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13603
I am just starting to plan an early Summer trip to Snowdonia/Lleyn Peninsular. This should enable a Welsh completion, provided that we can get to Bardsey. Has...
rcboulton
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Mar 1, 2008
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13604
If anyone likes the area, a list of hills in Mid Wales & Pembrokeshire can be found in the 'Hills of Wales' folder in the Files section. There are a lot on the...
Mark Jackson
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Mar 1, 2008
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While I'm at it :-) (Hills of Scotland folder.) PS. If anyone has any requests about which regions they want done first, just ask....
Mark Jackson
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Mar 1, 2008
5:21 pm
13606
... Start at the border and work your way northwards. Sounds easy if you say it fast enough!...
Bernie Hughes
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Mar 1, 2008
6:18 pm
13607
I'm planning a Welsh trip next week. The stream / river crossings around Drosgol and Banc Llechwedd-mawr look a bit confusing. Any advice? Thanks, Chris...
Chris Watson
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Mar 1, 2008
11:21 pm
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Chris, I did these in May 2005 on a day of sun and heavy rain showers. My notes record I crossed the Afon Hengwm by a bridge near a ruined cottage. The Afon...
Mark Trengove
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Mar 2, 2008
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13609
... Its a great destination Richard. Just as a matter of technical interest, this group is building up a wealth of information on this sort of subject. If you...
Gordon Adshead
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Mar 2, 2008
10:33 am
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We did the same route as Mark in August 2005, when I guess it is drier. No problem at all with river crossings. However, we were going on to Disgwylfa Fawr and...
Richard and Lisa Boul...
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Mar 2, 2008
4:43 pm
13611
Chris, Don't know if this helps Drosgol & Banc Llechwedd-mawr (31A) You can park at the track entrance at SN736887 and follow the reservoir-side track to...
MarilynBagger
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Mar 2, 2008
6:24 pm
13612
... Just reliving trips from many years ago: thanks But I trust you mean descend to bridleway at SN760891 ! Best Gordon +Z ...
Gordon Adshead
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Mar 2, 2008
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South Wales is now done (467 hills), in case anyone lives in Cardiff, Swansea etc. and wants small hills to climb without having to go very far from the...
Mark Jackson
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Mar 3, 2008
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... England, ... Bit of a slow reaction I know, but I've just noticed - and downloaded - this .adf file. Very useful, thanks. Bernie...
Bernie Hughes
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Mar 3, 2008
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13615
Not quite as momentous as discovering a new Marilyn but this hopefully just about warrants a mention! Bidein na h-Iolaire on the island of Lunga (NM705087) has...
Mark Jackson
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Mar 4, 2008
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... http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/24/windpower ... mid-Wales, there is a MoD monitoring station. It is monitoring the nearby windfarm to see how...
Adrian Rayner
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Mar 4, 2008
11:05 pm
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markjackson wrote While I'm at it :-) (Hills of Scotland folder.) PS. If anyone has any requests about which regions they want done first, just ask. Mark, (S22...
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Mar 4, 2008
11:18 pm
13618
... Looking at this on get-a-map there appear to be at least three 100m contours at 1:25000, and possibly five, although it's hard to tell as so many contours...
Alan Dawson
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Mar 5, 2008
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13619
Gosh! I've done Lunga several times. Not as difficult as it appears as a local boatman does tourist trips. (There is a small floating jetty he uses.) I'm...
Ken Crocket
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Mar 5, 2008
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13620
... Werll found, Mark! ... contours at 1:25000, and possibly five, although it's hard to tell as so many contours (incl I think the 90m one) are obscured by...
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Mar 5, 2008
12:32 pm
13621
That's awesome, please send me the spreadsheet. So that's 444 Murdos, plus ??? Corbett Tops, + 1001 graham tops, 1020 upper clements, 2873 lower clements...
Mark Jackson
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Mar 5, 2008
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13622
... ring ... I've now added this to my Hill-bagging website, see http://www.hill- bagging.co.uk/Scotland/mountaindetails.php?qu=Y&rf=7764 ... I can't see this...
Simon Edwardes
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Mar 5, 2008
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13623
... Duncan Phillips of Farsain Cruises at Craobh Haven (01852 500664) charged me £30 for an afternoon drop off and evening pickup in 2002 while he took other...
Jon M
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Mar 5, 2008
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13624
Cool, I wasn't expecting anyone to have actually climbed the hill on Lunga, especially as it wasn't even on any list up till now. Which brings me onto another...
Mark Jackson
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Mar 5, 2008
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13625
... I think it's three now as Stewart Benn and Ken Butcher have each bagged one of the five toughies in the St K archipalego. Cheers, Brent...
Brent Lynam
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Mar 5, 2008
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13626
If we are counting Stuart, then it's none since I believe he's done them all whilst based on St Kilda. However, the general view is that he'll never be arsed...
Chris Watson
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Mar 5, 2008
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13627
Mark, You should never be surprised at what this lot get up to. Lunga is in the Haswell Smith islands list, albeit only listed as 98m (the other Lunga is...
Chris Watson
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Mar 5, 2008
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13628
Chris wrote ... My understanding is that Stuart didn't climb the Stacs an Armin nor Stac Li. He reckoned he could have got up Armin but didn't talk the warden...
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rwoodall1960
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Mar 5, 2008
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13629
Finally broke my run of 10 bad weather days with a sunny trip to mid Wales yesterday. A layer of fresh snow made Plynlymon look almost alpine and there was...
Chris Watson
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Mar 5, 2008
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13630
RHW ... Simon ... Nor can I now - apparently a feature of whatever version of Windows Explorer we have at work, XP with Office 2007. It's not exclusive to...
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Mar 5, 2008
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13631
Ongoing saga ... but that's what the 25k on getamap currently says: An Caisteal 764 (765) in black letters, suggesting ground height not air height, consistent...
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rwoodall1960
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Mar 5, 2008
10:03 pm
13632
... Probably quite a few. Although many people now have a very high Marilyn tally, many of the hills under, say, 500m will only have been climbed...
Bernie Hughes
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Mar 5, 2008
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