Category: Mountains and hills

October 14, 2018

Smiles and miles: a few tips for taking small children up mountains

'Mum, Mum, Mum, can you look after my rock parrot, please?'

August 23, 2018

Cader Idris and a lot of fog

Sitting at the very top of a mountain in thick fog with two exhausted children gave me a moment's reflection.

August 18, 2018

Big Old Fanny: Fan y Big (it’s a hill!)

Lovely, child-friendly walk (in good weather).

August 16, 2018

Corn Du and Pen y Fan (easy walk for children)

A quick hello from South Wales.

Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon – Miners’ path with 3 children (and I fall in love with Glaslyn)

Absolutely, completely brilliant.

September 18, 2017

Back down from the mountain

In which I run like a gazelle. Or something.

August 24, 2017

Llyn Idwal — a mountain lake swim and an ideal walk for a six-year-old

Beautiful.

August 23, 2017

Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon – Part 3: The Llanberis path and Hafod Eryri

This, perhaps, was happiness.

August 22, 2017

Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon – Part 2: the prep and clobber involved in taking children up hills (and my kit list)

Sort of ready.

August 21, 2017

Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon – Part 1: do I take my children up?

Trying to decide whether to take my children up their first mountain.

August 20, 2017

Adventuring again

Eeeee-aiiii-addddio...