Monthly Archives: April 2011

Finding the Alps, 2004 – 2009

I first went to the Alps on a ski trip with school in 1999, but finally returned as a hillwalker in 2004 as a first year undergraduate. Michael Ashdown, then President of Cambridge University Hillwalking Club, had advertised the trip … Continue reading

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Glen Shiel, 15th-17th April 2011

In between Duke of Edinburgh trips (to Snowdonia and the Lake District) I made the most of three spare days to nip up to Glen Shiel for a solo trip. I stayed in Fort William hostel on the way up, … Continue reading

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Snowdonia, 26th – 27th March 2011

This year’s Easter Snowdonia trip returned to the beautiful Pinnacle Club hut, situated in Cwm Dyli at the eastern end of the Snowdon horseshoe. Following on from our previous winter climbing trip, Tom and I planned to do y Lliwedd … Continue reading

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Walking with CUHWC, 2003 to 2010

With the demise of fotopic I had to return to my archives to look at my old hillwalking photos. The first thing that struck me was just how far digital photography had come in the last seven years. My early … Continue reading

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Seathwaite, 8th – 9th January 2011

I was able to attend the CUHWC new year trip to Seathwaite for the first time in three years. Once again we returned to High House in Seathwaite at the head of Borrowdale Valley. Although this trip has often been … Continue reading

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