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Walk No	Date	Country	Location	Peak Height

1	07/01/1999	England	Pontesford Hill, Earl's Hill - Shropshire	286/320
2	31/03/2000	Wales	Cornel Night Nav
3	04/01/2000	Wales	Llangollen
4	04/01/2000	Wales	Crimpiau	475
5	15/04/2000	England	Long Mynd/Pole Bank
6	20/05/2000	England	Stipperstones
7	07/01/2000	Wales	Cadair Idris	893 m (2,930 ft)
8	25/07/2000	England	Stipperstones
9	13/08/2000	Wales	Cadair Idris	893 m (2,930 ft)
10	10/01/2000	Wales	Cadair Idris	893 m (2,930 ft)
11	10/07/2000	Wales	Glyder Fawr	1,001 m (3,284 ft)
12	26/11/2000	Wales	Pen Yr Ole Wen	978
13	01/07/2001	Wales	Seniors Ridge/Glyder Fach	994
14	20/01/2001	Wales	Pen Yr Ole Wen/Carned Dafyd	978/1044
15	02/04/2001	Wales	Y Foel Goch - Glyders	805
16	27/05/2001	Wales	Yr Garn from Devils Kitchen	947
17	29/07/2001	Wales	Crimpiau & Craig Wen
18	31/07/2001	Wales	Craig Wen
19	08/03/2001	Wales	Marian Mawr
20	26/08/2001	Wales	Snowdon via Watkin Path	1085
21	10/07/2001	Wales	Glyder Fach	994
22	20/10/2001	Wales	Yr Garn from above Hafod	947
23	21/10/2001	Wales	Crimpiau from Cornel	475
24	11/04/2001	Wales	Moel Siabod	872
25	19/11/2001	Wales	Y Garn on the Rhinogs	629
26	12/02/2001	Wales	Foel Grach - Carnedau - Foel Grach is a mountain in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, and included in the Welsh 3000s. It is located on a broad ridge extending northwards from Carnedd Llewelyn to Garnedd Uchaf and Foel-fras. An emergency refuge has been built beneath the summit. When I went up here I waited for the sunset and took a fine picture of Carnedd Llewelyn.	976 m (3,202 feet)
27	12/10/2001	Wales	Upper Cliffs of Glyder Fawr via Idwal Slabs	1,001 m (3,284 ft)
28	12/12/2001	Wales	Yr Aran
29	13/12/2001	Wales	Y Lliwedd East & West, Gallt y Wenaullt & Pen y pass
30	29/03/2002	Scotland	Stob Coire nan Lochan ( 1115 metres )
31	30/03/2002	Scotland	Stob Coire Sgreamhach/Bidean Nam Bian/Stop Coire Nam Beith	1072/1150/1107
32	04/02/2002	Scotland	Ben Nevis	1,344 m (4,409 ft)
33	04/03/2002	Scotland	Buachaille Etive Mor - a ridge containing two Munros.	Stob Dearg (1022 m), Stob na Doire (1011 m), Stob Coire Altruim (941 m) Stob na Bròige (956 m).
34	04/04/2002	Scotland	Beinn Chaorach/Stob Coir'an Albannaich	850/1044
35	04/02/2002	Wales	Craig Wen	548
36	04/02/2002	Wales	Craig Lwyn	623
37	05/05/2002	Wales	Snowdon Horseshoe - Crib Goch
38	20/07/2002	Wales	Snowdon via Watkin Path	1085
39	01/04/2003	Wales	Craig Wen	548
40	18/04/2003	Scotland	Stob Coire Sgreamhach/Bidean Nam Bian/Stop Coire Nam Beith	1072/1150/1107
41	20/04/2003	Scotland	The Devils Ridge - Stob Ban, and the 10ft Exposed step that my fet have problems with and I hate!	999
42	22/04/2003	Scotland	Carn Mor Dearg/Arete/Ben Nevis
43	24/04/2003	Scotland	Meall a' Bhuirdh
44	30/05/2003	Wales	Foel Grach
45	06/01/2003	Wales	Cnicht
46	25/08/2003	Wales	Pen-yr-ole-wen/Carned Dafyd/Carned Llewlyn	978/1044/1064
47	26/09/2003	Wales	Y Garn/Foel Goch/Mynydd Perfedd/Carnedd y Filiast	947/831/812/821
48	27/09/2003	Wales	Glyder Fach via Main Gully Route on Alphabet Slabs - wet hairy scramble	994
49		Wales	Ridge work below Y Foel Goch - Glyders Navigation Exercise	763(Spot)
50	21/02/2004	Wales	Aran Ridge
51	03/06/2004	Wales	Rhinogs
52	13/03/2004	Wales	Peni Heli Du
53	27/03/2004	Wales	Berwyn Ridge
54	04/03/2004	Wales	Pen Yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd tipping down with rain South Ascent. When we got to the top we didn’t hang around. Shot over to Carnedd Dafydd and then decided to call it a day and ran down the hillside back the cars. Thank goodness we had been shopping and had some nice new clothes to change into. Had to dry the money on the dashboard.
55	04/09/2004	Scotland	Stob Nan Lochan a days fun in the snow
56	04/10/2004	Scotland	The Devils Ridge - Stob Ban, and the 10ft Exposed step
56	04/10/2004	Scotland	that my feet have problems with and I hate!
57	04/11/2004	Scotland	Buch Etive Mor glorious day.
58	13/04/2004	Scotland	Ben Nevis my first experience of thick fog, white in Snow, Ice and summer shoes outs and nutters lost on the summit of the Ben.
59	15/04/2004	Scotland	Beinn Caillich, Mam na Gualainn - How to carry an umbrella to the summit of a mountain and back.	764/796
60	25/07/2004	Wales	Glyder Fawr via the Devil's Kitchen - 35mph gusts on summit.	1,001 m (3,284 ft)
61	26/07/2004	Wales	Playing below Tryfan - a new route up not on the OS Map.
62	27/07/2004	Wales	Taking a young party up Crimpiau and around the low hills	475
63	29/07/2004	Wales	Snowdon again - meeting reckless Air Cadets on the Watkin Scree!
64	30/07/2004	Wales	Y Foel Goch, Cantilever Stone, Glyder Fach from Capel Curig rather than Bristly Ridge - a long day of path routes there and back.
65	10/09/2004	England	Dark Peak - Kinder Scout Plateau	Crowden Head, 631 metres
66	01/02/2005	Wales	New Year on Snowdon	1085 metres
67	25/03/2005	Scotland	Stob Coire nan Lochan ( 1115 metres ) - sat out the final push.
68	28/03/2005	Scotland	Stob Ghabhar - From the Gaelic, peak of goats - OS Sheet 50, GR: 230455	1090
69	28/03/2005	Scotland	Beinn Toaig, Stob a'Choire Odhair - From the Gaelic, peak of the dun-coloured corrie - OS Sheet 50, GR: 257460	834/945
70	30/03/2005	Scotland	Ben Nevis	1,344 metres (4,409 ft)
71	31/03/2005	Scotland	Meall a' Bhuiridh - Meall a' Bhuiridh (Gaelic: Meall a' Bhùiridh) is a mountain on the edge of Rannoch Moor in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies near the top of Glen Coe and Glen Etive, overlooking the Kings House Hotel inn and the A82 road. The Glencoe Ski area is located on the northern slopes of the peak. Meall a' Bhuiridh is linked by a high bealach to the neighbouring peak of Creise, and the two hills are often climbed in conjunction, starting and finishing at the ski area carpark. The Clachlet Traverse is a 25 km north-to-south route linking the inn at Inveroran with the Kingshouse. Meall a' Bhuiridh is the final of four Munros crossed on this route, the others being (south to north) Stob a' Choire Odhair, Stob Ghabhar and Creise. The afor mentioned said - we tend just to bimble up this mountain in a couple of hours and then play in the snow on the way down as its the Glen Coe ski resort. Most years including this, there was no one ski'ing but there was enough snow for us to use our survival bags as sledges.	1108 m (3635 ft)
72	24/04/2005	England	Long Mynd
73	24/07/2005	England	Stipperstones
74	31/07/2005	Scotland	Summer in Scotland- Creise (NN238506) - horseshoe inc Meall a' Bhuiridh – wow what a hot day to do this in the summer. This was a trip and a half as we did the horseshoe up Creise, over to Bhuiridh and then down to the car park. The step down from Criese to the col was nasty even now in the summer. In winter I would prefer to ascend this step rather than descend.	1100 m (3609 ft)
75	01/08/2005	Scotland	Summer in Scotland- Waterfalls/Steall – fun on the suspension bridge. Also went swimming in pool under a waterfall up a hill.
76	02/08/2005	Scotland	Summer in Scotland- Stob Coire Sgreamhach – didn’t make it to Bidean as a ‘Winter’ storm it with high winds and we had to turn back. We used the emergency shelter on the main ridge. Stob Coire Sgreamhach is a mountain in Scotland, forming part of the Bidean nam Bian massif on the southern side of Glen Coe. It is often considered a subsidiary peak of Bidean, though since the 1997 revision of Munros Tables it has been classified as a separate Munro.	1072 m (3517 ft)
77	04/08/2005	Scotland	Summer in Scotland- Ben Nevis – never seen the Ben without snow until this day.
78	12/02/2005	Wales	Y Garn, Foel-goch, - at night in snow, wind, dark and rain - descent into Cwm Cywioth, skirt Pinnacle Crag and then down to Hafod. Managed to get up the steps at the kitchen before we lost the light.	947 (metres)/ 831(metres)
79	01/02/2006	Wales	Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa – a pleasant enough walk up via the Miners Path passing the lake to join the top of the PYG Track. Descent via the top PYG track down to the car park. Cloud, light wind, ice on the PYG and Snow covered on the summit. ( Could see why so many people slip on the PYG and fall – ice was lethal if not careful. )	1085 metres
80	19/03/2006	England	Breidden Hills – took in Rodneys Pillar
81	14/04/2006	Scotland	Stob Coire nan Lochan – must remember for 2007 to train harder and also to take loads of fluids for the couple of days prior to going to Scotland. Had extreme cramp trying to ascend the gully. Could haven been that we kicked steps just to get to the coire and then started kicking to ascend to the summit. Gave up half way up and slid down as I was knackered.
82	15/04/2006	Scotland	Took the EDS brolly up the mountain again for another year. Stob Dearg on Buachaille Etive Mor via Coire na Tulaich. There was a little step out to the summit and the step down was covered in ice with a huge drop on one side – just didn't look and legged it across in between the gusts of wind. Adrenaline pumped a bit!
83	18/04/2006	Scotland	Ben Nevis – another interesting year. Snow and ice, but also thick cloud and mist making it almost a whiteout. Needed navigation plus sunglasses and goggles to reach the summit – glare is unreal on your eyes.
84	19/04/2006	Scotland
85	20/04/2006	Scotland	Meall a' Bhuirdh – superb, for the first time the whole mountain was covered in snow and ice. We climbed on the edge to the summit and then slid down. The climb up looked according to one of the mountain guides(ski patrol) who watched us like an alpine climb, with the whole group all following in each others footsteps up the ridge on the edge of the piste.
86	5^th January 2007	Wales	Yr Garn – went up with Chris Jones and two Explorer Scouts.
87	01/02/2007	Wales	Glyder Fach, Fawr in the Snow – brought two student from Bangor University down who were in trouble on the top.
88	04/06/2007	Scotland	Stob Coire Nan Lochan – got my leg stuck! We went up firstly via Gearr Aonach a hairy scramble where I couldn't get my leg over and then in a gully got my rucksack stuck on an outcrop and dangled over a huge drop trying to free it! Bit of a laugh but a rush at the time. Talking point for the pub.
89	04/07/2007	Scotland	Beinn a Chrulaiste (857mtres) via Stob Beinn a Chrulaiste (639mtres) a fine 'Eddie' opposite the Buchaille affording magnificent views not previously seen. Let Chris and Idris go to the pub whilst I hiked with the rest of the group a couple of miles to get the car and pick em up!.	Beinn a Chrulaiste (857mtres)
90	<FONT face=Arial>04/08/2007	Scotland	Ben Nevis on Easter Sunday with Chris and Annalene. Major weather front hit when we were on the top. I took over to get us down and also we guided a group of idiots down who were totally unprepared. Snow, Ice, horizontal rain. Sub zero.
91	04/10/2007	Scotland	Ben Nevis again! Weather not as bad. Still a crampon day.
92	04/11/2007	Scotland	Garbh Bheinn (867metres) via Torran nan Crann, Stob Coire Sgoilte then onward down to Kinlochleven for a bite to eat at 3pm. Wonderful day out and superb views of the Aonach Eagach- this is way onto the ridge to do say Meall Dearg without having to go via The Chancellor or other death wish ways!	Garbh Bheinn (867metres)
93		England	Haughmond Hill: Training day with a party of 5 young scouts.
94		England	Clee Hills. A day out with scouts new to hill walking.
95		England	Stipperstones. Included a part scramble on Manstones Rock with the scouts. Protected with rope so they didn't slip.
96		England	Longmynd. Day 1 supervising a multi day expedition. Took Donnington Scouts with me.
97		England	Longmynd. Day 2 supervising – cut short one groups trek as they were off route, lost, worn out. Took my scouts with me for the day for the experience.
98		Wales	Cader Idris – complete circular route in horrendous weather conditions for the last part of the route. 5 scouts and a trainee scout leader with me.	893 m (2,930 ft)
99	06/10/2007	Wales	Snowden. Via Watkin Path with six others. Scrambled (had to use hand on rock, also had to protect a section for two of the scouts using a sling) the last section of the watkin due to a detour and conditions on the path. Saw the building site on the summit. Some of the scouts went swimming on the way down. Really hot.	1,085 metres (3,560 ft)
99	06/10/2007	Wales	Started at 10:15 got back to the car at 19:30. This included an hour at a waterfall.	1,085 metres (3,560 ft)
100	17/06/2007	Wales	Tryfan – did the North Ridge of Tryfan with Simon Jones. We waited on the summit as by chance I rang Chris Fryer the County Mountain Advisor and he said he and a group including Richard were on their way up the same mountain. Excellant weather and I am really glad i am so much fitter not.	915 m (3,002 ft)
101	08/01/2007	England	Scouting Sunrise Promise on the Wrekin in Shropshire. Met everyone at 6:15am and we walked up the Wrekin. At 8am in the morning we all renewed our Scouting promises and reflected from the top of this hill everyone else around the world doing the same.	407 metres (1335 feet)
102	27/08/2007	Wales	Pen yr Ole Wen to Carnedd Dafydd -1044 m (3425 ft) to Carnedd Llewelyn – 1,064 m (3,491 ft) -Group of us went up the East ridge of Pen Yr Ole Wen then onward to the other two summits. Highlight of the day was Ben being sick below the summit of Pen yr Ole Wen and Jonesy missing the turn for the intial scramble – then Eddie (me) climbing over a 7ft wall to beat all the others down the mountain.	Carnedd Dafydd -1044 m Carnedd Llewelyn – 1,064 m
103	16/09/2007	Wales	Snowdon with the Scouts – Route abandoned due to severe weather at base of Yr Aran.
104	6/01/2008	Wales	Glyder Fach and the Cantilever Stone from Capel Curig. Went and boggy on lower slopes. Freezing conditions and snow and ice on summits. Windchill -10.
105	27^th January 2008	Wales	Brecon Beacons – to use a map that has been in its cover for the past year! The Brecon Beacons from the Taf Fechan Forest.
105	27^th January 2008	Wales	We parked the car and walked down the lane to the filter house – this is where we noticed we could have saved a miles walking as people had parked their cars down here whilst we had used the area marked for cars on the OS map. Started from the Neuadd Reservoir, we crossed the dam and turned left and went straight up onto the ridge to the Trig 642, the Twyn Mwyalchod Summit Trig Point with the memorial plaque to Tony Swierzy , SAS who died in 1984 attempting Everest. We then headed north along the ridge in really awful winds, but fun, setting a belting pace to get to our first summit proper of Corn Du. Then onward to Pen y Fan where we started to meet all kinds of people. We the went around to Cribyn and decided to leave Fan y Big for another day and go shopping as it was only 2pm. We shot down to the car to head from Braecon and see what it had to offer – nothing!! We should have done the last hill.	Corn Du (873 mtrs) Pen y Fan (886mtrs) Cribyn (795 mtrs)
106	7^th March 2008	England	Friday - 2 hour night hike across the Wrekin and the Ercall as part of the get fit for Scotland Campaign.
107	9^th March 2008	Wales	Sunday (Gales forecast!) – Y Garn - Well what a day. Left Telford at 7:30. In the shops at Betws-y-Coed for 9:15 despite road signs saying the A5 was closed it wasn’t. At layby near Ogwen Cottage for 10:25 and on the hill for 10:35am. Back down at the car before 4pm. See photo’s and separate blog of the day. Cold and Windy with Snow and rain showers (dependent upon altitude!) low of 880mbar on summit.	947 metres
108	16^th March 2008	Wales	Sunday - Cadair Idris
109	21^st March 2008	Scotland	Friday Stob Coire Nan Lochan 21st March 2008. Stob Coire Nan Lochan, at 3,658 feet, is one of the high peaks of the massif of Bidean nam Bian ("peak of the mountains"). Access to the corries from the A82 requires a tough but beautiful hike over the northwestern flank of Gearr Aonach with elevation gain of over 2,000 feet. The access paths are narrow at times, and in a few places, dangerously icy. There are two steps up this path that are a nightmare in ice. I had an 'Eddie' moment crossing one step as you have to put your foot down on iced rock with a lovely long fall below you!. This is a typical point where crampons should be worn be we were carrying them.	3,658 feet
110	22^nd March 2008	Scotland	Saturday Beinn a' Chrulaiste 22nd March 2008 - NN24625668 - Corbett http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=32450&l=cedfd&id=595303046	857 metres
111	23^rd March 2008	Scotland	Sunday Meall an Doire Dharaich 23rd March 2008 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=32454&l=b1091&id=595303046
112	25^th March 2008	Scotland	Tuesday Stob Mhic Mhartuin - Kinlochleven to Glencoe 25th March 2008 - OS Grid Reference: NN208576 - interesting day out and a jaunt up Stob Mhic Mhartuin which is the actual start of the famous Aonach Eagach - however , thats a trip I wont be doing unless forced! I dont have a head for the heights on that ridge walk. That said, next year I may take this route for a trip up Am Bodach without having to do the ridge. Today though I played around on here, then via the Devil's Staircase went for lunch at Kinlochleven. Only problem was there was no bus or lift back to Invercoe so I had a 2 hour hike back to the camp site. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=32165&l=e0d71&id=595303046	706 m.
113	19th April 2008	Wales	Saturday - Snow in the Glyders North Wales - What a fabulous days walking. When we arrived we found that all the tops were covered in Snow. Ascending from the Ogwen Valley up via Cwm Bochlwyd we crossed the stile at the wall between Bristly and Tryfan and then found we were faced with Snow and Ice. As I didnt have a Winter Scouts Authorisation I was now faced with turning back, or ascending the plateau tryign to avoid all the winter elements. We proceeded to cross toward the Miners track that comes of the top of the Glyders avaoiding most snow and ice. At various points I dog led one of the scouts. We then scrambled up the rocks next to the Miners to gain the plateau. We walked part way up towards the summit of Glyder Fach but turned back before reaching the bolder field above Bristly as it was too dangerous to go beyond as the group were not equiped and several were nervous. We then had a really long trip almost as far as Capel to descend safely to the road. Couldnt drop of the sides as there was snow and ice and we had to get below that level first. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=34946&l=53ffe&id=595303046	994 m (3261 ft)
114	11th May 2008	Wales	Sunday - Glyders - Cantilever, Glyder Fach - what a completely different day to that day in April. We went all the way to the summit and also took customery pics on the Cantilever. We beat a hasty retreat from the summit of Glyder Fach due to an electrical storm and violant lightening. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=37436&l=786e1&id=595303046	994 m (3261 ft)
115	28th June 2008	Wales	Snowdon - via Watkin - poor weather - frightened adults. Took a party of church goers up the Watkin Path. The weather was getting worse as we ascended. As we reached the ridge between Snowdon and Y Lliwedd the weather was so bad we tried to ascend Y Lliwedd but turned back. One of the group was then so frightened it took until after 6pm to get her down to the road again. Very good group management experience.	1,085 metres (3,560 ft)
116	3rd August 2008	Wales	Sun Snowdon Pyg Track - the fiesty group - these were the older Explorers with one young 13yr old scout to slow them down. 2:30mins to the summit and they could have gone faster but I slowed them down for safety. Bit of fun when we were on the top. We had a radio and radio'd our other wto groups who were coming up the Watkin, both were shocked that we were on the top at that time. They were still half way up the watkin. This was why the rest of the week, all groups went up the Pyg. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=54682&l=c1350&id=595303046	1,085 metres (3,560 ft)
117	4th August 2008	Wales	Mon Snowdon Pyg Track - A fine 2:45 min trip to the top of Wales. Just a shame it was windy and off and on rain. Everyone had a fabulous day though and we met one of our other groups coming up as we went down. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=63721&l=023cf&id=595303046	1,085 metres (3,560 ft)
118	7th August 2008	Wales	Thurs Snowdon Pyg Track - rain, rain and more rain - worst day of the week for hill walking. It rained from the car park to the summit and then down the miners back to the car park. We changed in the bus shelter whilst we waited for the Scout mini bus to pick us up. The cafe was a rip off - £1 for a can of pop. No wonder people dont want to spend money here. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=63722&l=059c7&id=595303046	1,085 metres (3,560 ft)
119	8th August 2008	Wales	Fri Snowdon Pyg Track - 2hr 28mins to summit - the fastest day out, but it was the day we had the best weather and glorious views. Considering the ages of the children in the group the time taken was superb. Returned via the Miners so they could play in the lake. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=63725&l=55b7f&id=595303046	1,085 metres (3,560 ft)
120	25th October 2008	Wales	Saturday - Cornel in 70 mph winds - chose one of the worst weekends in the year to spend a day out on the hills in North Wales. Had been invited to the 10 year anniversary of the opening of the annex at Cornel Scout Centre on the Sunday so decided to go over on the saturday and stay over having a days walking. Knew things were going to be bad when the Trefriew road was closed after I got through due to flooding. This was the weekend of the abandoned Lake District marathon. Capel was recording winds of up to 70 mph. I decided to go up onto Craig Wen and potter around the Carned. I fought my way onto Crimpiau and was blown off the summit. Crawled back up for a photo lying on the ground. The struggled to Capel Curig before deciding to head back to Cornel via a lower path, driving wind and rain. Was I glad of a cuppa when I got back. Went to the pub in Trefriew for Steak and Chips and to warm up. - Hadnt realized that Crimpiau is classified as a 'Bridget'. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65602&l=1eee9&id=595303046	475m 1559ft
121	5^th January 2009	Wales	Pen yr Helgi Du - lies on the south-eastern flanks of Carnedd Llewelyn, and is linked to Carnedd Llewelyn over the col of Bwlch Eryl Farchog, a knife-edge ridge over the cliffs of Craig Yr Ysfa. Walked up from the main A5, the ground was iced up. After reaching the summit we couldn’t go over to Carnedd Llewelyn as the scramble down was all iced up and too dangerous.	833 m (2,733 ft)
122	8^th March 2009	Wales	Ogwen Valley, to Cwm Bochlywd, up the miners track on snow and ice , onto the Glyder Ridge and up to the Cantilever Stone on Glyder Fach. Had to back off towards Capel Curig as I had scouts with me and had to find a safer descent route to the road.
123	19^th July 2009	Switzerland	Following the River Kandar up the mountain to Waldhus, an excellent climb uphill following a narrow ravine which then widens into an upper valley with enormous view of the mountains. Lovely hotel up there. Climbed to approx. 1400 metre contour line.	1400 metres
124	20^th July 2009	Switzerland	The one day Lötschenpass hike started in the morning by taking a bus to Gasterntal valley, the village of Selden. From Selden, we started to hike up towards Lötschenglacier. At first, the path was mostly quite easy, but after a while it started getting steeper and doing more 'zic-zac'. Finally, we reached the beginning of the glacier, which is by the way called 'the world's safest glacier'. Mainly, because it doesn't move so much, so there are no unexpected crags under the surface snow. Then we hiked up the glacier to the Lötschenpass hut, 2690m. On the way up to the hut the Explorers decided to drop a ruck sack which near;ly knocked me from a ledge high above the glacier. From the hut, we hiked down to Lötschental valley and to the village of Ferden. We took a bus from Ferden to Goppenstein, where we jumped off and took a train to Kandersteg, through the Lötschbergtunnel. We met a guide when we were on the glacier who actually told us that most people do what we were doing over two days, not the 1 day that we were doing.	2690 metres.
125	23^rd July 2009	Switzerland	Three Valley Hike - This hike we visited three different valleys on the same trip. Starting at 14.00 on the first day with a 3 hour walk into the Ueschinen Valley, it threw it down with hailstones the size of golf balls, we then spent the night in the Ueschinen Hut, an alpine hut at 1890m. The toilet facilities were gross! The next morning was the highlight of the whole week when we climbed to an elevation of 2735m, providing some spectacular views of the Alps and Adelboden. After crossing the Engstligengrat we descended over Schwarzgratli, past the Schwarenbach Hotel and arrived at the Sunnuel cable car which took us back to Kandersteg. Over two days we gained 1500m and over 16km.	2735 metres Overnight stay at 1890 metres
126	New Years Eve 31^st December 2009	England	The Wrekin, Shropshire. Walked up the Wrekin and spent the evening with others celebrating New Year. Walked down in crampons due to the snow and ice. Wonderful evening singing and watching fireworks.
127	1^st January 2010	Wales	Pen yr Ole Wen. Went over to Wales and went walking in the snow and ice, climbed to the summit and then came down the same route. Played in the snow gullies above Glen Dana.
128	31^st January 2010	England	The Long Mynnd , Shropshire, a day hillwalking from Carding Mill Valley in the Snow and ice with Scout Leaders.
129	21^st Feb 2010	England	The Wrekin in the Snow again.
130	7^th March 2010	Wales	Yr Garn in the snow and ice . Climbed via Ogwen Valley and then rather than taking the path up , ascended off path via a direct route up to Cwm Clyd
131	2^nd April 2010	Scotland	Stob Coire Nan Lochan – normal route up this mountain, however this year I turned back at a rock step next to an iced waterfall - don’t know why, but the feeling I had just wasn’t right to make the step and I couldn’t protect the step with a rope – thought best was to turn back.
132	3^rd April 2010	Scotland	Beinn a' Chrulaiste
133	4^th April 2010	Scotland	Ben Nevis – the most snow I have seen on the Ben in years.
134	6^th April 2010	Scotland	Final section of the West Highland way from Kinlochleven to Fort William in gale force winds and driving rain.
135	7^th April 2010	Scotland	Two Valley Hike – Glen Coe
136	15^th May 2010	Wales	Pen Yr Ole Wen, CArnedd Dafydd, Carnedd llewln. Did the complete circuit with Simon Heys so we could get a feel of the speed and pace of the charity walkers that we would be helping during the summer.
137	5^th June 2010	England	Helmeth Hill and Caer Caradoc near Church Stretton in Shropshire. First time walking here and went on my own to explore the two hills. Car parking is limited at the start of this route that takes in Helmeth, might well be better to start the walk at another venue and include the two on a longer circular walk. Helmeth is a lovely wooded hill in stark contrast to Caradoc that is bare of any tree apart from a few Rowan. Caradoc though is fascinating as it was an ancient hill fort and you can still make out the ramparts on the summit.	459 metres (Caradoc)
138	19^th June 2010	England	A walk up and around the Wrekin with Scouts from 2^nd Donnington.
139	10^th July 2010	Wales	Devils Kitchen \ Yr Garn, as part of a safety party assisting a group of charity walkers, myself and Simon Heys were the checkpoint just below Yr Garn and above the Devils Kitchen in the Glyders/Ogwen Valley. Notable aspect of this walk was that when the last group left Nant Peris to climb the Glyders, we had to quickly drive around to Ogwen Cottage and climb up to our checkpoint. We ended up sat up there in cold and rain in an emergency shelter waiting for groups to come through.
140	12^th September 2010	England	Helmeth Hill and Caer Caradoc near Church Stretton in Shropshire. Went walking this route with Robin in search of the cave on Caradoc.
141	28t^h December 2010	Wales	Snowdon via the Ranger path, snow and ice, climbed on my own , crampons and ice axe. Started just after mid day and got on summit for 3:30pm. Left summit at 3:45pm and came down in the darkness at 6:20pm. Photos at www.lilleshall.org/Pictures/tabid/70/Default.aspx
142	1st January 2011	Wales	A walk with Amanda from the back of Joe Browns at Capel Curig up onto the Glyders to Yr Foel Goch . It was a fitness walk and testing navigation. Walked for three hours from 12:20 to 15:20 then turned around. It then got dark and was raining and foggy so it tested navigational expertise in getting down safely , negotiating the crags toward Capel. Got down into the car park by 6pm. Fun day out.

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