Hills Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/hills/ 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 Hills Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/hills/ 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 Three Nuttalls and a Friday Well Spent https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/three-nuttalls-and-a-friday-well-spent/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/three-nuttalls-and-a-friday-well-spent/#respond Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:35:48 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48247 I only work part-time, four days a week, with Fridays as my day off. It’s fairly easy, though, to accidentally get sucked into some work on a Friday, so it’s best to have a plan to get out of the house and do something. With the forecast looking like a cracker, I decided to make...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/04/three-nuttalls-and-a-friday-well-spent/feed/ 0 48247 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/2025/05/moel-siabod-another-nuttall/feed/ 2 45797 Bagging Nuttalls around Crieglyn Dyfi https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/09/bagging-nuttalls-around-crieglyn-dyfi/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/09/bagging-nuttalls-around-crieglyn-dyfi/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:44:29 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=43510 Nuttalls Bagged This Trip Pen yr Allt Uchaf – 630 m Gwaun Lydan – 632 m Llechwedd Du – 614 m Esgeiriau Gwynion – 671 m Foel Rhudd – 659 m Foel Hafod-fynydd – 689 m Erw Ddafad-ddu – 872 m Aran Fawddwy – 905 m Gwaun y Llwyni – 685 m Waun Camddwr –...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/09/bagging-nuttalls-around-crieglyn-dyfi/feed/ 1 43510 Machynlleth to Tre Ddol – Wild Camping https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/machynlleth-to-tre-ddol-wild-camping/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/machynlleth-to-tre-ddol-wild-camping/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:54:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=41992 With a new rucksack to try out, and what looked like a break in the weather I decided to head off on a wild-camping adventure on Monday. I don’t officially work on Mondays or Tuesdays, but often end up doing so, especially if I’m at home. A couple of days in the hills would mean...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/machynlleth-to-tre-ddol-wild-camping/feed/ 1 41992 Surf ‘n’ Turf https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/surf-n-turf/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/surf-n-turf/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:45:54 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=41923 This may be showing my age, but the University tagline used to be ‘Where the Mountains Meet the Sea’. It’s always nice therefore to have a day where I manage to get in the sea and then head off into the hills. Things have been a little quiet here since we returned from holiday. Anna...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/surf-n-turf/feed/ 1 41923 A Jaunt in the Hills https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/01/a-jaunt-in-the-hills/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/01/a-jaunt-in-the-hills/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:20:11 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=41605 The weather may have been terrible lately, but the New Year dawned slightly better. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it was nice, but it wasn’t raining and there was a stiff breeze rather than a raging gale. A small window for me to get out in the hills. It looked as though it...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/01/a-jaunt-in-the-hills/feed/ 0 41605 Craig Las https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/12/craig-las/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/12/craig-las/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:38:20 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=41526 Seeing as I’m supposed to be on annual leave this week I thought I should make the most of it and get out in the hills whatever the weather. That may well have been a mistake! Monday was just about as wet as it can get. Wales is usually fairly wet, but this was off-the-scale...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/12/craig-las/feed/ 1 41526 A Stroll in the Hills https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/12/a-stroll-in-the-hills/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/12/a-stroll-in-the-hills/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:41:37 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=41424 It’s not all about the highest peaks and the most difficult terrain, sometimes it’s nice just to get out for a stroll in the hills as well. Especially when recovering from a major bout of lurgy. So, that’s what I did on Tuesday this week as it looked like the nicest day of the week....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/12/a-stroll-in-the-hills/feed/ 0 41424 Waun Oer and Beyond. https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/12/waun-oer-and-beyond/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/12/waun-oer-and-beyond/#comments Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:09:26 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=41413 The lurgy wasn’t completely behind me, but having had a stroll on the beach the day before I decided it was time to head out into the hills on Friday. I had a day’s annual leave booked and didn’t want to waste it. I wasn’t really up to anything too strenuous though so decided an...

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