Meall a’ Bhuachaille – 1:15.10
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Stairway to Heaven – Ring of Steall 2019
The wind on my face, the sun on my neck – I wanted to lie down and crack open a cold beer right there and then.
Between control and chaos – Ben Nevis 2019
In some ways, I wonder if that is what caused Eddie Campbell and his rebels to report the fine weather on that wild day in 1980: a fire that has blazed for 123 years.
The giant’s playground
In the Cairngorms, “one does not look upward to spectacular peaks but downward from peaks to spectacular chasms”
Of rounds and Lakeland fells
The glory is in the doing, they say, but sometimes the end is just as sweet.
Beinn a’ Ghlo, goats and Gaelic
Sweeping corries, rocky peaks and a 1937 entry in the Journal of Animal Ecology.
The Bad Run
How do you deal with a bad run in the hills?
The year of the wind – Carnethy 5 2019
We started in army formation, had entered the battle, and here we were strewn across the battlefield.
Mountains of the mind #TimeToTalk
I have made it beyond the trees, the sun has come up, and for now my rock is still and silent. But, there will always be times when the wind picks up and you are knocked from your place.
Devil’s Burdens – ‘Total chaos, but just brilliant’
“Should you pick that day for your visit [to the Lomond Hills], you’re likely to encounter a steady stream of pale, wiry red-faced folk wearing little else than shorts and a warm hat.”
Ross Runs Wild 