Mountains Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/mountains/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:02:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Mountains Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/mountains/ 32 32 2696646 Tryfan in the Drizzle https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/06/tryfan-in-the-drizzle/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/06/tryfan-in-the-drizzle/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2021 06:57:56 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36548 It’s been a while since I’ve been in the hills, and even longer since I’ve been there with other people. It was therefore nice to get out with the ‘Aber Sport & Exercise Science’ crew for a scramble up Tryfan on Wednesday. It had been arranged for a while and I’d booked a day off...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/06/tryfan-in-the-drizzle/feed/ 2 36548 Trekking in the High Atlas of Morocco – A Mount Toubkal mini-Adventure https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/10/trekking-in-the-high-atlas-of-morocco-a-mount-toubkal-mini-adventure/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/10/trekking-in-the-high-atlas-of-morocco-a-mount-toubkal-mini-adventure/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:24:49 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=31096 Wow! I don’t say wow very often, but ‘Wow’, what a weekend that was! A crazy weekend in Morocco visiting the markets of Marrakech and magnificent mountains of the High Atlas, with a sunrise summit of the highest peak, Mount Toubkal, at 4167m. Things started fairly frantically on Thursday afternoon while Anna was heading back...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/10/trekking-in-the-high-atlas-of-morocco-a-mount-toubkal-mini-adventure/feed/ 6 31096 Kayaking and Camping at Llyn Geirionydd https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/kayaking-camping-llyn-geirionydd/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/kayaking-camping-llyn-geirionydd/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:16:11 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24472 It would have been nice to continue my Coast Path Run on Saturday, but the Colwyn Bay Blast had finished my legs off for the day so there was to be none of that running malarkey. I’d been invited to join the Dyffryn Conwy Paddlers on Sunday though for a kayaking session at Llyn Geirionydd in...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/kayaking-camping-llyn-geirionydd/feed/ 0 24472 Volcanic Runs, Lake Taupo and Hot River Bathing – New Zealand Day 15 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/volcanic-runs-lake-taupo-and-hot-river-bathing-new-zealand-day-15/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/volcanic-runs-lake-taupo-and-hot-river-bathing-new-zealand-day-15/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:41:31 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11599 Day 15 of our trip to New Zealand started early for me – There’s nothing unusual there, most days start early for me and when in such a beautiful place I want to make the most of it by grabbing every hour that I can. I started off by going out for a run whilst...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/volcanic-runs-lake-taupo-and-hot-river-bathing-new-zealand-day-15/feed/ 2 11599 Kiwis, Caves and Snow-Capped Volcanoes – New Zealand Day 14 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/kiwis-caves-and-show-capped-volcanoes-new-zealnd-day-14/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/kiwis-caves-and-show-capped-volcanoes-new-zealnd-day-14/#respond Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:55:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11556 It’s Monday and we are still having the holiday of a lifetime in New Zealand. We awake to a damp drizzly day in Otorohanga, have a shower and breakfast in Camp Kiwi and then take the 30 second walk to the Kiwi House. The Kiwi House We are the first ones in and are treated...

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