The mountains are calling and I must go.
JOHN MUIR
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Shoots of hope
Finally there are grounds for optimism. Schools re-open in a just over a week’s time and the weather is decidedly spring like. The evenings are getting lighter, as are the mornings with the birds singing as I have my first cup of tea at 6am. Early mornings are my favourite time of day. An hourContinue reading “Shoots of hope”
Skew Gill and Custs Gully
The current wintry conditions bring back memories of Scottish winter climbing when winters were snowy and cold. Here is the story of a winter trip to the Lakes with my brother Jim in the days when I still did a bit of winter climbing. It had snowed and the Cumbrian mountains were white once more.Continue reading “Skew Gill and Custs Gully”
A night on Meldon Hill
When the Government announced they were relaxing the Covid rules for 5 days over Christmas I made plans to squeeze as much activity as possible into those 5 days. Two and a half days with my family and one day driving my mum home on the 27th. That left the 23rd and half of theContinue reading “A night on Meldon Hill”
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Home page photo: Mamores, Scotland, September 2020
