Tales of walking, running and mood dependent, maybe other random stuff!
Day 7: Jasper We had a day in Jasper and it’s far colder than what we’ve experienced thus far. Many layers were donned this morning for the walk around the shops! The temperature is around -9C and any wind makes it feel so much colder. By late morning things had brightened up a little so … Continue reading Canada: Part 2 (Alberta)
Arrival: Vancouver Arriving in Vancouver we felt pretty alert despite the significant time difference. Customs complete, we hopped on the sky train to downtown Vancouver. Sounds easy, right? One of us proved less than alert here, faffing around thinking they had to buy a ticket while the other tapped on using a credit card. Next … Continue reading Canada: Part 1 (British Columbia)
The plan for today, our final day of the holiday, had been to climb the last of the Grey Corries as I’d previously missed one (because I was tired and not munro bagging). However, with the route being a long trudge out and largely pathless (or else taking in the whole of the trio) neither … Continue reading Buachaille Etive Mòr
We have been so fortunate with the weather thus far and today was no exception. Our walk started from Kinlochleven; anyone who’s been there will appreciate that you’re not leaving in any direction without a significant ascent. It was steep from the moment we left the car park. On reflection it was definitely worth the … Continue reading Binnein Mòr & Na Gruagaichean
Our plans for the day were upskittled by a very iffy weather forecast. After much debate, we’d pretty much settled on a lower level day of little or nothing (walk up the Devil’s Staircase followed by a mosey about Fort William) when a last look at the Met Office heralded a change. We made a … Continue reading Càrn Mòr Dearg
Following a spy on social media, we each adopted a munro to support some research being done by the James Hutton Institute: https://munro-biodiversity.hutton.ac.uk This required us to visit our chosen munro and take soil samples from three designated points (or close by should the vegetation not match that specified). Having carefully planned some hills for … Continue reading Mountain Heights, Hidden Depths (Soil Survey) incorporating Beinn a’ Chaorainn, Beinn Teallach and Meall Dearg
Decided to go somewhere different today and this saw us head for the Linn of Quoich. The forecast changed this morning and as we headed west from the city there was a cloudy haze ahead. I wondered if it was a heat haze (eternal optimist) while Bruce rightly predicted rain. As we drove there were … Continue reading Heather Bashing on Càrn na Drochaide
In the previous post Bruce had one new hip and one awaiting surgery. He’s now been fortunate enough to have had both done and is recovering really well. Perseverance is a great thing, dogged determination to get the physio done regularly, and today we did the first munro together in quite some time! Loch Muick … Continue reading Creag an Dubh Loch and Broad Cairn: He’s Back!
We’ve been hoping to get amongst the hills for a few weeks, but something has always stopped us. The inclement weather, me not getting up early enough, or illness. We contemplated Loch Lee last weekend but Bruce wasn’t feeling 100% and listened to the voice of reason (ME!), opting for a flat walk at Ballater … Continue reading Testing the Legs at Loch Lee
What a great walk this was! I have to say we were both very pleasantly surprised! We’d contemplated this earlier in the week but opted for Morrone instead as it was such a fine day. Today however was very different; although still sunny and relatively cloud free, the winds were strong and being on the … Continue reading Balmoral Cairns
Clare, happiest outdoors! 