Happy New Year to all my readers, thanks for making my blog stat’s brill’ in 2011 – 3X more than in 2010 !!! I hope anyone who’s dipped in has enjoyed reading my scribblings and looking at my pix. Here’s to a super 2012 – Cheers !
Archive for December, 2011
2011 into 2012
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
20110925_Haystacks circular walk from Buttermere
Posted in W02_Lake District, tagged "Blackbeck Tarn", "Dubs Bottom", "Honister Pass", "Innominate Tarn", "tothehills", "Warnscale Bottom", Buttermere, Country Walking, Cumbria, England, Fleetwith Pike, Gary Hadden, Gatesgarth, Haystacks, Hill walking, Lake District, Rambling, Scarth Gap on December 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
A circular walk in the superb English Lake District. Starting at Gatesgarth in the Buttermere valley and taking in Warnscale Bottom, rising to the area of Dubs Bottom, then rising up onto Haystacks via Blackbeck and Innominate Tarns, and the descent via Scarth Gap back to the car-park at Gatesgarth.
About the Cycleway – Rugby Viaduct Route – Sustrans
Posted in W01_Cov, Warks + Close By, Y01_General Interest Stuff on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
About the Cycleway. Work now started apparently … Should be good !
20110923-25_Lake District Long Weekend – An Overview
Posted in W02_Lake District, tagged "Knee Arthroscopy", "Mountain Walking", "scafell Pike", "Skafell Pike", "tothehills", Country Walking, Cunbria, Gary Hadden, Haystacks, Hill walking, Hindscarth, Lake District, Rambling, Robinson, Scafell on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
An overview/introduction about our annual trip to the superb English Lakes, simply, to walk up some mountains, including : Robinson, Hindscarth, Scafell Pike and Haystacks.
20110918_MHW_Cheddar Gorge and Mendip Hills (B-Walk)
Posted in W06_England - Others, X03_MHW Walks, tagged "Black Down", "Cheddar Gorge", "Cheddar Tower", "Crown Inn", "K200D", "Mendip Hills", "Midland Hill Walkers", "tothehills", Cheddar, Churchill, Draycott, England, Gary Hadden, Hiking, Hill walking, MHW, Rambling, Somerset on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
20110918_MHW_Cheddar Gorge and Mendip Hills (B-Walk) When : 18th September 2011 Who : The Midland Hill Walkers – B-Party Where : Mendip Hills – Somerset – England Maps used : 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey Landranger map no. 182 Weston-Super-Mare & Bridgwater area. Start Point : ST475,513 [Draycott] End Point : ST446,597 [Churchill] Distance : Approx 16.6 [...]
20110821_MHW_Fan Frynych – Corn Du – Pen y Fan – A-Walk
Posted in W07_Wales, X03_MHW Walks, tagged "Black Mountains", "Brecon Beacons", "Corn Du", "Craig Cerrig Gleisiad", "Cwm Llwch", "Fan Frynych", "Midland Hill Walkers", "National Park", "Pen y Fan", "Storey Arms Centre", "Story Arms Centre", "tothehills", Cirque, Corrie, Country Walking, Cwm, Gary Hadden, Hiking, Hill walking, Libanus, MHW, Rambling, Wales on December 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A-Party walk with The Midland Hill Walkers; taking in a couple of tops in The Brecon Beacons National Park (Fan Frynych, Corn Du + Pen y Fan). A very strenuous walk as there was a good distance involved as well as over 2,600 feet of significant uphill sections (and equivalent downhill’s) – A great walk !!!
20111208 – No Hill Walking For Me For A While !!!
Posted in Y01_General Interest Stuff, tagged "Chandral Debridement", "Knee Arthroscopy", "Medial Meniscectomy", "tothehills", Country Walking, Gary Hadden, Hill walking on December 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
20111208 – No Hill Walking For Me For A While !!! Well it’s taken a little time to reach this point (over a year), but after initial GP visits, x-rays, a period of physio (made no difference at all), MRI scans, a load of waiting and a cancelled op’ (due to having a cold) I’ve [...]
20110625_A Walk Around Ryton Pools
Posted in W01_Cov, Warks + Close By, W10_Scouting Stuff, Y01_General Interest Stuff, tagged "Country Park", "Paget's Pool", "Pyramidal Orchids", "Ryton Pool", "Ryton Pools", "Ryton-on-Dunsmore", "tothehills", Bubbenhall, Country Walking, Gary Hadden, Rambling, Warwickshire on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A short gentle walk around part of Ryton Pools Country Park, in Warwickshire, midway between Ryton-on-Dunsmore and Bubbenhall villages, a little to the south of Coventry
