Tag Archives: wild camping

Wild Boar Fell trip

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Route taken: Sunday :25th March 2012 Moorcock Inn- B6259- footbridge over Railway-Ford at Flust Gill-Swarth Fell Pike-Swarth Fell-Wild Boar Fell – Sand Tarn (9.5km- 6 miles) Monday: 26th march 2012 Sand Tarn-The Nab-Low Dolphinsty-Little Fell-Footbridge over Railway-High Cocklake-Pendragon Castle-Shoregill-Thrang Bridge-Pennine … Continue reading →

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Trip Report – Traverse of Kinder Plateau and Bleaklow – Part 2

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

Day 2 – Thursday 28th October 2010 Start 8.15 Finish 18.00 27.9 Km (19 miles) I was packed away by quarter past eight and on my way, walking along the plateau edge past the rocks of Plym Chair and climbing … Continue reading →

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Vaude Power Lizard UL tent

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

As reported in my last post, I now have my replacement Power Lizard UL tent (see previous post for reasons) and this weekend I have had chance to review the tent, post up pitching instructions and put out a couple … Continue reading →

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Replacement Vaude Power Lizard UL tent

Posted on August 27, 2010 by

Back in February, I purchased one of these tents and I have been very impressed with the space, weight and speed of pitching.  I found out through a post on blogpackinglight that the end poles supplied on some of the … Continue reading →

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A walk up Lingmell – 13th August

Posted on August 22, 2010 by

Left North Wales on Thursday, the weather was going to be rubbish in Snowdonia and therefore I abandoned my plans of doing the Snowdon Horse-shoe.  Looked at the iPhone app for Meteo Blue and found that the Lake District was … Continue reading →

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