Longer posts that include tutorials and such like and so forth…
Protein Pancakes So it’s Pancake day, aka Shrove Tuesday, aka Pancake Tuesday. A day where many will be feasting on the childhood favourite comfort food of, you guessed it, pancakes! Traditionally of course this is a chance to indulge in foods one would give up for the penitential period of Lent. A noble statement no […]
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There are even more techniques that help you follow your route accurately. These can be used when following a route in full visibility as well as when you’re following a bearing. They can used in conjunction with a bearing, or as a much more straightforward alternative. To follow a route well you’ll need to know: How far is
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We’ve already mentioned the basics of taking a bearing, but you’ll need to master a few more skills in order to be able to follow it accurately. Take your bearing accurately. Practice, practice and practice. You’ll be very unlikely to take both the perfect bearing and follow it perfectly, so consider that for just a 1° error,
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This short route starts off at Porth Colmon, a few kilometres south of Tudweiliog on the Wales Coastal Path, also the Llyn Coastal Path locally. There’s limited parking at Porth Colmon, so you will need to arrive early, minimise cars or park nearby and walk to the starting point. 1 Start off at Porth Colmon,
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This is a good half days’ walk along the Wales Coastal Path, either starting off from Porth Colmon, or Porth Towyn near Tudwieliog. As it involves a good distance on country lanes, you might be better off with two cars and whether you want to start off or finish off on the lanes will determine
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The Wales Coastal Path takes the walker along the entire Welsh coast. Here’s the section between Porthaethwy / Menai Bridge and Caernarfon. We’ve done it in that way as you’d be using the bridge in order to connect with the Anglesey Coastal Path, before continuing, turning the 20km or so between Bangor and Caernarfon into
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As you may have gathered, we’re keen fans of a bit of the night photography at Mud and Routes, so we’re thrilled to hear that the Snowdonia National Park has been awarded the Dark Sky Reserve Status for the national park under the “Seeing Stars” campaign. Not a minute too soon we think! Snowdonia is
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The wonderful guys and gals at True Mountain have sent us some of their kit to try out. So here’s a first look at the kit, before we really put them through their paces in the Welsh winter hills over the coming month! True Mountain are a new company that produce all their kit here
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Extremities have just launched some funky new kit for 2015. Thier Performance Baselayers are made from extra fine Australian Merino wool and are available in both men’s and women’s styles as well as zip necks, long or short sleeves and even long johns. We don’t think they’d look so fetching on us, so here are
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Here’s an epic walking challenge that’s difficult, but with proper preparation, within the ability of a fit walker. The Across Wales Challenge Walk is a serious 73km challenge walk from the Welsh border to the sea, all undertook in 18 hours!. It starts off around 500m from Anchor, Shropshire, slap bang on the Wales-England border, with little
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We’ve all been there. You’ve got a waterproof bag or jacket that’s come off the worse for an encounter with some barbed wire, or you’ve skewered your overtrousers with a crampon spike. Needle and thread are hardly paractical in this instance, so what patches really work? We may be dedicated here at Mud and Routes,
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You’ve spent a small fortune on your camera lenses, it would be daft not to protect them as much as possible. That’s especially so for the more adventurous photographer where a standard camera bag just doesn’t cut it and your pack is likely to be involved in numerous scrapes during the day. Lens pouches provide
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Snowdonia’s better known for it’s hill walking and climbing, but also boasts world class trail runs. Here’s a far from comprehensive selection of our favourite circular trail runs. 1 – Coed y Brenin – This is much more than your usual forestry plantation, with conifers planted with a bit more aesthetic consideration than elsewhere. The
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Before going lightweight on my camping trips, a penknife with the usual tools and attachments would be regarded as essential kit despite weighing a hefty 200g or more. These days, I’ve barely got more than a titanium spork to fight off those Welsh mountain bears. However there’s always a time when you find yourself needing
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If you’re lucky enough to live within ‘running’ distance of your place of work, then run-commuting has to be one of the easiest ways to get your weekly mileage in. Here’s our Mud and Routes guide to getting the most from your run commute. 1 – Know your Route. You’ll need to have both a
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If the Paddy Buckley Round isn’t sufficient Snowdonia for your challenge, then there is one other that’s tougher in terms of statistics but by virtue of geography poses as much of a problem of route finding as it does physically. The Meirionnydd Round was devised by Yiannis Tridimas in 1993, and covers most of the
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After countless walks up the touristy routes into the Glyderau – these sort of walks are the ones left if I’m looking for a change. However, there’s no better way to get to know familiar hills from these unfamiliar angles with the ridge of Braich y Ddeugwm providing an unparalleled view of Tryfan’s impressive East
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Why Take a Bearing? Navigation, in its simplest form is the art of getting from where you are to where you want to be, or from A to B. The most straightforward way to get from A to B is a straight line, or as the crow flies. This may not always be practical in
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We’ve all seen cairns of different shapes and sizes on the hills, but not until now has there been an official classification. Here’s the cut out and throw away Mud and Routes spotter’s guide to cairns. The tourist fed monstrosity (AKA The Great Pyramid of [mountain name])… This is where good footpaths go to die.
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You may well be ready for your first winter walk, but there are some things that you may or may not have expect on the hill in winter. It’s also an excuse for us to churn out another page full of lovely snowy pictures! 1 Sunburn – You may well have packed the summer kit
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Yr Elen is usually the one people miss off when they’re doing the Carneddau, often only getting a look in by those doing the 14/15 Peaks. Today we made it the sole aim of the route – and were pleasantly surprised. Yr Elen North East Ridge Full Route Guide The walk starts in Gerlan in
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If you read our article on Alternatives to Tripods in the Wilds – then here’s a follow up review on the Joby Gorillapod SLR-Zoom for DSLR and video cameras that’s good for kit up to 3 kilos. For those of you who haven’t heard of the Gorillapod and probably been in a cave for the last few
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With the dark evenings now in control, running in the dark is almost a given. Donning the heavy Led Lenser H14 for the first time in months wasn’t comfortable on the ears, and so we came up with this dual solution. Not only does it reduce pressure on the ears, it helps keep the head
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The squeamish should click away now… So here’s a picture of a cow to save your delicate little eyes from the truth about what we all do on a roughly daily basis. Still here? Good. I think this is something all of us wild campers have in common. We’ll try and keep this as clean
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