The Welsh Wilderness: backpacking in the Cambrian Mountains

July 6, 2011 Trip reports abergwesyn hills, backpacking, britain, cambrian mountains, camping, cwmdeuddwr hills, drygarn fawr, forests, hill walking, industrial revolution, midges, off piste walking, right to roam, wales, water purification, wild camping 2 Comments

The Welsh Wilderness: backpacking in the Cambrian Mountains

It’s taken a couple of visits, but I’ve arrived at the conclusion that the Cambrian Mountains in Mid Wales are a great area for backpacking and wild camping. They aren’t the most dramatic hills in the United Kingdom, but these

Backpacker’s Britain: walking guides for people who like it tough

June 21, 2011 Reviews and tributes abergwesyn hills, backpacking, book reviews, britain, cicerone guides, dehydration, exhaustion, glen shiel, graham uney, hill walking, hypothermia, knoydart, off piste walking, rhinogs, scotland, skiddaw, wales, walking guides, wild camping 0 Comment

Backpacker’s Britain: walking guides for people who like it tough

I’d like to pay tribute to a man called Graham Uney. I’ve never met him and I probably never will, but thanks to his Backpacker’s Britain walking guides I’ve had many an enjoyable weekend in the UK’s hills, in places