2025 - A Year in Review
This blog has been rather neglected of late. Next year I aim to redress this. For now, though, let me run you through some of last year's escapades. It has been a decent year of walking. The Wainwrights tally has beefed up somewhat, I paid another visit to the Welsh mountains, and I ticked off my first 75 mile bike ride. So buckle up my fine fellows, for an accounting of 2025's rambles. Wainwrights This year's Wainwrights tally stands at 34. An underwhelming number perhaps. Expectations always run high in those early months. Circumstances, some of my own origination, others in the lap of the Gods, have a tendency to conspire against the ideal. Still, it's several up on last year's tally. And as the list of unbagged peaks dwindles, the harder it is to bag them. I've done most of the big rounds, where peaks are-a-plenty, and a day could see close to double figures. It won't be long till I'm living off scraps. In February, I made my start at Brother's...