One positive of the last 18 months is that we have explored more of Scotland (beyond the mountains) and discovers some great hidden gems . Yesterday we finally visited the simply sublime Japanese Gardens at Cowden , near Dollar . Set near Glen Devon , close to Stirlings Ochil hills this beautifully architected garden was first developed at the turn of the century by the Scottish adventurer Ella Christie after a trip to the Orient . After falling into declineRead more
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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
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
Winter Solstice in Coire an t-Sneachda
As we moved between pitches 2 and 3 the wind slowly started to pick up and the lack of sun on the face saw the temperatures start to dip as the sun hung low on this, the shortest day of the year. Get the feet movingRead more
Best “wee mountain” in Scotland
the views from it pointy summit are truly stunningRead more
Happy New year of #Adventure!
Happy New Year! Hopefully you have now got over the hangovers, stopped eating chocolate as a major food group and have managed to get out of bed before lunch (just me?) and are looking forward to an exciting year ahead. I know a great number have already been out and about , with lots of climbing and hill walking pics gracing my social media feed. I made it for 1 great day of winter climbing in the Cairngorms and haveRead more
#NotWinter
Its frozen ropes, sodden gloves, painful and somehow also numb fingers, running noses and feet of frozen pins and needles.Read more
….of Monch, mice and men
As we broke trail we could hear and see small avalanches all around the face and surrounding gullies.. yeah we needed a new plan!Read more
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