Just in from a lovely day out on the fells, guiding long-time client and friend Richard, with Nick and Julia up Gowbarrow. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk #walkingthewainwrights #wainwrights #lakedistrict

Clouds rolling over High Street yesterday. #walkingthewainwrights #lakedistrict #fareasternfells

Well, that's another very successful day and night on the hill. We have a brand new Mountain Leader in our midst! A massive Congratulations to Ed for pulling it all together on his ML reassessment. A brilliant result. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/qualifications

Hardly any breeze on the hill today, but the lovely aspen (Populus tremula - the 'tremulous poplar' or 'trembling poplar') just couldn't stop itself from having a little shimmy!

Lovely colours on the hill this afternoon. Nice to see a few yellows still hanging on with the flowers - yellow saxifrage, ladies mantle and bog asphodel, but the pink of the roseroot leaves and the quaking shimmery-ness of the aspen stole the show!

A couple of places have become available on our Mountain Leader assessment courses this autumn. These courses were full, and it would be great to get them full again. Please let your ML trainee friends know. Thanks. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/mountain-lea...

BBC News - Black grouse breed on North York Moors for first time since 1840s - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our Mountain Leader availability for the rest of the year... grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/mountain-lea... grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/mountain-lea...

1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️ Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology

Storms clearing over Fairfield and St. Sunday Crag yesterday. #fairfield #wainwrights #lakedistrict

A lovely low rainbow after the deluge today below Boredale Hause. #lakedistrict #wainwrights #wainwrightbagging #walkingthewainwrights #rainbow

Smiles and hugs in the rain today from our very happy candidate Ginette who got a well deserved Pass on her Hill and Moorland Leader. Massive congratulations Ginette from all the team at Graham Uney Mountaineering! grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/qualifications

A view from Sphinx Ridge on The Napes. Which Wainwrights do you recognise in this photo? #walkingthewainwrights #wainwrights #walking #lakedistrict

How many Wainwrights do you recognise in this photo from Great Gable, taken on our way down on Tuesday? #walking #wainwrights #walkingthewainwrights

Good to be back working on Great Gable yesterday, guiding Alan and Sean on a link up of classic scrambles. Threading the Needle, Sphinx Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge. A brilliant day of mountaineering. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/guided-scram... #lakedistrict #mountaineering #scrambling #greatgable

Sadly, I've just deleted my 'beaver' post from France. I made a mistake in my enthusiasm. Turns out they were coypu. Sorry folks. But thanks to @ursus-spelaeus.bsky.social for correcting me.

Les Diablerets today. #suisse #switzerland #mountains

#fingerpostfriday A few from today's walk around the Tour de l'Argentine in Switzerland.

Before I start posting a load of dull landscape photos from the Tour de l'Argentine today 🤣🤣🤣 here are a few other beauties I saw today. One of them I'd never even heard of before today, and there were hundreds of them. Can you guess which? Chalkhill Blue. Damon Blue. Clouded Yellow. Wart-biter.

And another nice haul of Swiss flora and fauna today on Mont d'Or. Mountain Avens. False Medlar (aka Dwarf Whitebeam). Transalpine Burnet Moth on a Masterwort. Daphne berries. #wildflowers #nature #flora #fauna #suisse #switzerland #vaud #prealpes

A change of plan for me today. I was intending on climbing Pic Chaussy from Col de Mosses. However there was a threat of thunderstorms mid afternoon. So instead I headed for Mont d'Or for a very quick up and down. Oh! And the rain started ten minutes from the car. #suisse #mountains #switzerland

A few Alpine wildflowers from today. Masterwort. Monkshood. Alpine Gentian. Dwarf Eyebright. #switzerland #wildflowers

On the summit of La Para today. #switzerland

On the final slopes of La Para today. #switzerland

Setting out from Col du Pillon towards La Para today! #switzerland

Currently enjoying the sunshine on my way up La Para. Difficult navigation!

A gorgeous morning climbing Le Chasseron in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland. #suisse #mountains #switzerland

And away... #dovertocalais #roadtrip #alps #suisse

Just home from a grand couple of days working down in Worcestershire on our Lowland Leader assessment course with Vikki Hughes. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/lowland-lead...

When this came out I was on my way to the Lake District! @grahamuney.bsky.social talks about mountaineering, being an author, life as a Felltop Assessor, and more specifically Scafell Pike - the subject of his Mountain Walks book @vertebratepub.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/567457/episo...

Back up in the Highlands for a #fingerpostfriday from me...

The view up The Slugain.

It's a long way along the Slugain, but worth every footstep. Last night we camped high on Beinn a' Bhuird after an evening on the summit of Ben Avon. #scottishhighlands #munros #mountains #scotland @sharonkennedy.bsky.social

Carn an Tuirc, Tolmount, Tom Buidhe and Cairn of Claise gave four Munros yesterday, with Tolmount and Tom Buidhe being new to us both. It was also a day for golden eagles, red deer, mountain hares, dragonflies and alpine azalea! Fabulous. #scotland #scottishhighlands #munros #mountains

On Sgairneach Mhor and Beinn Udlamain the other day with @sharonkennedy.bsky.social. #munros #scotland #mountains

A fine day of sunshine, showers, gale force winds and bog. Actually mostly bog. Great fun with Sharon Kennedy on Carn Dearg above Newtonmore, and a new Munro for me (Sharon did it solo a couple of winters ago). #munros #scottishhighlands #scotland #mountains

The Power and the Glory. Just driven up to the Highlands. #scotland #scottishhighlands

Resharing this old piece for a new audience. Guinness World Records is losing credibility in adventure sports - awarding dubious records, demoting trailblazers like Messner, and pushing commercial stunts over real feats. explorersweb.com/guinness-wor...

Well done to all on completing their Hill and Moorland Leader assessment last weekend! #hills #moorland #hml #hillandmoorlandleader #hiking #walking HML training courses here grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/hill-moorlan...

A visit to the Hoffman Kiln this afternoon #yorkshire #settle #history #industry

Rock climbing this morning at Castleberg Crag with @sharonkennedy.bsky.social #rockclimbing #climbing #yorkshire #settle #yorkshirelimestone

What matter the risk to all wild birds when it's up against a small minority who like to shoot pheasants? Selfishness & abhorrent 'sport' gone mad.

It's so good being a part of a climber's progression. Today it was up into the mountains where clients Alison led all pitches of the classic Corvus on Raven Crag. A brilliant day out. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/guided-rock-... #rockclimbing

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Just home from running a Contour Masterclass for members of the Mountain Training Association. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/refresher-cp...

Good morning from Burnbanks

Meg's favourite place to be. Nestled at my feet. Bless.

I'm so pleased with our new Graham Uney Mountaineering waterproofs! Only @sharonkennedy.bsky.social has had a chance to wear hers so far (lucky girl! 🤣🤣🤣), but I think they look great. Thanks to Catstycam for supplying them and Coniston Corporate for the branding. #smallbusiness #shoplocal

Another one for the "Watching Wildlife Without Going Wildlife Watching" series. I think this lovely plant is Enchanter's Nightshade. @cumbriabdc.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social @wildhaweswater.bsky.social