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Climbing Trips: Isle of Skye
Back in August we took a weekend trip to the Isle of Skye to do some climbing and hillwalking with some friends. Our good friends Johannes and Jane organized food, drink and accommodations so all we had to do was … Continue reading
Posted in Climbing, Hill Walking, Skye
Tagged climbing, friends, mountains, multi-pitch, scotland, trad climbing, walking
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Torridon Crags
After we got back to the car from climbing the Cioch Nose, we headed north for Torridon via Applecross which seemed to be in full swing as host for some Highland Games. We drove into town looking for supplies and … Continue reading
Cioch Nose
Last weekend the weather was good on the west coast, and despite a moderate midge forecast of 3, we packed up the car and headed to Applecross on Friday night. Our plan was to stay at the Wee Bunkhouse Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged climbing, mountains, multi-pitch, scotland, trad climbing, west coast
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Climbing Trips: Garbh Coire
Recently, Amelia and I headed into the remote Garbh Coire to climb the incredible Squareface Buttress (VD ***). This is all part of our (my?) mission to get Amelia leading regularly on rock and up to a point where we … Continue reading
Spring Update
It’s been a great spring here in Scotland this year. Like last year, the nice weather started with tiny bursts of warm days by the end of February and got more frequent around the middle of March. April I think, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, climbing, friends, mountains, movies, multi-pitch, music, scotland, trad climbing
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Skye Bouldering
A few weeks ago now, Amelia attended a conference at the Gaelic school on the Isle of Skye. We went up early with the intention of doing a long mountain route but we suffered an unfortunate breakdown in Drumnadrochit and … Continue reading
Hogmanay in the Lake District
Our cancelled christmas meant we were unexpectedly here for Hogmanay (that’s scottish for new year’s eve). It’s a very popular holiday here and things tend to book up quickly, so we weren’t sure what to do. We’d tentatively decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, England, Hill Walking
Tagged bouldering, friends, lake district, mountains, walking
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Scottish Winter Climbing
As great as the summer climbing is in Scotland, I’m sure many would say that the winter climbing is where it’s at. I’m not a winter climber at all, so I really don’t know what it is that makes it … Continue reading
West Coast Summer Finale: Multi-pitch on Stac Pollaidh
The first weekend of September proved to be one of the best weekends of the summer. We made plans to go climbing with our friend Dan the previous Wednesday. For some reason Scotland had been enjoying a few days of consistently excellent weather and for once the long range forecast promised more of the same. We looked at the forecast for Ullapool and lo-and-behold, wall to wall sun and warm temps. Continue reading
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Tagged friends, mountains, multi-pitch, scotland, trad climbing, west coast
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Hike to Loch Dubh
Nell and Martin visit Aberdeen and we all go for walk in Glen Muick to Loch Dubh. Continue reading