An Occasional Mountaineer

@MountainAllan's random musings and rants about the fells and mountains of Britain, including my progress to complete any number of the ticklists I have arbitrarily chosen to follow. Plans to tick the Nuttalls and the TRAIL100 are in progress.

Saturday, 4 January 2025

From Killhope Cross

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A couple of months after my return to the hills, albeit with a modest moorland walk, I once again drove up to the north Pennines for my next...

Friday, 20 September 2024

An Easy Return

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There are periods in your life when circumstances and responsibilities at home and work conspire to prevent the pursuit of personal ambition...

Sunday, 31 December 2023

A 2023 Summary

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2023 got off to a promising start and I managed to have at least one day out in the first five months of the year; the best strike rate in o...

Monday, 18 December 2023

A 2022 Summary

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2022 was a poor year for my walking. Domestic circumstances hugely influenced my ability to find the time to go walking. At the start of 20...

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

The Aughton Park Two

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Aughton Park is my local railway station and from either the cutting where the tracks run, or the road bridge above at “ground” height, two ...

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Goodbye to the Dales

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At the start of this year I had six summits remaining on my ticklist that were in, or very close to the border of, the Yorkshire Dales. My...

Thursday, 27 April 2023

A Tan Hill Wilderness

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I thought that an early start would get me to the Tan Hill Inn at a quiet time but I hadn’t anticipated that the inn’s nearby parking areas ...

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Wainwrighteer: A hillwalker occasionally distracted by mountaineering. Used to climb rock, ice and ride a snowboard. I've completed the Wainwrights, Outlying Fells, Fellrangers and the FRCC 244. Ongoing lists are the Nuttalls, TRAIL100, TGO40, WASHIS, Bridges and Buxton & Lewis.

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