The new Snowdon Summit Cafe under contruction, on a miserable day. Source: Flickr by Haversack.
the highest slum in Wales
to some its demolition in 2006 must have come as a relief.
Related camping and outdoor news, reviews and advice:June 21st 2009 sees the first running of the Liverpool Triathlon with around a 1000 competitors expected. The CheapTents.com team have an interest in any such activity, but this is increased when two members of our shop staff (Paul & Martyn) are competing (or turning up!) to race around Liverpool’s Iconic landmarks. The Liverpool Triathlon has a range of events for people of differing standards and experiences, there are full distance and sprint events as well as children’s ones, and it will be interesting to see how well this new event can work with the exisiting local Sefton Triathlon taking place on 27th June 2009.
Related camping and outdoor news, reviews and advice:This coming weekend (6 to 10th of June) all the top orienteers will be turning their attention to Salo, Finland, for the 2009 Nordic Orienteering Championships. This event takes place in a different Scandinavian country every year. It is a highly competitive event with technically challenging orienteering races. The event also has races that are open to the public. It has been organised by the NOC2009 Organizing Committee and Finnish orienteering club Angelniemen Ankkuri.
World Champion Orienteer Graham Gristwood will be representing the UK. In an interview with CheapTents.com in March this year, he told us that
Related camping and outdoor news, reviews and advice:The Lakeland 100 (The Ultra Tour of the Lake District) is an epic 100 mile long distance trail race which takes place on the weekend of July 31st – August 2nd 2009. The event is set in the stunning scenery of the lake district and the 100 mile circular route is made up entirely by footpaths and public bridleways. Bear in mind though that just because the route is made up of paths and bridleways, it doesn’t mean that its always easy going as in the lakes bridleways can be very rugged, covered with rocks or have nearly disappeared into bog.
Related camping and outdoor news, reviews and advice:Not many of us can say that we have been to either the Arctic or the Antarctic, but for Dixie Dansercoer the sub-zero climates of the poles are a passion. Dixie Dansercoer is the ultimate polar explorer and extreme sport expeditionist, he makes regular polar trips and has crossed both polar regions on foot.
Born in 1962 in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Dixie has spent most of his life travelling the world, taking on many challenges across a wide range of outdoor activities. From mountaineering to mountain biking, from running to powerkite-skiing and from sailing to wind- and kitesurfing, Dixie will use any method to explore the extremes of our planet. A list of Dixie’s adventures and achievements is shown at the bottom of this post.
Related camping and outdoor news, reviews and advice:The third annual Chesterfield Walking Festival will be taking place from the 20th – 28th of June 2009.
Located in south Derbyshire, Chesterfield is the border country where the Peak District meets Robin Hood Country. With rolling hills and market towns there is plenty of beautiful countryside scenery in this part of England. It is a perfect for area for walking, which is just as well since no less than 40 organised walks will be taking place during the week long Chesterfield walking festival.
Chesterfield and Surrounding Countryside. Source Flickr by John's Pics
The British Orienteering Championships 2009 are being held this weekend in the New Forest. It is nearly 30 years since the British Championships were last held in the beautiful countryside of the New Forest. The weather forecast for the weekend is currently for cloud and a maximum temperature of 10 °C.
If you would like to find out more about the sport of orienteering, please see our Introduction to Orienteering.
Related camping and outdoor news, reviews and advice:I thought to finish off my recent spate of posts on Mountain marathons I’d talk about what sort of outdoor gear is best. Most competitions provide a required gear list from which teams must carry everything. I’ve tried to briefly cover everything commonly found on these lists but they do vary.
Top Baselayer
A good quality top, with either long or short sleeves is all that is needed. Make sure that the top is made of a high quality material with good wicking properties. If you’re running hard you’re not likely to be cold, but will get sweaty.
A quick reminder to everyone that the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival starts in a weeks time.
2009 is bigger and it’s better than ever before. Why?Without a shadow of doubt the best line up of adventure films and climbing speakers ever put together over a single weekend, anywhere, ever! Well that’s what we think…
The event takes place in the biggest independent cinema in the UK outside of London, and is packed full of great films.
Featuring lots of films packed full of adrenaline-inducing adventure sports, climbing and bouldering as well as some slower pace, thought provoking cultural and environmental films.
Related camping and outdoor news, reviews and advice:The 2009 World Mountain Bike conference will be held at the beautiful Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries, Scotland. The mountain bike conference will be held from May 12 – 15, 2009.
The mountain bike conference includes many guest speakers from the world of mountain biking, covering topics such as “Mountain Biking – 7 Stanes Foundation to Economic Success”, “Meeting the Challenge of Delivering World Class sustainable Mountain Biking in Scotland” and “Scotland: Marketing the Mountain Bike Tourism Product”.
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