One morning last August I made an impromptu decision to head off to the Dales and hike up the three major peaks of Yorkshire: Pen-y-Ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside. I did so over the two days of August 20th and 21st. I’m hoping to do something similar this August but on a national rather than regional scale; the three great peaks of Great Britain: Scafell Pike, Mount Snowdon and Ben Nevis. Not in one go; my enthusiasm for doing them in 24 hours – as many people do – is non-existent. No, I shall take my time and have pencilled in the climbs for the next three Tuesdays of the month; Tuesday 14th, 21st and 28th for the mountains in England, Wales and Scotland respectively. That seems the logical way to do them, the smallest to the tallest:
- Scafell Pike (978 metres)
- Snowdon (1,085 metres)
- Ben Nevis (1,345 metres)
I’ve never hiked up any of three mountains before. The plan was to climb Scafell Pike back in 2016. I was with a friend and a group of his friends but the weather turned and we never made it to the top:
I have vague memories of making my way to the top of Snowdon as a child, on the train… I did climb Wales’ 9th highest peak, Cadair Idris in a rather memorable walk in 2016, but have yet to climb Snowdon:
And as for Ben Nevis, I’ve never done any hiking in Scotland. The nearest I have come to the mountains of Scotland is taking the train from Mallaig to Glasgow back in August 2014:
That’s the plan. It’s all subject to the weather… Watch this space for updates. They will be three micro-adventures for HikingEurope.org, not CyclingEurope.org.
(The header image is Cadair Idris in 2016.)
know we have definitely hiked Scarfell Pike and Snowdon but not sure about Ben Nevis but things have a habit of all melding together. I know there isnt a cafรฉ at the top of Ben Nevis though
Or Scafell Pike…