Camping Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/camping/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sun, 31 May 2026 14:59:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Camping Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/camping/ 32 32 2696646 Bagging Nuttalls in the Sunshine https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/bagging-nuttalls-in-the-sunshine/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/bagging-nuttalls-in-the-sunshine/#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 14:59:01 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48571 With the settled weather due to break at the weekend, I decided to make the most of it and head into the hills to bag a few more Nuttalls. Most of the local ones are already ticked off now, so it meant a longer drive, but the Black Mountains and Bannau Brycheiniog still had plenty...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/bagging-nuttalls-in-the-sunshine/feed/ 4 48571 Costa Rica Coast to Coast – Into the Interior https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/costa-rica-coast-to-coast-into-the-interior/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/costa-rica-coast-to-coast-into-the-interior/#respond Fri, 22 May 2026 07:42:33 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48425 Early Morning Stroll After a fairly relaxing night at the Rio Perlas Resort, I was up early for a wander through the grounds. Oropendola birds could be heard and seen in the trees, and the vegetation was amazing. I checked out the pools, hot tubs, and little natural lake, simply strolling around marvelling at the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/costa-rica-coast-to-coast-into-the-interior/feed/ 0 48425 Costa Rica – The Coast to Coast Adventure Begins https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/costa-rica-the-coast-to-coast-adventure-begins/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/costa-rica-the-coast-to-coast-adventure-begins/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 07:43:14 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48328 I managed to sleep a little in the hotel in Quepos, but not much. Fortunately, I’m quite used to this and function pretty well on next to no sleep, so I felt fine. We started the day with a nice breakfast, and then I pfaffed about with my bike for a while as I’d brought...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/costa-rica-the-coast-to-coast-adventure-begins/feed/ 0 48328 Completing the Affric Kintail Way https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/completing-the-affric-kintail-way/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/completing-the-affric-kintail-way/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:15:49 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48159 Day 3 Loch Affric – Morvich Vital Stats Affric Kintail Way Day 2 Distance: 16.40 miles Elevation Gain Today: 448 m Highest Elevation: 350 m Total Time: 5:50:37 Moving Time: 5:01:06 Av. Pace: 21:22 mins/mile Moving Pace: 18:22 mins/mile I slept OK in my tent again, though it took a while to drift off and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/completing-the-affric-kintail-way/feed/ 5 48159 Affric Kintail Way https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/affric-kintail-way/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/affric-kintail-way/#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:17:32 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48143 Vital Stats Affric Kintail Way Day 2 Distance: 17.44 miles Elevation Gain Today: 582 m Highest Elevation: 319 m Total Time: 6:58:38 Moving Time: 5:18:06 Av. Pace: 24:01 mins/mile Moving Pace: 18:14 mins/mile Day 2 – Cannich to Loch Affric The next day dawned with sunny spells, woodpeckers drumming in the woodlands and plenty of...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/affric-kintail-way/feed/ 0 48143 The Affric Kintail Way https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/the-affric-kintail-way/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/the-affric-kintail-way/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:56:23 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48120 Vital Stats Affric Kintail Way Day 1 Distance: 16.32 miles Elevation Gain Today: 629 m Highest Elevation: 269 m Total Time: 6:20:39 Moving Time: 5:03:16 Av. Pace: 23:19 mins/mile Moving Pace: 18:35 mins/mile Day 1: Drumnadrochit to Cannich I’ve just got back from a lovely few days hiking and camping along the Affric Kintail Way...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/the-affric-kintail-way/feed/ 2 48120 Solo Wild Camp Among the Arenigs https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/10/solo-wild-camp-among-the-arenigs/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/10/solo-wild-camp-among-the-arenigs/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:35:13 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=47148 Things seem to have been a little hectic lately, and there doesn’t seem to be much chance of that changing in the near future. But last weekend was, at least, a quiet one. With a good weather forecast, it was also a good chance to get out into the hills and tick off a few...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/10/solo-wild-camp-among-the-arenigs/feed/ 1 47148 The Hebridean Way – Stage 9 & 10: Lewis https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-9-10-lewis/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-9-10-lewis/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:02:42 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=46474 Onto Lewis After a comfortable night at the hostel and a scrambled egg on toast breakfast, I was feeling revived, clean and ready to go. So I was soon on my way, following the main road above the loch and crossing the border into Lewis. Although geographically a single landmass, Lewis and Harris are often...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-9-10-lewis/feed/ 4 46474 The Hebridean Way – Stage 7 & 8: Harris https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-7-8-harris/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-7-8-harris/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:18:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=46425 A Damp Start and the Battle with Midges It rained most of the night. I don’t get much sleep at the best of times, even at home in my own bed, but in a tent with the wind blowing and the rain lashing at the sides, there’s no hope. The wind did ease overnight though,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-7-8-harris/feed/ 1 46425 The Hebridean Way – Stage 6: North Uist and Berneray https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-6-north-uist-and-berneray/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/the-hebridean-way-stage-6-north-uist-and-berneray/#respond Tue, 05 Aug 2025 06:56:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=46392 All Alone It was all change today, as Anna would be heading home. We were, of course, up and ready to go earlier than we needed to be, but there wasn’t much point hanging around. We headed off towards Lochmaddy so that Anna could drop me off where I’d finished my walk yesterday. This time,...

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