Hill Walking Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/hill-walking/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sat, 06 Sep 2025 08:39:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Hill Walking Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/hill-walking/ 32 32 2696646 Beyond Tryfan: Bagging Y Foel Goch and Gallt yr Ogof https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/09/beyond-tryfan-bagging-y-foel-goch-and-gallt-yr-ogof/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/09/beyond-tryfan-bagging-y-foel-goch-and-gallt-yr-ogof/#respond Sat, 06 Sep 2025 08:39:29 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=46930 As far as the Welsh Nuttalls go — those peaks over 2000 ft — I’ve summited most of them in the Glyderau several times. However, Y Foel Goch and Gallt yr Ogof at the eastern end of the range had yet to be bagged. Not surprising really, as they are smaller in stature than their...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/09/beyond-tryfan-bagging-y-foel-goch-and-gallt-yr-ogof/feed/ 0 46930 Moel Siabod via the Daear Ddu Ridge: A Nuttall Worth the Climb https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/05/moel-siabod-another-nuttall/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/05/moel-siabod-another-nuttall/#comments Sat, 24 May 2025 08:05:29 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=45797 I’ve orchestrated my working life around a four-day week — the idea being that day five is for freelance work, leaving the weekend free. It used to be a 3:2 balance between contracted and freelance work, but since Covid and my heart attack, I’ve been gradually scaling back the freelance side of things. This year...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/10/moel-y-llyn/feed/ 3 36848 Climbing the Highest Mountain in Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/09/climbing-the-highest-mountain-in-wales/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/09/climbing-the-highest-mountain-in-wales/#respond Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:13:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=10992 We thought we’d introduce Morgan to the joys of hill walking at the weekend as he hasn’t really done any before and where better to start than the highest mountain in Wales. To be honest, it really is the best place to start, not only is it quite an easy climb but the fact that...

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