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3 min read 2022-09-11 08:05:59

A bit of travelling over to the West.

It’s been a busy few days over on the West visiting my friend Kalie and Islay. The weather was magnificent and we had two days of perfect weather.

1 min read 2022-09-01 02:36:28

Tonight I will be helping a great pal Clive Rowland in his book launch at the Nairn Book Festival. I have the honour to do a short introduction for

3 min read 2022-08-25 13:16:00

Exciting news for the mountaineering and climbing community as a brand-new book is launched. Details below and attached. THE EVENT Towards the

5 min read 2022-08-03 23:56:25

Yesterday I went with some pals to Strathfarrar a lovely Glen not far from Inverness. These are great hills but access is available from 0900 –

3 min read 2022-07-25 11:24:38

I have just been over in the West and despite the rain and midges it was magic I am so lucky to live in Scotland. After a great walk with the dogs we

1 min read 2022-07-16 03:36:26

Sadly the effects of Bird Flu are all over the place, my local beaches sadly have many birds washed up. I was walking a few weeks ago when I met a

1 min read 2022-06-14 15:41:46

Plastics and old fishing gear left by Burghead – Hopeman cycle track The other day I dragged a lot of plastic netting old fishing gear near the

5 min read 2022-06-07 19:40:36

At last we had a day out Kalie as she had finished her bee course. We had the ferry late early evening so we had a wander from Colonsay Golf course

3 min read 2022-06-04 12:40:52

Colonsay is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull. The ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay

3 min read 2022-04-23 13:29:38

“The weather had a great forecast for the West” my friend Kalie said “West is best” so I came over late on Thursday night. I had just had a

6 min read 2022-03-14 23:32:49

I was on Elgin sorting out some admin and the weather looked good so I decided I had enough gear in the car. I had Islay with me my pal dog she is

4 min read 2022-03-07 06:56:09

I had a poor nights sleep just because my head was on fire after speaking at the Well – being weekend at Stirling. Sadly this is normal after

4 min read 2022-03-06 12:18:35

It was a wonderful drive down to Stirling to give the evening talk on my experiences incidents and it’s long term effect. The Scottish Mountain

4 min read 2022-02-11 11:47:46

Yesterday I had planned a wander with David Lintren. We had met years ago and had wanted to do a wee piece for Walk Highlands. Some great

3 min read 2022-01-17 12:33:11

I was offered a short day on the hill yesterday with Dianne and Dottie and we left at a descent time 0800 on quiet roads for Loch Ness, The plan was