Was thankfully easier than I thought, definitely worth the 3am start to beat the crowds. Just don’t be an idiot and do it on no sleep like I did 🤦‍♂️

Ps: saw some massive goats, wouldn’t tangle with those while on the ridge 🤣

It’s been on my bucket list for a long time to do a sunrise hike and Snowdon didn’t disappoint.

Was too cloudy at the summit unfortunately to get the sunrise there but waited it out and was lucky enough to catch it as we descended.

Definitely worth the 2am start and am already planning the next one.

Just need to get a tent box now or move..🤭

Just love being in the mountains ❤️

I’ve always wanted to go hiking but my friends are not into it at all. I’ve always wanted to go but I’ve never acted on it waiting on my friends to change their minds. I’m the only person that likes the outdoors. Is it pretty safe to go alone F26. Have any women on here been alone, if so any recommendations

I’m at a point where I can’t be bothered to wait anymore

I was wondering if I can get away with carrying equipment of this sort in my carry on . I’m flying to Geneva with the view of rock climbing in the area and need to bring my clip stick (looks and behaves just like a hiking pole hence posting here )

Thanks !

Had my first go up Cadair Idris last week and took a film camera with me. Cold and foggy most of the way round but it all opened up in the last hour so managed to get a few nice photos.

Canon A1, 28mm 2.8 with HP5 pushed 2 stops for all the film nerds out there!

I do most of my hikes with a friend, and he's been absolutely fine with them all from a prep/fitness point of view, but is a bit nervous about exposed sections.

I did Crib Goch in May, so I'm a lot more comfortable, and know what to look for regarding weather conditions, etc, and I'm happy changing plans when necessary.

We do most of our hikes in the peaks, and I feel like the dragons back could be a brilliant route for us, and potentially a way to add a bit of confidence with exposure for my mate without anything too nerve-wracking.

But as I've not been, I don't know this for certain, it's hard to judge these things from photos.

So my questions are:

1. Just how exposed is it?

2. Are there any escapes in case it becomes too much? Just to help psychologically more than anything.

Cheers!

Last weekend’s trip to the lakes with my partner. Three days of walking and two nights camping. We were extremely lucky with the weather which just about made my morning dip on day 3 bearable (pic 4). Couldn’t go out west without a trip on the La’al Ratty of course.

Day 1 we hiked from Ambleside over Loughrigg and through the Langdale valley up to the base of Esk Pike. Day 2 up Scaffel Pike then back along Esk Pike and Bowfell before descending into Eskdale. Day 3 was an easier one, walking down past Tongue Pot and then looped out to Stanley Ghyll waterfall before finishing at the Woolpack Inn for a night of comparative luxury. Day 1 and Scaffel pike were extremely busy as you’d expect but after that we barely a saw a soul until we reached Tongue Pot.

This was an excellent trip, despite being from Cumbria I’d never been up Scaffel pike before or walked in Eskdale.

Very tough day yesterday walking over 18 miles carrying a heavy pack with camping gear in it. Phone got down to 15% so I got out my power bank to find it wouldn’t switch on. Stopped in a pub in the next village and they very kindly charged my phone for me. Thought it would be rude not to have a pint while I was waiting, which turned out to be a mistake because ale did not mix well with my empty and dehydrated body - threw up about 10 minutes back onto the trail. Purging the toxins from my body seemed to give me a second wind and powered me up the majestic Old Winchester Hill, a huge earthen dome topped with round barrows. Ended up in a race against time to the campsite against an oncoming rain storm and literally got pitched 2 minutes before the deluge started. Onwards this morning up Butser Hill, the highest point on the South Downs, then noticeably busy with bank holiday family days out descending down through Queen Elizabeth Country Park. Finally stumbled into Petersfield to get the train home and haven’t moved for the last 2 and a half hours. 10/10 would recommend

7 days, Edale to Hardraw.

Are these boots still okay? Can the cracks be saved with good shoe polish?

Hi everyone, some of my family has been thinking of going on a Seven Sisters hike, I would love to go and I am fine with walking I can walk for a long time I’m just quite worried about the surface, the unevenness, I’m a little bad with steep uphill and steep down hill I’m not incapable of doing it but I do have to hold someone’s arm/ railing lightly when I walk up/down stairs etc. My question is just how steep it is I’ve got a bad left knee I just don’t want to burden anyone.

Hi! Never been to South Wales ans looking for a good two-day hike ideally without meeting too many people.

I'll be starting in Cardiff around midday and would like to end up in the same place in the afternoon the next day (I'm very aware of the legal situation around wild camping in England and Wales, so I'll make sure to pitch late and leave early!).

My current plan is to take a train then bus to Brynamman, then spend the night somewhere suitable and finish the next morning, then bus and train from Glyntawe back to Cardiff.

Is anyone familiar with the area? Any tips for the route? Will it be very boggy with the rain over the last week? Are there usually people around? How reliable are the busses out there? I'd be very grateful for any tips!

We (Australians) are going to GB to do some hiking in October: South Downs, Gloucester, Brecon Beacons. Wet weather gear is high in my list of packing considerations, but I have two other areas of ignorance: midges and caring for raincoats.

I know the UK has lots of midges. Is that going to be an issue in October, or is it too cold for them to be an issue?

I lived and hiked in the US pacific north west for a couple of years, an area which is renowned for wet weather, and I have reasonably good wet weather hiking gear that I used back then (10 years ago), but I've seen people talking about "caring" for their raincoats. I'm accustomed to regularly applying wax to my boots, but coats, too? Do you just mean reapplying waterproofing and checking the seams, or do you mean something else?

I'm hiking this route in September, does anybody who has done this route have advice on footwear? It's a long day so I was hoping to wear trail shoes (Topo Ultraventures) but I wasn't sure if this was a route better done in hiking boots. Would trail shoes be fine?

Thanks all, we decided to postpone this for now and go somewhere that doesn't require as much initial transport!

Hello,

My friend and I who are somewhat new to hiking want to start somewhere in the dales, follow the dales way and end up in Windermere over 2 days.

We're struggling quite a bit to understand whether this is doable or not! Longest we've ever walked is 13 miles, and the route I'm finding that starts in Sedbergh is 18 miles to Staveley, then on day 2 from Staveley to Windermere another 7 miles.

While we believe we can walk it, it's really hard to find transport to get to Segbergh in the first place. Has anyone done this before? Are we thinking about it the wrong way, should we start/end somewhere else?

Hi everyone, I was thinking of heading up to Helvellyn's summit via Fairfield someday next week (Monday may be the best option with current weather forecasts, though I'm visiting through until Friday). My question primarily relates to the descent from Fairfield down to Grisedale Tarn.

Has anyone travelled down that way before, and if so, how steep is it and what's the grip level? I have some good boots (Lowa Renegade) and have been up Helvellyn before, but not via this route.

I'd also be curious whether anyone has any thoughts regarding the route up to Fairfield from Ambleside and how boggy/ slippery it might be off the back of the rain forecast this weekend. Not been up that way before.

The image shows my current proposed route.

Many thanks!

Been planning this hike all summer and of course it will rain tomorrow. I’m driving up from the south this afternoon and I’m planning on starting the challenge early morning 5:30. The forecast looks okish on the met website, with rain expected in the afternoon, but for today there are several yellow warnings, including thunderstorms.

I have decent waterproofs (20000mm), windbreaker, fleece and a baselayer hoodie, a poncho for redundancy if it gets really bad, but I won’t take gtx shoes, only water resistant, very likely will get those soaked and just cycle through dry socks every now and then.

I haven’t hiked in very wet weather before, any advice? Is the terrain marshy, muddy when it rains? Much appreciated.

Hey all,

I’m planning on doing a 12mile Kinder Scout - Mam Tor circular tomorrow (Saturday 29th), it my first time In the Peak District.

ChatGPT has told me it’s going to be unsafe tomorrow due to the rain, but when I look the rain forecast it’s not extreme - does anyone know if there is something about this route that will make it exceptionally unsafe tomorrow?

Naturally, I will be wearing water proofs, hiking shoes, poles etc etc.

EDIT: Just wanted to add as it wasn’t clear, I use ChatGPT to manage my calendar and as part of that it regularly gives me updates that might impact my calendar (eg train cancellations, weather etc). They’re not always accurate, but equally they have helped me re-plan a number of times when it has flagged genuine issues.

I don’t use it to plan my hikes, but on this occasion it gave a very extreme warning, beyond what I expected given the weather forecast & route and wanted to check with Humans that there was nothing I had overlooked.

8 moody miles behind langsett reservoir, had the moors all to myself yesterday morning

Wow this stretch of the path is brutal…proceed with caution!

The guide books did warn me that this section was strenuous, but I wasn’t expecting to be scaling rocks for the majority of the walk. The path just disappears at many points (see photo)

To add insult to injury, it took around 9 hours, 17 miles, and 42,000 steps. No shade, no facilities (not even a pub 😭)

Did anyone else find this section particularly difficult?