A prickly adventure in the Campsies
It’s been pretty awful for me and my hillwalking friends, having one of the longest, sunniest, driest spells since records…
June 7, 2020
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Ramblings and Scramblings
Hillwalking, climbing and blethering
Exploring Buchanan Castle
It wasn’t exactly “urbex” – more “ruralex”. I’m not sure if it’s even worthy of such a description. Buchanan Castle,…
May 31, 2020
A community foodbank
When I heard that my brother-in-law was involved in running a local food bank, I immediately volunteered to help, partly…
May 19, 2020
A bike ride along the Clyde
I’ve been doing a lot more cycling during “lockdown”. In Scotland we are allowed to take as much outdoor exercise…
May 17, 2020
Return to running – an uphill challenge
Main photo: a hill runner on Beinn Alligin in Torridon, Scotland I could not live without exercise, and as my…
May 15, 2020
Life… interrupted
Coronavirus has affected people in very different ways. For me, life just came to a halt at a very awkward…
May 13, 2020
A walk on the wild(life) side
This year has been a tough one, and I’ve been unable to get away to the hills as much as…
December 9, 2019
Rocky road up the north face of Tryfan
Viewed from the east, Tryfan looks like a silvery-grey porcupine. This very rocky mountain in north Wales is renowned for…
December 2, 2019
Snowdon on a knife-edge!
I love mountain ridge walks, and I love scrambling on rocks. But Crib Goch, one of the UK’s narrowest ridge…
November 18, 2019
Diary of a climb
My first experience of “trad” climbing, last week, was utterly exhilarating. I had climbed outdoors a few times before, but…
November 15, 2019