Posted in Hikes, geocaching on Mar 31st, 2010 No Comments »
Described as an ‘undemanding journey’ in the book, we chose this hike because our friend Gordon said he was out of practice with walking. The reality of the instruction ‘ascend 400m up heathery slopes’ didn’t dawn on us until we were in it. Admittedly, it was more annoying than demanding, as the heather bushes came [...]
Posted in Hikes, geocaching on Feb 6th, 2010 1 Comment »
We headed south today to find a cache hidden about 4 miles off the road, near a waterfall. It was a lovely low-level walk, good for winter. The fog never quite lifted, but it hardly rained at all. The hike took us past Queens Well and along the Water of Mark.
After finding the cache we [...]
Posted in Activities, Hikes on Aug 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Double munro bagging hike, Buachaille Etive Mor and Stob na Broige. Dinner at Clachaig Inn, where we always eat when we’re in Glencoe. Glencoe is still my favourite part of Scotland. We just learned this trip that Glencoe itself is actually the crater of an extinct volcano, and the mountains surrounding are the edges of [...]
Posted in Activities, Hikes on Aug 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
The birthday hike up Scafell Pike was Saturday 25th. We stayed at a lovely farm B&B at Seatoller, just south of Keswick, where I woke on my birthday to a bunch of cards and gifts, lucky me!
We walked the hike from the B&B. It was a warm and sunny day (rare in the Lake District), [...]
Posted in Activities, Hikes on May 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
Wes and I had an amazing time away this weekend. Admittedly, the weather wasn’t great, so we didn’t get to top the munro we planned. Friday night we headed up to Thurso to check out the surf. We spent our coldest night ever in the tent, it felt like the chilly wind was blowing straight [...]
