A lovely spring Sunday walk up Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales with my daughter Isla (her first hike up a proper hill). It was most liberating to get out into the hills after so many months stuck at home or
Hills
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Scotland With A Son - Into The Highlands With My 10 Year Old
Twenty Years after bagging my first Munro, I headed back to The Highlands of Scotland in the company of my eldest Son, Benjamin. Here's what we got up to.
Paulo's Last Munro Photos
I've finally gotten round to processing and uploading photos from Paulo's Last Munro weekend. The weather on Ben More was truly appalling, so the majority of the images were, unsurprisingly, taken within the cosy confines of the Craignure Inn, who
Foinaven - Still A Corbett
This just in - following resurveying, Foinaven has been found to be 911.046 metres high, failing in its quest to be elevated to Munro status. More details: http://www.cmcr.biz/news.htm#munrohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/
Hebrides Bound - But Can I Still Rough It?
This weekend I'm taking a couple of much-deserved days off work and heading to Mull with the intention of plodding up Ben More with my good friend Paulo and several of his other mates. This is, you see, Paulo's Last
Resolutions Review 2006
How did I get on with my resolutions for 2006? 1. I will not drink caffeine after 7pm on a school work night. A success! Switching to caffeine-free diet coke and decaffeinated Earl Grey helped. 2. I
Munro Total For 2005: Zero
Well, there are only two days left in 2005, and, shamefully, I haven't made it up a single Munro this year. I've never exactly been a prolific bagger, but as this graph shows, at least I've made the effort to
Beer Advent Calendar - Day Three
Third time lucky! After two days of novelty nonsense, the vase of fate served up a pint half-litre of the Harviestoun Brewery's 4.8% masterpiece Schiehallion, named after my all-time favourite munro. Here's an interesting fact for you - the