Escape – An emergency day off.
Lockdown is rubbish eh? I live in Edinburgh, Scotland where we’ve been bound by law to stay within our council boundary since November. Before that, it was asked of us […]
Category Archives: adventure
Through the Lairig Ghru
It sounds so grand, doesn’t it. Hard to work out how to pronounce I guess. La-Rig Gr-roo or something like that. It sounds better in a Scots accent than my […]
Running The Cateran Trail
We’re half way, or so we thought, as Ian and I were sitting on a bench in the warm sun in Altyh we were contemplating the reasons why we’d chosen […]
North Isle of Mull in Winter
North Mull We spent Hogmanay on the Isle of Mull. A winter retreat to a remote part of the country. Not too remote, we stayed in Tobermory, a relatively busy […]
West Highland Way in 3 and a bit days – planning
Planning the WHW would have been easier if it had been “in season” however I decided to do it in the off season due to work commitments and left over […]
Day 4 WHW – Race for the train West Highland Way
I had one too many beers last night and was talking a bit backward so decided to go to bed early at 8:30! I was chatting to the Dutch guy […]
Day 2/3 WHW West Highland Way
I wake in an empty hostel, no one it seems came in last night and I didn’t see the ranger again. I made coffee and went up to my room. […]
WHW West Highland Way day 1
I’ve got my feet up and drinking tea. I’m not long out of the bath. I’m the only one in Ardress Lodge and I feel relaxed. Today was fun, I […]
8 days remain
8 days remain. The same number of days I will be running for. Excited but scared. I’ve been fighting a cold. This always happens when I wind down. Whether tapering […]
I miss my bike
It’s been a few months since my lovely hybrid got stolen from me by a deranged idiot* and I’ve still not replaced him. I could say it’s because I’m busy […]
