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Ingleborough was the nearest ‘proper’ mountain to my childhood home and the first over 2,000 feet that I ever climbed. I was twelve years of age and took the bus to Ingleton one very wet winter Sunday. I didn’t see a thing all day and my primitive waterproofs were wholly inadequate, yet the sodden experience … Read more
Ben Lawers is the friendly face of 4,000-foot mountains, rising proudly above the shimmering waters of Loch Tay and set in a softer landscape than the rockier or more remote giants to the north. With the option of a high starting point and a gently graded path, the ascent might just feel a little like … Read more
The two historic routes to the Isle Skye, through Glen Shiel and Glenfinnan demark a vast, remote mountain landscape penetrated by just two minor roads, both abruptly terminated by the fabled Rough Bounds of Knoydart. Amongst this wilderness are twenty-eight Munros with Sgurr na Ciche claiming first place in altitude and Gleouraich a close second. … Read more
Snowdon is majestic in its glacially sculpted profile, exuding undisputed dominance as the fundamental nucleus of the national park that bears its name. The mountain well deserves its plaudits and is all things to all people, a multifaceted giant, friendly in benign conditions to all abilities, yet with a ferocious reserve for those who stray … Read more
Pen y Fan is the highest point in South Wales and a mecca for its denizens, with two million people living within an hour’s drive of the national park and seemingly born with the innate desire to stand on its top. The mountain also attracts walkers from far and wide, the National Trust now estimating … Read more
Mam Tor is a social media phenomenon, although most of the 700,000 visitors who stand upon the summit every year have no knowledge of the geologically complex and historically significant land beneath their feet. The hill may be the focal point of Derbyshire’s Great Ridge, although many do not progress beyond Mam Tor’s trig point, … Read more
Hill tops are fascinating places, often being adorned with fine cairns, monuments and, very frequently, trig pillars. Such structures can provide significant narratives in the chronicles of a mountain adding one of the many aspects of human interaction with the heights. In this feature we are going to explore trig points, or Triangulation Stations, which … Read more
Kinder Scout is a table top mountain, supporting a vast upland moorland plateau that forms the highest point in the Peak District at 2087ft (636m) from which, quite bizarrely, the skyscrapers of Manchester are clearly visible. Conversely, Kinder is three times taller than the city’s loftiest skyscraper and considerably more extensive, exerting an enticing presence … Read more
On the face of it the Clwydian Hills have a lot going for them. The range extends in an attractive, defined ridge for twenty miles from close to the North Wales coast, running south towards Llantysilio Mountain above Llangollen. The highest point reaches a respectable 1818 feet (554m) and the views possess pleasing variety. It … Read more
NOTE: As the website continued to develop this category became increasingly akward to reconcile and it has been dispensed with to simplfy the Worthies ethos. The post is left below, untouched, purely as it was part of the “Project Development”. There are plenty of hills that will be excluded from the prime list of Worthies, … Read more