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sdb wanderings: June 2015
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Friday, June 26, 2015. As Tucas Custom Down Quilt - First Look. I have new Gear! First look at the As Tucas Down Quilt. The inherent design flaw with down sleeping bags is that all the insulation underneath you is compressed by your body weight to a degree where it loses all thermal efficiency. This squashed down is essentially dead weight. The idea behind a quilt is to eliminate this dead weight and instead use the insulating properties of the mat to protect you from the cold ground. This particular qui...
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sdb wanderings: January 2015
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Friday, January 30, 2015. A Winter Hike in the Coniston Fells. Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston. 88 miles (14.2km). 2861 feet (872 meters). 6 and 1/2 hours. Map of the route. Click to zoom. A 5 minute video of the day. Sun rise from the walna scar road. Looking towards Wetherlam . And the Old Man of Coniston under cloud. The onwards path: It's a shame to make foot prints in there - so I didn't! The Brown Pike to Dow Crag ridge. The Old Man of Coniston. On the ascent of Brown Pike. A 'glimpse' of Blind Tarn.
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sdb wanderings: August 2015
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Sunday, August 23, 2015. The View from Scafell Pike Summit - Dissected. There is no doubt about it. The view from England's highest mountain is really quite something. Unfortunately the summit is more often under cloud than not and so if you are one of the thousands of folk every year who manage to climb Scafell Pike only to find yourself cruelly robbed of a summit view (been there and bought the T-Shirt . many times! Best viewed on a big screen. Location: Scafell Pike, Seascale, Cumbria CA20, UK. From h...
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sdb wanderings: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015. The tarp is the ' solo tarp. From backpackinglight.co.uk. It is 9 foot x 5 foot silnylon, weighs 278 grams and has lots of attachment loops around the perimeter (16 in total) plus the 2 lifter points. Here are a few videos of the bivvy (and tarp in 2 of them) set up in the Lake District mountains. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Subscribe by email and never miss a post. High Street from Mardale Head and 2 Tales of Woe! The Tarptent Scarp 1 Tent - An Opinion.
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sdb wanderings: Upper Eskdale : In the Land of Giants
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Friday, August 7, 2015. Upper Eskdale : In the Land of Giants. 30th and 31st July 2015. Jubilee Bridge, Eskdale. Scafell Pike, Lingmell, Scafell, Slight Side. The Route: anticlockwise form Jubilee Bridge (bottom right). Wandering around upper Eskdale is a humbling experience. This area, more than any other in the Lake District has a feeling of true wilderness, making you feel small and insignificant amongst the giants of the Cumbrian fells. The lower Eskdale valley. Scafell Pike and Ill Crag. Great Moss ...
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Lee's Outdoor Blog: January 2016
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Tuesday, 19 January 2016. Lake District Wild Camp 14/1/16. December had been a frustrating month; plans of numerous icy and clear-skied wildcamps had been left shredded by the numerous storms which had battered the UK. Fast forward to the third week in January and things were looking up, a cold snap had hit the North and winds had eased greatly. After finding a space to park I set off along the narrow road towards Hallin Fell. Snow graced the tops of the bigger Fells and it was pleasantly fresh out'.
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Lee's Outdoor Blog: August 2015
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015. Lake District Wild Camp 7-8/6/15. Route: Wasdale Head-Yewbarrow-Red Pike (Wasdale)-Scoat Fell-Steeple-Haycock-Wasdale Head. The last couple of months had flown by and I was keen to get back to my favourite wildcamping destination. After a fair amount of planning I'd decided on a week in the Lakes which would involve two wildcamps, separated by a bed and breakfast stop (Lingmell House) in between to freshen up. Bell Rib on Yewbarrow. Middle Fell, Seatallan and Dropping Crag.
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Lee's Outdoor Blog: April 2016
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Saturday, 30 April 2016. Lake District Wild Camp (pictures only) 27-28/4/16. Another great trip in the books and despite some extremely varied conditions; one I couldn't blog about (yet again). Due to some communication problems I spent a lot of time waiting for a friend, which doesn't make for great material. Enjoy the photographs and I'll be back with another blog soon enough ;). An approaching hail storm. Place Fell summit and trig point. Milky Way over Place Fell summit. Brothers Water and beyond.
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Lee's Outdoor Blog: May 2014
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Monday, 26 May 2014. Lake District Wild Camp 23-24/5/14. The plan was to crack seven Wainrights in a day, in order of ascent they consisted of: Loft Crag, Pike of Stickle, Harrison Stickle, Thunacar Knott, High Raise, Sergeant Man and finally Pavey Ark. I didn't really have a plan for the second day aside from checking out Easedale and Codale Tarns. The weather forecast looked pretty grim at best! I was tested with steep sided gullies, thin ledges and loose rock. As I neared the top, the rocky gullies ch...
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Lee's Outdoor Blog: December 2014
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Sunday, 14 December 2014. North York Moors 'Mini' Wild Camp 12/12/14. I decided not to blog about this trip as it was just a case of trekking out into the middle of nowhere and taking a few night sky shots, had I covered more distance or been out there for a couple of nights I definitely would have added more. Enjoy the shots :). Looking down over Kay Nest. Wild Country Sololite under the stars. The morning after a bitterly cold night. All packed up and ready to depart. Tuesday, 9 December 2014. The lack...
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