Category: Trips
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Yorkshire Dales
Originally planned for October, our third day walk took us to the Yorkshire Dales, God’s own country. I’m hoping for snow but I doubt it will. As we are now in the winter months, head-torches are now required in case we get caught out in the dark. Full waterproofs are also essential, and don’t forget…
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Crianlarich 04/11/22 – 07/11/22
For our second weekend trip of the year, we made the most of reading week to spend 3 days in Scotland. Crianlarich is in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, nestled nicely amongst the mountains. On Saturday, we summited two munros: Beinn Tulaichean and Cruach Ardrain. We took a break from the munros on…
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Hadrian’s Wall
Although we had intended to be in the Yorkshire Dales this weekend, coach difficulties meant we ended up in sunny Northumberland. Despite the change of plan, we still had a lot of fun. We got the train to Bardon Mill in the morning, from where we walked along Hadrian’s Wall, via the most photographed tree…
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Blencathra 07/10/22 – 09/10/22
For our first weekend trip of the year, we went to the North-Eastern Lake District to take on Blencathra. We made our way to The White Horse Inn on the Friday night, stopping off in Penrith for dinner. When we arrived, we got settled in and prepared for the days of walking to come. Saturday…
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Braithwaite
Our first day trip of the year took us to sunny Braithwaite. Blessed with good weather, our three routes explored Grisedale Pike and Whinlatter Forest. The short walk was 6km, taking in the forest and summitting Seat How. Medium conquered Grisedale Pike and Hopegill Head in an 11km round trip, while our longest walk continued…
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Semester 1 2022/23
Semester 1 was a great success! Thank you to everyone who joined us in the hills and on the socials, we all had buckets of fun and hope you did too! Here’s to a successful second semester.
Newcastle University Fellwalking Society 