Meeting the Grey Man
Something is coming towards me through the mist, I can see the figure of a man, easily nine feet high, striding in my
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Inverness
A Little Piece of Magic
There is magic here. It’s in the way the wind whispers in the trees, it’s in the gnarled trunks of the old woodland,
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The Unforgiven Mountaineer
Everything had been fine until I’d answered that question but now a silence hung in the air like a malevolent fart. I sucked
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If you are reading this – Please go home!
At the end of Loch Arkaig I came across a sign. What it basically says is, “See those big lumpy things behind this
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A Quiet Word
The moment I walked into the bothy I could tell something was wrong, I could feel the tension in the atmosphere. The last
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“There is nowhere left to go, but everywhere.”
Sometimes you just don’t see what’s on your doorstep. I live beside the river Ness. I see it every day, watch its moods
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A gift from the mountain gods
I’m doubled up over my walking poles, high on a snow slope, gasping for air like a goldfish plucked from its tank. My
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The most serious walk in Britain?
I realise I must have lapsed into unconsciousness as the icy downwash from the rescue helicopter, hovering above, brings me round. Peering through
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LM Bothy -Audio Cast
Chicken soup, why you shouldn’t burn down a bothy and the wonders of coal. All hot suff as I visit another remote Highland bothy
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LM Bothy -Audio Cast
Chicken soup, why you shouldn’t burn down a bothy and the wonders of coal. All hot suff as I visit another remote Highland bothy
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