Monthly Archives: September 2019

Avalanche Awareness

Posted on September 30, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

As the first snow is forecast on the mountains this week it’s worth discussing Avalanche Awareness. Most Mountaineers have all the gear all costing so much cash but few spend money on Avalanche Awareness training. I would advise every winter … Continue reading →

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Ardmair a wonderful setting by the sea and the mountains. This week snow is forecast for the mountains

Posted on September 30, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

I am so lucky my Grandkids are in Scotland and up and they were up for the Festival at Ullapool staying at Ardmair Point caravan and campsite. What a location that is. The sea the small Isles and the mountains … Continue reading →

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Helping out with Alzheimer’s suffers.

Posted on September 29, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

There is a lot being spoken about Alzheimer’s and the effect on the person and their family. One way you can help those who were involved in the mountains is through speaking to those who are suffering and loved the … Continue reading →

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Tom Patey – One Man’s Mountains.

Posted on September 27, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

I head up to the North West to Ullapool this weekend. Ullapool is a gateway to the promised land. It was and is a place of incredible beauty and wildness a place I love. It was the home of a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts

Posted on September 26, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

It’s funny I get great photos from folks on the hills, climbing, walking and on the sea in the wild places. I love seeing them. I do not get out so much but treasure every day despite that it takes … Continue reading →

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The Film the Dawn Wall – El Capitan an incredible story.

Posted on September 25, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

Last night I watched The Dawn Wall with Yvette my stepdaughter her choice it was an incredible story and to me easily as good as the recent Mountaineering film Free Solo. The Dawn Wall is an account Of Tommy Caldwell … Continue reading →

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Memories of Wales – The 14 peaks – grand days out on the rock and ice.

Posted on September 21, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

After visiting Wales on a Golfing trip last week it got me thinking of my great days on the hills and climbing in Wales. It was the late 70’s I had just come from Scotland from up in the North … Continue reading →

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Great time in Wales

Posted on September 21, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

I have been away in North Wales golfing for 5 days. No hills for me sadly no time to visit pals who live locally but we had great weather. I was very lucky to spend 3 years in North Wales … Continue reading →

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Wales – memories of a wild savage weekend in the Cairngorms.

Posted on September 17, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

It’s good being back in Wales where I am down golfing for a few days. We bumped into Pete a Climbing instructor from the Navy at Llandudno golf club. I had not seen Pete since the mid 80’s. He worked … Continue reading →

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Beach Clean up at Hopeman East Beach.

Posted on September 15, 2019 by heavywhalley.MBE

You can tell she is back my Stepdaughter Yvette only a few days after returning home from the far South she was organising a Beach Clean on our local Hopeman Beach. This is where she grew up and loves this … Continue reading →

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