Simon Duringer's Blog, page 6

Crib Goch

Crib Goch – Snowdon What I like about venturing out with the company “Adventures with Heroes”, aside from their trips being very reasonably priced, is that their boss Anthony ‘Evo’ Evans is very flexible. A hiker can request trips to specific places and routes, and so long as Evo can provide a suitable number of […]

Simon’s Seat

Simon’s Seat I am only human, and sometimes days can pass without me putting one foot in front of the other in any serious fashion. When this takes place, my next hike usually turns out to be a real slog. The fells become unenjoyable and I find myself grumbling a lot, at least until reaching […]

Bow Fell

Bow Fell It was one of those evenings… I’d spent hours musing in front of the computer screen. I hadn’t slept well for the two previous nights, which left me tired and a bit zonked. However, a quick pre-bedtime look at the weather ahead turned out to be a game-changer… I don’t think Jen had […]

HAPS – A mood booster?

HAPS – A revolutionary SuperFruit mood booster? Tip 1: If you need to slow somebody down, put rocks in their daysack. If they are on HAPS make it a good pile of rocks for maximum handicapping! A short time ago, as I was meandering through my favourite blogging website, an advert caught my eye… a […]

Calf Top

Calf Top Ever since the wintry weekend when I hauled myself up Middleton Fell full of post-Christmas jeers (you know, puddings and the like to weigh me down) I have been wondering about something. Namely: is this steep fell – which I watched Jen run up in the company of 80 or so similarly hardy […]

Knott

Knott It has been a long winter, and whilst spring is undoubtedly in the air, there has been yet another sprinkling of snow over the Howgills and Yorkshire Dales. In fact, the weather has been more localised and unpredictable than ever, with rain, hail and snow all battling it out to determine which kind of […]

Helvellyn

Helvellyn “No, no, no, no, no… and just in case you didn’t hear me the first five times… NO!” she said. Really? Anybody would think I was suggesting that Jen and I go out on a freezing day in the Cumbrian winter and take our chances on the legendary Lakeland mountain ridge that has, in […]

Cobles

Cobles I might be forgiven for indulging in a smile. The sun is out. Can winter really be over? Who knows whether this is a one-off day of freak Cumbrian sunshine, or if spring is really here? The new lambs next door have had to resist some cruel weather during their first two weeks of […]

Fell Head Scar

Fell Head Scar December isn’t renowned for its good weather, so if a nice day comes along you need to be ready to jump all over it! I am at home on the doorstep of the Howgills and twiddling my thumbs. The weather seems promising. A few days earlier there had been a scatter of […]

Crook

Crook It may not be a mountain worthy of conquer; in fact standing at only 450 metres it is little more than a hillock compared to its nearest companions. But Crook, in the Howgills, does stand out as something of an outsider on the southern fringe of this lovely range of fells. In terms of […]