Scrambling Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/scrambling/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:16:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Scrambling Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/scrambling/ 32 32 2696646 Seniors Gully and Seniors Ridge https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/seniors-gully-and-seniors-ridge/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/seniors-gully-and-seniors-ridge/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:15:53 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=46877 After weeks of wall-to-wall sunshine and prolonged drought, Rhys and I had planned a day in the hills to tackle a couple of scrambles on the Idwal slabs. Typically, we somehow managed to pick the only day with rain forecast — not just the day, but the exact few hours! Still, it was in the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/seniors-gully-and-seniors-ridge/feed/ 1 46877 Mountain of the Gods – Ascending Mount Olympus https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/06/mountain-of-the-gods-ascending-mount-olympus/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/06/mountain-of-the-gods-ascending-mount-olympus/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:51:25 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=42961 After a long day travelling from the UK to Thessaloniki and then to Litochoro and finally Prionia, Rhys and I were ready to start our ascent of Mount Olympus. At 2918 m Mount Olympus, part of the Olympus massif, is the highest mountain in Greece. It sits within the Olympus National Park which encompasses an...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/06/mountain-of-the-gods-ascending-mount-olympus/feed/ 1 42961 Bryant’s Gulley https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/06/bryants-gulley/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/06/bryants-gulley/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:28:26 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39642 Rhys and I headed up to North Wales to scramble up Bryant’s Gulley earlier in the week. After 4 weeks of bone dry, sunny weather there was some rain the night before. Not loads but the guidebook starts by saying: The route is ideal on a warm spring or summer’s day after a prolonged period...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/06/bryants-gulley/feed/ 1 39642 Action Packed Work Day https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/04/action-packed-work-day/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/04/action-packed-work-day/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:42:33 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39253 After an evening surf session at Ynyslas on Tuesday, it was back at work on Wednesday following our trip to the Isle of Man. Being back at work didn’t stop me having some fun though. Estuary Windsurfing I started the day with an early morning windsurf session in the estuary. Funnily enough, at 6:30am there...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/04/action-packed-work-day/feed/ 0 39253 A New Ridge – The Nantlle Ridge https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/a-new-ridge-the-nantlle-ridge/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/a-new-ridge-the-nantlle-ridge/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:11:51 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39051 After paddling a new river on Sunday, I had planned to walk a new ridge on Monday. I’d been a little under the weather with a cold on Sunday, the kayaking didn’t really help matters but it had been fairly relaxed so I don’t think it did any harm. I was still full of cold...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/a-new-ridge-the-nantlle-ridge/feed/ 1 39051 ‘Baldly’ Scrambling on Tryfan https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/baldly-scrambling-on-tryfan/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/baldly-scrambling-on-tryfan/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:52:56 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37912 The photos I posted with my last blog post about our scramble on Tryfan and Bristly Ridge earlier in the week were the ones that I took. They were therefore mainly of the scenery and of Rhys. Rhys has now sent me the ones he took which are also of the scenery, but also of...

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