Skiing, Walking and Travel Info

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This page contains links and info about travel, weather and places I've been to (or am going to) around the world

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General travel info
Walking
- Personal walking links
- General walking
Skiing info
Sailing info
Tourist info and places I've been to/am going to
- UK
  - Accomodation in the UK
  - Wales including Aberystwyth
  - England
  - Scotland
- Rest of the World
  - Australia (visited Dec90->Jan91, and Jun91->Jun92, Aug99)
  - Iceland (visited Jun96)
  - Canadian Rockies (visited May98)
  - Singapore (visited Aug98, Aug01 & Jan02)
  - Morocco Trip (visited Apr99)
  - Corsica

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Walking

My Walking links
- Welsh 3000ers attempts including July 2000 attempt and the June 2003 success
- Aberystwyth University Walking Club
- Aberystwyth Ramblers Society
  Checked: jan-06
- Nuttall's home page including the Nuttall's "new" tops
  Checked: jan-06
- Weather
General Walking links
- Liverpool Uni Walking Club links to Nuttalls, Munros etc
  Checked: 9-jul-99
- Bev's Favourite Walks in Scotland loads of info on accommodation, ferries, rail, photos, walk details and routes
  Checked: jan01
- Paul Kennedy's Munro-bagging, Wainwright-wondering pages loads of Munro info , list of walks, photos, and his Munro-bagging diary exerpts
  Checked: 9-jul-99
- MunroMagic Has links to Mountain search and a clickable Mountain map to home in on a particular mountain or route.
  Checked: may-07
- Lakeland cam - Scroll down past adverts for Pictures of the day of the Lake District
  Checked: apr-07
- LakeLandDesktops Walk details, pictures of the Lake District as well asthe collection of Ridge-Maps
  Checked: apr-07

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Skiing

General Skiing info
- Skimaps (piste-maps) index page Checked: feb04
- Snow Forecasts Checked: feb04 Select the resort from the global list.
- Ski Club of Great Britain offer:
  - Virtual Tours (360 degreee photos) listed by country and resort,
  - Webcam index page,
  - Resort Guide (including piste maps ) by country and resort, this lists all facts and figures about each resort.
  Checked: feb04
- www.skichalets.co.uk for resort info and Chalet holidays Checked: feb02
- WebCamList in a large number of sites Checked: feb02
Previous skiing holidays:
- Breckenridge (USA) 1998
- Breckenridge (USA) 2000
- Fernie (Canada) 2001
- Les Deux Alpes (France) 2002
- Chamonix (France) 2003
- Portes du Soleil (France/Switzerland) 2004
- Portes du Soleil (France/Switzerland) 2005
- Breckenridge (USA) 2007
Breckenridge, Colorado
- www.breckenridge.com homepage , including piste-map , and links for Keystone, Vail and Beaver-Creek as well as the generic pages for the Colorado Rockies skiing centres
- Dave Driver's collection of info on Breckenridge Skiing Trips including Breckenridge-98 (that I went on), & Breckenridge-99 (that I didn't), and the 3-week extravaganza of Breckenridge-2000 ( Chris' piccies ) and ( Jo's piccies )
Fernie, Canada (3rd-18th Feb 2001)
- Local info from Fernie Vacations
- map of resort
- our accomodation at First Tracks
- Photos of the holiday
- other sites to do with Fernie:
  - SkiFernie - official Fernie Resort web site including: , Snowreport , Piste map (takes a while to download)
  - Craig's Unofficial Fernie Alpine Reosrt page including: piste map (smaller resolution than skifernie site)
  - Piste map (98/99 season - 334kB) from www.skimaps.com
Les Deux Alpes, (Feb 2002)
- Pistemap
- Snow reports & forecasts from www.snow-forecast.com , www.ifyouski.com (report) , www.skiclub.co.uk (report)
- Chalet Hotel Le Cret
- Les Deux Alpes resort info
- Grotte de Glace at Les Deux Alpes translated from French using Google's translate facility and the history of the caves
- Dave's photos of holiday
- Vistorama's pistemap and 360 degree photos (click on a red circle on the right to choose the location for the photo on the left)
Chamonix (Feb 2003)
- www.chamonix.com
Portes du Soleil (Feb 2004)
- The Portes du Soleil is a huge ski area comprising 5 main "massif's". The area as a whole is the Portes du Soleil comprising of 2 countries, 14 resorts, 209 lifts, 288 marked slopes, 243 km of cross-country skiing, 9 snowparks ...
- pistemap of the whole Portes du Soleil area
- Links to each town/region
- Stayed at: Andy's Apartment in La Grande Terche part of St Jean d'Aulpes
- Photos from Dave

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Sailing

See Sailing page
Conditions now
- Aberystwyh Tides
  - Table of this month and next
  - Today's tides and links to this week's tides
- Aberporth Buoy in GMT and BST or from the BBC
- 3-hourly summary of cloud-cover, Temp, wind direction, speed and gust & visibility for today and tomorrow, and daily summaries for days 3, 4, and 5
- Weather chart for N. Atlantic
Weather
Ceredigion Coast & Harbour info including Aberystwyth Tide tables
Aberystwyth Coastguard
Shipping Areas map
General info about Aberystwyth Marina
List of Welsh locations for tide tables

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Tourist info and places I've been to

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UK accomodation info
- Travel-Inn Locator and reservation info for the UK (typically 40 quid per room per night) Checked: 15-apr-99
- TraveLodge Locator and reservation info for the UK (typically 50 quid per room per night but each location is different) Checked: 15-apr-99
- www.VirtualHotels.com UK directory of hotels (with info, reviews, & booking) Click on map of UK & home in on an area ... Checked: jun02
- Leisuretime's rent-a-cottage in Lake District, UK, Checked: 19-feb-99
- UK One Call Holiday Accommodation for all over the UK Checked: 25-aug-99
- Cressbrook for Peak District info and accommodation
  Checked: 25-aug-99
- www.LateRooms.com for UK, or anywhere in the world.
  Checked: jan-04
- Nigel and Fiona's excellent accomodation in Ceredigion at: cwm-cottage.com and cwm-cottage.co.uk
  Checked: mar-06
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Wales - tourist info
- Aberystwyth
  - Aber Webcams Ceredigion Council including
    - Aber Prom looking towards the pier linked from the BBC and Ceredigion Council
    - King's Hall concourse are towards the sea linked from the
    - BBC and
    - Town Hall and Portland Street Ceredigion Council
    Checked: sep-06
  - Vas's Guide to Aber including description of the town, tourist links, shop guide, monthly guide to what to do, transport links, weather, hotels, eateries, arts, local commerce, as well as a list of negatives things ! Excellent list of info
    Checked: feb-06
  - Vas's History of Aber Time line of major milestones of Aber (& a few other notable events.
    Checked: feb-06
  - informal (!) guide to Aber including comments from others as to what's good and bad via the links on the right hand side.and the amusing local heroes
    Checked: feb-06
  - Steve Kingston's guide to Aber
  - Aberystwyth-uk.com (local businesses directory)
  - UWA's guide to what's in and around Aber
  - Ceredigion Council's guide to Ceredigion Activities available in and around Aber by Aberystwyth Tourist Board including phone numbers for contacts
  - AboutAber with What's On, town map, leisure activities, & local places and suburbs
- Snowdonia
  - Beddgelert
    - Walks and maps around Beddgelert Ceredigion Council including
  - Walks and maps around Beddgelert Ceredigion Council including
- Gower
  - Penmaen Coastal Walk National Trust 1-page PDF
  - Rhossili Coastal Walk National Trust 1-page PDF
- Rest of Wales
  - Welsh Tourist Board pages Checked: 13-nov-98
  - West Wales Web pages Places, Welsh language, Universities, Accommodation, Photos Checked: 13-nov-98
  - Data-Wales Web pages Places, Welsh language, History, Accommodation, Maps Checked: 13-nov-98
  - Steve Kingston's Tour of Wales Checked: 13-nov-98
  - Snowdonia National Park including FMD / access info Checked: jul-01
  - South West Wales including Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire tourist & leisure info
    Checked: Dec-05
  - Nigel and Fiona's excellent accomodation in Rhydlewis Ceredigion at: cwm-cottage.com and cwm-cottage.co.uk
    Checked: mar-06
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- England - tourist info
  - Countryside Access with info on the open access to the countryside Checked: jun-07
  - Yorkshire Dales The National Park Authority's Dales' site
    Checked: jun-07
    - Dentdale Checked: jun-07
    - Sedburgh Checked: jun-07
    - Ingleton Checked: jun-07
    - Visit Ingleton Checked: jun-07
    - Kettlewell Checked: jun-07
    - Guide to the Yorkshire Dales including: Ribblesdale and the Yorkshire Three Peaks Checked: jun-07
    - Out of Oblivion site including info on each Dale area, and podcast info of walks
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- Scotland
  - Knoydart is home to
    - Doune ( formerly Doune-Marine) which is where the
    - Eda Frandsen is based, which 8 of us went on in September 199?. Also in Inverie is the
    - Pier House Restaurant which did us fantastically well.
      Checked: jun-07
    - Inverie to Kinloch Hourn info on the the walk in via Barrisdale
      Checked: jun-07
    - Barisdale Estate used on the walk in from Kinlock Hourn to Inverie
      Checked: jun-07
    - Peter Groves' Knoydart pages and great photos
      Checked: jun-07
  - MunroMagic info on the Munros, Corbetts, including a searchable database or map of the Munros.
    Checked: jun-07
  - Scottish Tourist info index page loads of info and links to other Scottish tourism/walking resources
    Checked: jun-01
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- Australia
  - Australian High Commission in London Checked: jul-03
  - 360 degree picture from top of Sydney Harbour Bridge Checked: jul-03
  - Info sources on all things Australian Checked: jul-03
  - Sydney Morning Herald
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- Iceland
  - John Sandell's photos and diary (1995) of the same trip I did in 1996.
  - Lonely Planet's home pages on Iceland including facts about Iceland and map of Iceland
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- Canadian Rockies
  - Canadian Rockies dot Net (lots of links to other touristy and Geographic info including maps )
  - National Geographic's Canadian Rockies (lots of links to other touristy and Geographic info)
  - National Geographic's North American (Canada/USA) guides on National Parks including info on
    - Banff , Jasper , Yoho , Kootenay , Icefields , Lake Louise (including Plain of Six Glaciers, Lake Agnes, & Moraine Lake),
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- Singapore
  - Accommodation
    - Allson Hotel stayed here in Aug 99
    - Rendezvous Hotel stayed here in Aug 01
    - Peninsula Hotel staying here in Jan 02 ( location map )
  - Maps
    - map )
  - Tourist Info
    - CIA World Factbook on Singapore
    - Loads of Tourist info on Singapore ( warning: slow when downloading graphics )
    - Pan-and-zoom-able tourist map of Singapore ( warning: slow site )
    - Lonely Planet's guide including quick facts as well as History, Culture, Attractions, etc
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- Morocco
  - loads of info on Morocco Checked: jul-03
  - Images of Daily life in Morocco Checked: jul-03
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- Corsica
  - The apartment we stayed in (F3 in the web link) in June 2001 was in the picturesque village of Lama
    Checked: jul-03
  - Corsican Regional Nature Parks site (in English) with what you need to know (in English)
    Checked: jul-03
  - Corsica walks including the GR20 trip with photos
    Checked: jul-03
  - Corsican Weather
    Checked: jul-03
  - Aller-en-Corse tourist info (but most of it is in French)
    Checked: jul-03
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Info about countries (incl maps, statistics, etc)
- CIA's World Factbook with geographic, political, social info on countries
- Infoplease's Countries of the world factbook with flags, capitals, geographic, political, social info on countries and quizes on them
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General travel info
- Maps
  - Streetmap of UK with search database by postcode streetmaps include names of roads
  - Multimap of UK with search database by address or postcode and directions between 2 locations
  - Mapblast global maps with search database by address or postcode and directions between 2 locations
  - Ordnance Survey's OS-Select maps . Zoom in on any part of the UK for maps down to 1:50000 (pink Landranger series)
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- Travel
  - Road
    
    Places to eat whilst travelling by road and Avoiding Motorway Service Areas
    Checked: 8-mar-99
    Journey/trip planners & directions from
    
    Frixo Traffic News Checked: jan08
    AA Traffic News Checked: aug02
    AA Checked: jan01
    RAC Checked: jan01
    MultiMap Checked: jan01
    MapBlast Checked: jan01
    
    Traffic Info for the UK
    
    RAC (by area of UK updated every 30 minutes)
    Checked: jan01
    AA (by area of UK) Excellent - has many more entries than the RAC site
    Checked: jan01
    
    Automobile Association home page
    Checked: jan01
    RAC home page
    Checked:jan01-nov-98
    Chris' British Road Directory info on Motorways, A, B, C class roads and histories, virtual journies (motorway sign database), badly-designed junctions and botched plans
    Checked: sep-04
    UK-Roads
    Checked: sep-04
  - Rail
    
    Railtrack's online timetable/jouney planner
    Checked: jul-02
    TheTrainLine UK train booking system
    Checked: jul-02
    Die Bahn's European wide (including UK) online timetable
    Checked: jul-02
    National Rail's pan-UK bad weather timetable info (click on the alternative timetable for Poor Weather Conditions link part way down to get the latest updates)
    Checked: Feb-07
    Transport For London's (tfl) rail info including the real time service information updates
    Checked: Feb-07
  - Air
    
    Manchester Airport (UK) including maps of the roads and terminals
    Checked: 17-feb-00
    BargainHolidays.com for cheap flights and last minute deals from/to a range of airports
    Checked: jun-01
  - Holiday companies
    
    Exodus Travels Home Page
    Checked: jan01
    Sherpa Walking Holidays
    Checked: jan01
    Travelbag Walking Holidays
    Checked: jan01
  - Global trekking/walking info sites
    
    The Trail Database searchable by country
    Checked: may01
  - Miscellaneous
    
    UK Passport Agency Lots of info and FAQs on UK passort issues
    Checked: jun-01
    Insurance Enter details of household/car/travel insurance required and it lists several companies' products, and let's you buy online
    Checked: jun-01
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Weather

Aberystwyth

4-day forecast a few words summary for each day (incl Wind, rain, temps, sunrise/sunset, each in one or two words only )
OnLineweather.com
5-day forecast summarised in single icon, a couple of words and max & min temps
Yahoo.com
5-day forecast summarised in single icon and temps, Wind Speed & Direction, sunrise/sunset
MetOffice
5-day forecast summarised in single icon and temps
MetOffice
2-day forecast one-word for each of outlook, temps, wind speed & direction
Multimap

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Sailing & nautical info

Latest Webcam at Trawscoed (including the current Wind conditions & pressure) and
Graphs of Wind and Gust speeds for last 24 hours (blue, bottom right-hand graph)
Met-Office
Latest info from Aberporth Buoy for BST and GMT . Click on graph icon on the left for hourly graph of last 24 hours. Scroll down for tabulated info.
UK Met-Office Buoy
Latest Inshore Forecast from BBC including link to latest Radio4 audio shipping forecast
BBC
Latest Inshore Forecast and scroll down to St Davids Head to Colwyn Bay
MetOffice
Latest Offshore Shipping Forecast
MetOffice
3-day forecast short paragraph summary for each day
NauticalData.com
Cardigan Bay forecast (3-days in 6-hourly periods) each 6 hour period summarised by Wind speed/force, Outlook (in 2 or 3 words), Sea State, & Visibility
OnLineweather.com
UK Sailing Forecast index (3-days in 6-hourly periods) each 6 hour period summarised by Wind speed/force, Outlook (in 2 or 3 words), Sea State, & Visibility
OnLineweather.com

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Mountain Areas

Location	weather.co.uk	BBC	MetOffice	Yahoo	OnLineWeather
Forecast	10-day	5-day	5-day	5-day	5-day
Aberystwyth	weather.com	BBC	MetOffice	Yahoo	OnLine
Betws-y-Coed	weather.co.uk	BBC	yahoo	Yahoo	OnLine

Lake District weather

Location	weather.co.uk 10-day	BBC	MetOffice	yahoo	OnLineWeather
Betws-y-Coed	weather.co.uk	BBC	-	yahoo	-
Bangor	weather.co.uk	BBC	MetOff	yahoo	online
Capel Curig	weather.co.uk	-	-	-	-
Snowdon	weather.co.uk	-	-	yahoo	-
Brecon	weather.co.uk	BBC	-	yahoo	online
Ambleside	weather.co.uk	-	-	yahoo	-
Keswick	weather.co.uk	BBC	MetOff	yahoo	online

Wales

3-day forecast map and one or two sentence summaries for each day
(Met Office)

UK

3-day forecast short sentence summary for each day and a map of UK, and links to UK regions
MetOffice
3-day forecast short paragraph summary for each day
NauticalData.com
Latest Radar animation images

General

UK Met Office home pages including how it's forecast, other weather links and other general info and Index of UK regions
Checked: oct-02
BBC Weather home pages including regions, 24 hour and 4 day forecasts, stats
Checked: oct-02

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Skiing, Walking and Travel Info

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Previous skiing holidays:

Road

Rail

Air

Holiday companies

Global trekking/walking info sites

Miscellaneous

Aberystwyth

Sailing & nautical info

Mountain Areas

Wales

UK

General