United Kingdom 2 Trips

The Ridgeway "Spring" trek in England

Janice

Janice, United Kingdom
Trip in United Kingdom ~ Beginner difficulty

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The weather has not been very kind to us in England so far although the sun has finally come out this week! This has not deterred me from hitting a few hills over the past few weeks so here is one of the highlights.I spent Easter on the Ridgeway in Wiltshire (southern England) with a bunch of 15 year olds undertaking a practice expedition for
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Introduction to Scrambling in the Lakes

Andrew

Andrew, United Kingdom
Trip in United Kingdom ~ Beginner difficulty

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The idea was to head to the Lakes for an intrduction to winter mountaineering and the best chance to teach some friends how to use ice axes and crampons but the weather turned, the sun came out and all the snow melted. So a scrambling weekend it became. Pete and I were to lead as Ed and Vik had not scrambled before, other than
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