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Ooh, this is even harder this year than usual. The obsession gets more obsessive. So, I've inevitably had to make a list (sorry).

And so I've missed out first visits to Tinkinswood and St Lythans, Wayland's Smithy, Bannau Sir Gaer circle, Capel Garmon, Maen y Bardd and the other Tal y Fan sites, Carn Llechart, Harold's Stones, Pen y Beacon, Moel ty Uchaf (bad weather stops this from being on the list), Torbreck, numerous mountain summits, returns to Maen Llia, the Stanton Moor circles and Arbor Low, Aviemore, several Avebury walks, plenty of hillforts. And getting 97 miles along Offa's Dyke. Phew.

10. Carfury menhir in the rain, but - at last!

9. A freezing cold January walk in glorious sunshine from Crai reservoir via Blaenau Uchaf stones to the wonderful Nant Tarw circles and then on to Cerrig Duon/Maen Mawr

8. An Sidhean cairn on our first trip to Skye in March, snow on the Red Cuillins

7. Snowdon summit in hot April sunshine

6. Arthur's Stone and nearby standing stones, meeting a man with a motor home there, early summer

5. White Moor stone circle, Dartmoor in yet more April sunshine

4. Castlerigg, sunset and sunrise (I'd like to cram climbing Blencathra and Skiddaw into that if I could)

3, 2, 1. Can't separate these: This year I've met three amazing TMAers and been to some brilliant places with each of them. Picking single sites is almost impossible, but if pressed I'll say Corrstones with Drewbhoy, The Druids Circle with Blossom and climbing Cadair Idris with Postman. Tough choices though.

Here's to another year!