KLETTERSTEIG IN THE TYROL The suncream came out in the afternoon heat at Munich Airport, where I met York MC’s longest serving expat., Jack Pezzey, now an Australian. However by early evening the Tyrol was resounding to Gotterdammerung as the thunderstorm boomed and cracked and the rain came… Continue reading
FLYING THE FLAG ON FAR-FLUNG FOINAVEN June 2nd to 5th 2012 Foinaven, Foinaven…… some hill that one ! It’s very big, very rocky, very remote. I had seen the long grey bulk of Foinaven from Ben Hope, and it stood as a compelling objective in the furthest possible northwest… Continue reading
SKYE AND STUFF, MAY 2012 SKYE MAY 2012 Maybe there were 22 of us in Sligachan bunkhouse. Maybe not. It depended on who had come and gone, and who was out very early or very late attempting to cross that there ridge, on the various 3… Continue reading
The Snows of Spring….. March and April in the Highlands 2012 After a comfy night at the often-useful GrandTully (bunkhouse with pub attached) the mid-March weather looked decent enough for a trip up the great Craig Megaidth – a long-held objective for Paul who wanted good views from this major… Continue reading
DAYS OUT FROM YORK Just as a change (mostly) from the long weekends away, here’s my log of ten days out in 2012 so far. There have been 3 excellent days in the Lakes, some wind in the Yorkshire Dales, and an ice pitch in the North York… Continue reading
Geal Charn 3, Geal Charn 4 …….(kickstarting the Project ?) SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, 10-11 December 2011 The deer were everywhere. Several herds of them sprinkled across the lower moors, driven down from the Munros by snowstorms and midweek winds up to 100mph [with even a gust of 165 recorded… Continue reading
Hats Off to John and Jock; Grampians October 2011 Sir Hugh himself, and also Rev A E Robertson the first Compleationist, had the advantage of living in Scotland. But John Corbett lived in Bristol. Even so, he became the fourth Compleationist (and the first English one) in 1930,… Continue reading
Dornoch to Ullapool – a Highland Coast to Coast In the Churchyard, old tarpaulins had been strung between trees to make the most primitive shelter. The women tried to hang blankets to screen off sections for the 18 separate families. The men simply sat, expressionless, unable to come to terms… Continue reading
THE NOTCH AND THE CASTLE Neptune’s staircase. Two miles out of Fort Bill on the Road to the Isles, its the last (or first) link in the Caledonian Canal Here, King Neptune’s watery kingdom climbs up eight steps, to rise 64 feet out of the sea to Loch Lochy…… the… Continue reading
A LAKELAND THREE-STAR Corvus (again) July 2011 “I wish there was a really good jug to grab here” And lo, one appears. Corvus almost feels deliberately made like that. So although we’d both been up several times before, there’s always space for old classics. (IE Corvus, or me and… Continue reading
