Well, I'm about half way through and it's going really well. The Family Week at Derwentwater was fun. There were a few issues with using the Launches on Derwentwater. Believe it or not because there was "Too much water in the lake"!
Not too much water in Sorrento. Very busy area though, especially trying to drive round to the Amalfi coast. We went to Pompeii and Herculaneum as well walking on the "Path of the Gods".
Not too much water in Sorrento. Very busy area though, especially trying to drive round to the Amalfi coast. We went to Pompeii and Herculaneum as well walking on the "Path of the Gods".
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| View from the Path of the Gods |
HF were good enough to let me spend a week checking out the routes for the Munrobagging holiday, I then lead on a normal Glencoe Guided Walking week before leading the first HF Munrobagging holiday. I was lucky enough to experience 3 weeks of amazing weather. On the Munrobagging holiday we did ten Munros: Beinn Sgulaird, Stob Ghabhar, Stob a Choire Odhair, Binean Mor, Na Gruagaichean, Carn Liath, Stob Poite Coire Ardair, Creag Meagaidh, Aonach Beag and Aonach Mor. Amazing views from Colonsay to the Cairngorms.
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| Loch Leven |
I then had a week leading for HF in Dolgellau. This area around southern Snowdonia is a bit of a hidden gem. How about this for beatiful singing by the hotel staff!
Next up was a week at Adelboden in Switzerland. This is a beautiful place looking just like the traditional Chocolate Box. Once again some lovely weather. So easy to get to the walks using local cable cars as well.
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| View from our hotel balcony |
I am now writing this from Zakopane in Poland. Again, very easy to get to the walks using cable cars, chair lifts and local buses. Very busy here but so lovely to see so many Polish Working Class families out walking with their kids in the Tatra Mountains. We have had three days of good weather, if a little misty at times. It was a bit wet yesterday when we walked in Slovakia and today it has been throwing it down all day. We just went for a short walk this morning.
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| Sheltering from the rain in Tatra Mountains but still smiling |
In between I've been on a two day Outdoor First Aid Course and a couple of one day courses: Geology of Snowdon (held in pouring rain) and Mountain Flora and Fauna (another slightly damp day in the Lake District).
Dot and I also went to New Zealand in February. So a pretty amazing year so far.
