, or is it before that coming from the west. Or do I skirt the base of Llechog to get there? Absolutely awesome video ❤
Hi Jules, I parked in a layby down from the entrance to Cwm Glas. There's no paths, well not any formal ones, I crossed the Nant Peris by the bridge at 614 576 then freelanced it to the bottom of Llechog. I wouldn't recommend coming down that way unless you're very experienced with steep mixed ground, i.e. down climbing. Have a good one!
Thanks so much mate. I got to the 2nd stile from Nant Peris. With a recovering ankle injury I decided that was enough for one day. That took me an hour including photos. I've screenshot a lot of your video to try and follow to get to the top of Llechog. Which side of Llechog has the grass flanks to to the top? The left side or the right side when you're looking up from the pass? I'm going Sunday again to go further. Thanks for responding. ❤ Jules
Not sure, the left hand side of Llechog is easier, the right hand side has a grade 3 scramble which I did years ago when I was young fit and stupid...
Bollox! I got my left and right confused..😂😂 The RIGHT side is the easier one.
Thank you so much, mate. I'm trying the left side of Llechog next time or make my way to go up the gyrn las ridge before I try come down it. Made it to the col between Llechog and the 610m contour mountain top and headed for that as plan B. Alwagood to have a plan B. When I got up there, I could see I couldn't get up the right side of Llechog. OMG, what a bloody steep and dangerous climb up to the col between Llechog and the 610m top. Took a wrong turn at the base. Luckily, I was ok. But steep wasn't the word. Thanks for all your ❤
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Very nice. Cleared up in the end for you with a nice sky. I'm up that way tomorrow.👍
Thanks James, have a good one!
Very nice video. You had it on a perfect day. I love it there. Good filming. Very nice watch.👍
Good share .Well done 😊
Lovely video, I was up there a year or so ago on a similar day, breathtaking views, probably my favourite along with the Dragon’s Back on another similar day. Precious memories, thanks for sharing!
Grate video looking forward to doing this hike very soon
I enjoyed that. Thanks. Dan
Nice video. I’m off to the Brecon Beacons myself in the morning (and wearing the same jacket bizarrely enough?). Thanks for posting.
Should be a nice one today, have a good one.
Thanks Phil.
Great walk and some lovely views along the way 👍
Thanks for highlighting the Cotswolds. Lots of exciting places to visit
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Great video. Stunning views 👌 I was up FanFawr and Pen y Fan this Saturday as the snow was coming down heavily 👍
You're ace mate❤
👍 video. Loved it it. Where did you cross the river eventually? Was it nant peris. There's a stile there ❤ jules
Thanks Jules, it's a while ago now but I think it was a bridge about half way between the Cromlech Boulders and Nant Peris.
Watched this with the sound down, awful music.
beautiful!
Lovely, thanks for sharing that great day out with us!
Nice video and all the better for not swinging the camera round wildly at the top like a lot of Alpine ones I watch. Hope the descent wasn't too rough. I really must get to Kintail one year.
Thanks Duncan, the descent was fine. I forgot to mention it in the video but it was frozen, so effectively no bog. The paths were lethally icy though!
What he'll is that music you need chill vibes music watching these type of videos???
Hahaha! It does seem to cause some consternation...
Musik pengantar sangat jelek aku tidak suka
Вся прелесть таких прогулок в тишине, звуках пения птиц, журчания воды, вы испортили прогулку, отключаюсь😢😮
Just discovered your wonderful channel and subscribed so I never miss another. I live and work in the Cotswolds and its a beautiful place so thanks for showcasing.
I love the soundtrack that accompanies. It's a funny contrast.
Awful, awful music.
Hahaha...! What's wrong with you lot! Music's the best part ..!!!😂
@@hillsthings4077 Nope. The scenery is the best part. And after all, that's what the title suggested it would be. If I wanted music I'd be on completely different sites. I was duped.
You're lucky! If it wasn't for YT's copyright restrictions I'd be using even more obscure and 'difficult' music, that's mild...😂
@@hillsthings4077 OK. I'll hide your channel, then, as it's clearly not for me.
@@clairenoon4070 Hey Claire, don't take life so seriously, it's only a daft bit of music on some random guy's YT video...
Stunning route. Never done that one, but it’s on the list 👍
A lovely video but the terrible music spoilt the atmosphere for me and I had to switch off, sorry. The videography and sounds of nature are enough.
Just lovely!
Beautiful Cotswolds walk.
Great time you've had in Kintail👍 You really need a mike for your vids, a hairy one at that to cut out the wind. I see you didn't follow the path on the descent , its a good path and definitely no boggy bits 😉
Yeah, I must sort something out for audio, it's filmed on a mobile phone so a bit rough and ready.
@@hillsthings4077 even a Mic .. 😅 Love the hills around Kintail , about 20 over 3000ft there , a lot of steep pulls at the start
Did those in the summer, going by your video it looks better in the winter , you can't beat the hills in the snow 😍👍 Love the hills in Glen Shiel, just got the south ridge to do , a summer one that will be .