Mountain Lifestyle

The Mountain Lifestyle Blog

  • Glyder Fawr via Seniors Ridge

    Glyder Fawr via Seniors Ridge

    More great weather in Snowdonia for today’s ‘Mountain Skills’ Course that I was running. The clouds were on, off, above and below the summits, which gave perfect hiking conditions and lots of ‘atmosphere’. From Ogwen Cottage, we ascended the ‘Gribin Ridge’ up to Glyder Fawr (1001m). It’s a steady hike for the first part, but Read more

  • Dolgellau to Barmouth Expedition

    Dolgellau to Barmouth Expedition

    Having been home long enough to unpack and do some washing, it was back out the door and down to mid-Wales for a two day trek above the Mawddach Estuary, where we were blessed with some very favourable conditions for this time of year. Although I’ve been down this way plenty of times before, we Read more

  • Onward Travel

    Onward Travel

    Having arrived by bike on the south coast of Devon, we were left with the small matter of getting ourselves back up to the north coast where we’d left the van at the start of the week. After a suitably grand breakfast, we wheeled back down the hallway and out into the sunshine. It was Read more

  • Okehampton to Plymouth by Bike

    Okehampton to Plymouth by Bike

    A breakfast in bed of coffee and warm croissants was the perfect way to get things going before setting out into a glorious Devonshire morning. We set out from Okehampton on a trail called the ‘Granite Way’ that followed another old railway line south. There were some impressive bridges to cross and great morning views. Read more

  • Bideford to Oakhampton by Bike

    Bideford to Oakhampton by Bike

    We were up and out pretty early this morning and left Bideford via the Tarka Trail which follows the old railway out of town. It was a very chilled 10km or so of flat riding through autumnal woodland and banked railway cuttings. At Petrockstow we followed country roads through various villages and hamlets which took Read more

  • Devonshire Cycle Touring – Part 1 – Ilfracombe to Bideford

    Devonshire Cycle Touring – Part 1 – Ilfracombe to Bideford

    In what seems like ages ago, we’ve left The Cottage and have been travelling south. The journey has been a very social one, via meet up with Beth around Gloucester and a night near Taunton with Neil and Mary. This morning we arrived at Ilfracombe on Devon’s north coast. An enormous statue of ‘Verity’ (by Read more

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