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To Table Mountain and around Pen Cerrig-calch

A walk with Cardiff Ramblers and Joe of nearly 10 miles with a long gradual ascent to Table Mountain and then a skirt round Pen Cerrig-calch maintaining height using sheep trails in the main and then a scramble up on to the ridge before walking the ridge back to Pen Cerrig-calch and then descending back to Crickhowell.


… and the Google Map is here.

The weather was overcast, but the heavy rain kept off and we had just a few showers of very light rain. Unfortunately the light never really improved so the photos are only momentoes of a very pleasant walk in excellent company.

Joe and I managed to find The Butchers in Rhiwbina on our return to Cardiff for a well earned pint … or two.

The inter-active version of the walk might be available at Table Mountain and around Pen Cerrig-calch at EveryTrail


Photos from the walk are available here.

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A trip to The Lake District with DeeJay & Penny

A lovely week with David, Penny and the dogs in Dipper Cottage on Coniston Lake, with a stopover with John and Jane on the way up and babysitting for Gail and Martin on the way back. The weather was very kind to us and we managed several walks:

Although we took #duettovan, we didn’t sleep in it; so the only trip it did was a trip to Furness and Barrow.

An inter-active version of the trip is available here.

One of the highlights of the trip was to see this little bird at the window of the cottage whilst we ate our breakfast.

We reckon (after some advice from Paul) that it could have been trying to see off a rival – attacking it’s reflection in the window. Seems a good theory.

Here are some pictures of the week – if you have Flash you will also see them below as a slideshow.