You’ve probably heard of the ‘national’ three peaks of Yr Wyddfa, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis and perhaps the Yorkshire Three Peaks, but the Welsh Three Peaks are probably less well known. It’s also meant to be completed within 24 hours, but with much less driving than the UK version, with perhaps the main difference […]
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It’s all well and good all this activity going on in London, sponsored by a corporations with tenuous links to fitness, but you might fancy a heads up for something a bit more Mud and Routes in nature? Like the Olympics, the Montane Lakeland 100 and 50 ultra races also get under way this weekend, and unlike
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Fancy winning a free trip for two people to the legendary The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®. The catch? You’ll need an iPhone and get ready to get some running done as this is no game of chance. Polartec® has teamed up with The North Face® to invite runners to take part in an exciting new
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Knoydart holds a place in most adventurous walker’s hearts, either as somewhere to reminisce about or to aspire to. It’s one of those places that should be near the top of your to do list, and still is on mine even if I’ve only just returned! Knoydart is a peninsula on the West Coast of Scotland, yet
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You’ve already got into walking, wild camped a bit and know how to use a map and compass; you need another challenge. Walking one of the many long distance paths could be what you need this summer. Where to go? With so many options, this is probably the hardest part. You’ll nee to decide if
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Can I get kitted out and tackle Snowdon for under a £100 from the skin up? We take on the challenge – the only rules being that any thing I can’t buy can be made up from everyday clothing most people will have (e.g. pants) and that I’d be going as part of a group
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Well worth a watch. I think this is beyond a black run – brown perhaps? 😉
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OK, it’s not as if it’s the world’s biggest adventure. I can see the coastal path from my office window during the day job and if I crane my neck I can even see the Newborough Forest from the spare bedroom window. Yet a seemingly stolen week off work before it really gets busy has crept up
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Why follow someone else’s idea when you can get out a set of maps and create your own?! We plan our Escape From Knoydart trip and show you how you can plan your own week long backpack. You’ll need: A week or so off work OS Maps at 1:25k and possibly 1:50k, or Harvey’s Mountain
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While there are many Scottish Great Trails, these are the four original Scottish long distance routes (LDRs), similar to the England and Wales National Trails, plus the daddy of them all – the unofficial Cape Wrath Trail. I’ll admit that I can’t be overly objective with these trails, as I think it’s a shame to travel
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Wales has it’s fair share of decent long distance footpaths, so here’s a selection of them. 1 – Cambrian Way 440Km The daddy of the Welsh routes, but scuppered along with the Cambrian National Park in the interests of the landowners. Passing over terrain that is as diverse as the Beacons, Pumlumon and practically all of
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If you think your long run on a Sunday morning is knackering, spare a thought for Arry B-W who’s going to be running around the entire perimeter of Wales. Arry will be setting off on a round trip of 1653Km (or 1027 in old money, hence the name) in March in order to raise money
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One boot in the stinky stuff and one in the aqueous new stuff and a couple of 100km later how did they compare? Nikwax have decided that the only real wax they sell is to be discontinued! We’ve never been overly impressed by their aqueous wax. Ideal for the organised walker who loves nothing more
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Why not get yourself motivated in the new year with some of these ideas 1 Run a race you’ve never done before. The Snowdonia Marathon entries for 2012 open today so why not take up the challenge? Or if you’ve never run, why not challenge yourself to do a 5 or 10k this year? 3.5
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The walk across the Welsh 14 peaks challenge is one of the toughest walks in Snowdonia National Park. An absolute must if you’re fit enough. OS Map Required Explorer 017, BMC Map, Landranger 115 Welsh 3000s – Walking the Welsh 14 Peaks Challenge Route Description The route above takes you up Crib Goch initially and then over Garnedd Ugain
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If you’ve read the superlightweight article, then you’ll know that the next logical challenge is to go even lighter and with a smaller pack. The sea to summit was a hefty 20l in size, so we’re going way smaller. In fact, there are a number of high quality running bum bags that have a capacity
If you’ve read part one, then you’ll know that following on from the Wild Camp on a Budget challenge, we wanted a new one. This time, we decided to wild camp in proper mountains by using just the tiniest Sea to Summit 20 litre day pack. Now the first thing you quickly realise is that
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Here’s just a few images to follow up from the Superlightweight Challenge. We managed to bivvy-tarp on the South Ridge of yr Wyddfa at just under 700m, just below the knoll of Allt Maenderyn and managed to fit plenty into the 20l pack including half a bottle of port. It wasn’t perfect weather, a bit
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Following on from wild camping on a budget, I was after a new challenge. Instead of the gear cost, this time I was going to be both limited in weight and have to make use of the world’s lightest day pack – Sea to Summit day pack to stow all the stuff in. So my mission, if
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If the thought of running a mere 42km marathon and not much else sounds like something you’d do as a stock run, then you may be up for a bit more of a challenge. The Dragons’ Back Run was run for the first and only time back in 1992 and involves a 354.0556km run (only given in
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The challenge accepted, camping out in the Snowdonian mountains with just £100 worth of camping gear was the next step. What was certain is that the trip would have to give the gear a proper testing. You could take a pop up tent onto the summit of the Ben in fine summer weather; it doesn’t mean
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Who said wild camping had to be expensive? To prove the point, it was decided that i was to pilfer £100 from petty cash and use this to fund a proper wild camp in the mountains. The only get out clause is that I can take anything I’d normally take for a day walk and
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Looks like more of the same after this weekend. Only more so… Been a crap week, and only managed to get out for some sort of exercise tonight in between the pizza scoffing and rain. At least this weekend’s looking good, but I think i need something to motivate me and shake off the excess
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