Spring
With a forecast of low winds, blues skies & little precipitation for a few days I was looking forward to a relatively low stress 4 day dawdle in the ‘gorms, … Continue reading
Life’s vagaries
It’s been a long while away from to blog, some of my absence has been down to pure laziness but some has been down to unfortunate circumstances. Back in 2021 … Continue reading
Kovea Spider Maintenance #2
Back in 2014 I posted a piece on how to undertake simple maintenance on my favourite winter stove, HERE, which seems to have been fairly popular over the years. On … Continue reading
High Ground
A reasonable forecast, though very low winds forecast even at altitude, seemed to appear from nowhere. The ‘good’ weather window was only supposed to last for a couple of days … Continue reading
New Duomid
Earlier in the year I’d come into possession of a ‘new’ MLD DCF Duomid having found that I couldn’t live without one! Unfortunately I was in hospital for my heart … Continue reading
Around Mullardoch
James & I had planned this little outing for over a year but little things like a pandemic & my heart Op had somewhat delayed it. I’ve completed the round … Continue reading
Blazing ‘Gorms
The recuperation saga continues, with good weather projected for the week ahead I was back to the Linn of Dee…yet again! I didn’t think the old body was up to … Continue reading
Feshie Forest & Back
A couple of days rest after my abortive trip down to Blair Atholl I felt fine again & couldn’t wait to get back to the hills. With 3 nights of … Continue reading
Atholl Forest
Time for a bit of a change, a drive down to Blair Atholl was in order with a rough plan of an overnighter around Beinn a’Ghlo then, after refreshing supplies, … Continue reading
3 days ‘ticking’
A friend, James, coming up from the deep south with a bit of a tick list of Munroes provoked a return to familiar ‘gorms hills. The first mini trip was … Continue reading
MacDui….Again
As part of my cunning plan to regain some hill fitness & get acquainted with life ‘post Op’, I thought I’d have a low stress wander up to Macdui with … Continue reading
Favourite Mountain
The massif of Ben Avon/ Beinn a’Bhuird has long been a favourite haunt & the high-level traverse from the Lairig an Laoigh to the Linn of Avon is probably one … Continue reading
Recuperation
I’ve been a pretty quiet on the blogging front over the last few months, despite the good winter conditions in the ‘gorms all my winter plans came to nought, I … Continue reading
Gearing up for winter
During a recent foray into the ‘Gorms I got another indication of the forthcoming winter, I was pitched up on a bealach just east of Beinn Bhotain’s summit firmly ensconced … Continue reading
Whiteburn's Wanderings 