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

The Rhinogs: Snowdonia’s best kept secret

June 14, 2011 Trip reports backpacking, ben nevis, boulder hopping, britain, camping, crib goch, diffwys, hill walking, irish sea, off piste walking, rhinog fach, rhinog fawr, rhinogs, snowdon, snowdonia, wales, water purification, y llethr 15 Comments

The Rhinogs: Snowdonia’s best kept secret

There are some hillwalking routes in the UK that everybody knows about, and in good weather are certain to be jam-packed with walkers, while others very close seem to remain known to connoisseurs only. I remember once being all alone