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Sunday, 24 March 2013

And Still It Snowed

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My prediction of slush and mud being the prevailing underfoot conditions for today didn’t quite prove to be true, but before I came to disco...
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Saturday, 23 March 2013

Spring is Further Delayed

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Yesterday morning’s vague smattering of snow on our lawn had melted by late afternoon – just ready for it to start to snow again. By this mo...
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Friday, 22 March 2013

Abort! Abort!

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With just the tiniest smattering of snow adorning our lawn this morning, we only gave a cursory thought to changing our plan for the day bef...
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Sunday, 17 March 2013

A Wee Rantette

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Would you believe that today was the first time that we’ve set foot on Cannock Chase since January 2012? Would you also believe that, on a...
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013

TGOC Spring Gathering At The Snake Pass Inn

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Friday : Arriving at the Snake Inn early in the afternoon, I wasn’t moved to spend the whole afternoon sitting in the car park looking out...
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Scotland - Day 18 (Drumochter)

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Anyone paying particularly close attention will have noticed I said that yesterday was our last day of walking for this holiday. That left m...
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Scotland - Day 17 (Aviemore)

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Our last day of walking today and the original plan for the day with the best forecast (which happened to be today) was to go up Ben Macdui....
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Monday, 25 February 2013

Scotland - Day 16 (Aviemore)

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As today’s weather forecast wasn’t as good as tomorrow’s, our route choice for today was a couple of little hills, rather than a big hill. I...
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Sunday, 24 February 2013

Scotland - Day 15 (Aviemore)

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We didn’t get the sunshine I wanted and expected for today’s outing. In fact, quite the contrary: it was snowing convincingly as we set out,...
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Friday, 22 February 2013

Scotland - Day 13 (Lossiemouth)

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A lazy day yesterday saw us travel back up from Grantown to Elgin to visit more friends in the area and, with Mick having a get-together wit...
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Scotland - Day 11 (Grantown-on-Spey)

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We decided to have a very gentle, lazy day today, so in poring over the maps I chose a forest-and-river walk, starting from the campsite and...
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Scotland - Day 10 (Tomintoul)

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Off to Tomintoul we tootled this morning, under more stunning blue skies. The blue skies did, of course, mean that it had been a cold night,...
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