This is a short local route that joins onto the Wales Coastal Path in Maentwrog and offers an inland extension to that walk. The Route The walk starts off in Maentwrog in the Vale of Ffestiniog, continuing via wooded gorges to the village of Ffestiniog. From there, the route takes up the ancient Sarn Helen […]
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Rhyd Ddu makes a great base for walking, with plenty of routes to choose from. You’ve got the Welsh Highland Railway that reaches here from Caernarfon, and onwards to Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestinog. Walks of choice from here would have to be the Nantlle Ridge and Snowdon’s south ridge. Getting there by bus is easy.
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Wansfell Pike may not be the loftiest peak in the Lake District, but it dominates Ambleside and Troutbeck. The highlights of this walk are both the unrivalled views towards Windermere and the surrounding fells, as well as being a cracking little walk in it’s own right, with a little variety thrown in for good measure.
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Red Screes is a peak easily reached from the Kirkstone Pass. You’re already an impressive 445m up, which is practically at the summit. Not quite, but only 350m of ascent will find you up top. There’s an easy path for the entire route, despite not appearing on the OS maps. This is can also be
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Here are a few images from a walk up Snowdon via the little known Cwm Clogwyn route. The Route For a full route description – visit the following link. The album of images is on G+ – here. Snowdon on a sunny Sunday afternoon in June isn’t somewhere to go for peace and quiet. However,
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If you’re looking for a mammoth walking trail that spans a whole country from top to bottom then the Te Araroa Trail – The Long Pathway – in New Zealand is just the path for you! The trail runs from Cape Reinga, at the north westernmost point of North Island, right down to Bluff, which
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No, we’re not taking the pi** this week, seriously. When you’re navigating, and you want to point to a location on the map, be aware that your finger is somewhere in the region of 400m in width when you measure it relative to the map scale (1:25,000). That can lead to a huge discrepancy. One
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There are many amazing walking trails in the Pyrenees, the mountain range in the southwest of Europe that helps separates France from Spain. The Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne or the Pyrenean Haute Route is one of the famous routes that takes walkers high into the mountains, with frequent border crossings. This is a pretty tough walk
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If you’ve read any or perhaps all of my reviews of Paramo kit, you’d be forgiven for thinking that I’m a bit of a fanboy. I’m not, though having so far been impressed with all the kit put before me that’s a logical assumption to make. It was therefore almost a relief when I finally found a
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Fed up of that fusty and minging flask on a hill walk frosty morn? Get rid of the stink by adding a load of bicarb in it overnight. Not sure how much, just get a decent tablespoon’s worth in there and it’ll absorb any niffs that might be hanging about. Make sure you clean it
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Often touted as one of the top five trails in the world, the Mount Kilimanjaro trek in Tanzania is one of the world trails we are most looking forward to embarking on. Even if you have no mountaineering skills or experience, this is one mountain that should be on your bucket list of trails to
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Windproofs aren’t waterproofs, obviously, but they do offer some protection against light rain. This protection is soon lost if you don’t look after your windproof kit properly. Here are The Beast’s tips on keeping them as water resistant as possible. 1 – Don’t wash them in your usual detergent. This strips them of any water
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Scaling Mount Everest is perhaps one of the most famous and impressive outdoor achievements you can accomplish. However, due to its difficulty, most people will never attempt it, let alone succeed in reaching its peak. The next best thing you can do though, is take the trek to the world famous Everest Base Camp. Everest
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Thanks to Tryf – Tryf’s Blog – for this idea. Finding himself needing to carry a spanking new pair of crampons on a walk, he realised that he had no way of carrying them without them damaging his kit inside the pack. He improvised by using a stud bag as a crampon bag, and does
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Ireland might be lagging behind its English neighbours when it comes to the number of long distance paths on offer but over the recent years some work has been put into rectifying this. While there are plenty of opportunities to experience long walks through the scenic countryside of Ireland only a small number of paths
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Another bite-sized section of the Anglesey Coastal Path is this one between Traeth Lligwy and Moelfre. You can start from Moelfre, which is more convenient for those using public transport but has limited parking. There’s plenty of parking, and a small cafe at Traeth Lligwy where you can pick up chips or bacon roll as
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While walking the entire coastal path in one week or so is great, you can also walk shorter loops all along the walk. The walk from Aberffraw to the Church in the Sea at Porth Cwyfan that’s situated on it’s own island. The Route 1 – The route starts from the free car park marked
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The UK is blessed with so many Long Distance Footpaths that covering them all in one place would be a mammoth task! To make your life easier, we have picked five of the best UK Costal Paths from the long list of LDP walks that follow the coast. 1. South West Coast Path 1,014 km /
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I had my game plan in place, but did it work? Weeks 1 – 5 I maintained a daily deficit for the first four weeks, but the final week became more of a struggle! I realised that I wasn’t actually eating enough for the activity I was undertaking. Week 5 was totally off plan, but I decided to
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I decided this year that I’d be fitter than ever, especially when I realised how much ascent the Wales Trail Marathon entails. There’s just no way I was going to complete that without getting down to a healthy weight. So I set myself a goal of losing 10 Kg in the first 2 months followed
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There’s only one ‘tache that still cuts it, and that’s got to be Tom Selleck. While other lesser men who’ve tried it have just looked like throwbacks to the 70s, he’s managed to carry it off with his timeless ‘tache. He really is the ‘tache god. There are still some arguments about the Merv Hughes, but
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This is a really quick tip to keep your hands warm by creating instant thumbloops when you’ve forgotten your gloves, or just plain can’t be bothered to get them out of the pack. You will need : One jacket with velcro adjusted cuff – basically almost any regular jacket that’s neither cheap or ultralight. All you need
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It’s staggering how many people you see setting off from the usual trailheads dressed from head to toe in waterproof Gore-Tex, eVent or even Paramo. That’s fine during the typical wet weather that we get, but utterly inexplicable at most other times. They’ll usually plod onwards, trying to work out why they’re overheating and getting sweaty. Next
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You may be fed up of paying petrol prices, or motivated by more altruistic reasons to try walking without the car. Doing so can be cheaper and opens up linear routes that those planning their trip by car alone will miss out on. You can always drive to one end of the walk and use
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