Muir Cottage Trip, Braemar May Bank Holiday Club Trip, 30 April – 2 May 2016 Although the forecast had initially looked doubtful, we ended up having good luck with the weather, making this a fantastic trip. The Muir Hut (owned by the Cairngorm Club) was a perfect base and members… Continue reading
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The bleak and empty hills stretch far away. Geldie Lodge is an utter ruin. It once stood in one of the most remote places in Britain, and no doubt in season, in former days, the… Continue reading
TWO GUYS GET THE NEEDLE Here are some snaps of Needle Ridge, Great Gable, on sunny Tuesday 9 July Loch wanted to get stuck in to a classic, perhaps to insert in his log book. Our balloon was pricked a little when a very pleasant young couple reached the start… Continue reading
GORMATLAST ! Cairngorms, 1st / 2nd June 2013. THREE HILLS AND THREE BUILDINGS After weeks of crummy weather, how welcome it was to finally grab some time in the Highlands with Matt and Frank Even so, the incoming fronts dictated going east to the Gorms, so we’ll begin… Continue reading
… in DOGstycam GULLEY Just as the gulley top got tantalisingly close (about 20 metres away) I ran out of rope. The so-called ‘rock” had led me on for some time looking for runners, through snares and delusions in the form of blind cracks and loose blocks, over too-soft… Continue reading
WANNA MEET MY SISTERS ? On the summit of A’ Ghlas Beinn, Paul and I suddenly swapped a gloomy misty morning for a glorious afternoon. Two figures came up, and turned out to be girls from Dornoch (but not Sisters) ; whom we’d met… Continue reading
SNOWY HALLSFELL RIDGE After some significant snowfall over the weekend, Loch and Andrew found Hallsfell Ridge quite well snowed up on Tuesday, (12 Feb) with some sizeable cornices. Possibly the only corner of England that day to sport some brief blue skies and sunshine. Continue reading
THREE OLD COVES Two old coves (Loch and Andrew) headed up into Brown Cove (Crag) on Helvellyn on 12th December.. Easy gulley, good neve, excellent views. Continue reading
GRAMPIAN GLORIES October 6th and 7th, 2012 “I’m a little Teapot, short and stout…….” A clear though windy day in early autumn, and a steady pull from Loch Muick up to the summit of Lochnagar at 1155 metres. The last time I was here, had been via the Stuic ridge,… Continue reading
SANDWOOD BAY AND CAPE WRATH…… SEPTEMBER 2012 The noise. Like being next to a busy motorway it was thunderous, deep, incessant, and tinged with menace. In the aftermath of an Atlantic storm, the surf of Sandwood Bay heaved and banged and rolled. Near to the most northwesterly… Continue reading
