Tramping up to the route start, occasionally finding a nice hole that we could fall into thigh deep we got on the route and Davy led off, both of us moving relatively fast without a rope to manage Read more
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Wee Yin on the Wee Bookil … or Kaitlin’s 1st Munro!
Pickup at her flat in Glasgow, with roll and square in hand achieved, we set off for Glencoe and Buachaille Etive Beag (the little herdsman of Etive) or as most of us know it… the wee bookilRead more
MSR Hubba Hubba NX
the MSR Hubba Hubba NX (or Hubba NX2 as I’ve seen listed) is MSR’s light 2 man, 3 season tent and has been gaining a lot of popularity across social media so I bagged one to replace our aging but bomber TNF Tadpole 2 – lets see how it faired on a Scottish Autumn wild camp.Read more
Ben Vrackie return
We had first walked Ben Vrackie in the deep of winter back in 2013 when the small loch on its lower flank was frozen and the whole world was wrapped in deep snowRead more
Ben MacDui WildCamp
En route to the final summit rise we spotted a mum a baby deer grazing in the dawn sunlight.Read more
Arches Park : the bit I missed!
While the Road Trip report dedicated to Arches contains much more , I had missed some photos and the afternoon hike so putting here for completeness 🙂 The following photos are taken on an afternoon hike up to overlook Delicate Arch from a distance, it was from here we decided to get up at dawn and hike up to the Arch itself and try to avoid the crowds at such an iconic and popular structure.Read more
US Road Trip Report #6 Bryce Canyon
I don’t mind admitting I’d never heard of Bryce canyon until we got chatting to a very cool retired gentleman in a bar in Jackson Hole.(I am known to start talking to anyone who gets within 5 feet and in the US many folks are the same so we met many new friends along the way. He was telling us how he’d retired with his wife, they’d bought a camper van and were touring all over the US for monthsRead more
US Road Trip report #8 – Arches park
.. really feeling our epic journey was closing , sad but feeling very lucky to have experienced such an amazing trip and knowing there was still so much more of the world still to see.Read more
US Nat Park Report #7 Zion
we picked up some new friends along the way and coached at least one of them right to the top when their friends passed on going any further with a “no frikkin way” ! Read more
US Nat Park Report #4 Yellowstone Day 2
It wouldn’t be a proper outdoor holiday without getting to a summit of somethingRead more
US Nat Park Report #5 Yellowstone Day 3
we had only scratched the surface we decided to try and cover a lot of ground, get to the North and East edges of the park and check out the wildlife along the way.Read more
Fjern Breen Insulated Jacket
For those that follow me you will know I have become a real fan of Fjerns clothing / equipment since I found them via Sport Pursuit around 2 years or so ago and since purchasing their superb Orkan hard shell waterproof Jacket (review here) and posting my review they have been kind enough to let me try out other items – most recently I just received the Breen Medium / Light Insulated jacket . A full review will follow onceRead more
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