Category Archives: Enviroment

Character building – Bivying – I learnt from Bivouacking from that.

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

Nowadays thanks to great books like Munromoonwalker many are spending the night out on the hills. In the RAF Teams we used to have to bivouacs regularly mainly to get a trust in the gear we carried, In the early … Continue reading →

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2018 May visit to Beinn Eighe the Lancaster crash site.

Posted on November 24, 2018 by

  This is a piece I wrote about our trip in May to Torridon. I nearly never went as I was double booked as I was helping a group for charity the day before on Ben Nevis. It was a … Continue reading →

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A Look back on the Munros 42 years on

Posted on November 21, 2018 by

Munros When I started my Munro mission in 1972 I was on a long journey to plan my weekend hills and had the Munro book and my own list with me everywhere I went. I was with the RAF Kinloss … Continue reading →

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The Joy of the Munros and maybe the damage being done? The right of Access and how we must look after this right that many covet.

Posted on November 20, 2018 by

I had a lovely day on my local Munro Ben Wyvis it is a magical hill and nowadays busy with so many enjoying it locally. As it is a solitary Munro it is chased down and raced up often on … Continue reading →

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Busy day on my local Munro Ben Wyvis . Stunning weather great views and a bit of wind.

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

A Busy Ben Wyvis I made the best use of yesterdays great forecast and went to my local Munro Ben Wyvis. I had been driving all week and Dianne my pal offered to drive so we left a cold Burghead … Continue reading →

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At last a day on the hills. Ben Wyvis, Glas Leathad Mor (1046m, Munro 85)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by

The forecast looks great so off to my Local Munro Ben Wyvis near Dingwall. It’s called Dingwalls “Ben”by the locals and a grand hill. I am still recovering from my bronchitis so it will be a slow day but this weather … Continue reading →

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Mountain Aid Step into winter talk – yesterday in Dundee with great assistance from the Ancrum Mountaineering Club and Tayside Mountain Rescue another good evening.

Posted on November 16, 2018 by

Last night was my second last talk “Step into Winter” in a busy week for Mountain Aid on Mountain Safety. I left Ayr for my trip to Dundee and it was an easy journey no rain today. Arriving early to … Continue reading →

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