As one of the very few local hills of any real size I’d never been up, I’d long been intrigued by the prominent Corbett of Beinn Maol Chaluim which, despite standing proudly to the south of Bidean and being highly visible from the A82 between Glencoe Village and Achnacon, narrowly fails to make that silly Munro height, takes just as much effort to summit as its bigger neighbours and is surely therefore one of Glen Coe’s less-frequented peaks. (more…)
18 October 2009
16 October 2009
Munros old and new
Been out on the hills this past couple of days, with yet another run on my ‘home ground’ of the central Mamores (surely my most trodden hills with the possible exceptions of the Ben and the Buachaille) followed by something new today. (more…)
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14 October 2009
Cateran Trail Race 2010
Today I posted my entry for the 2010 Cateran Trail Race. (more…)
13 October 2009
North-west hot aches
Back last night from a quick trip north-west (planned on some expectation of a wet Sunday and dry Monday) with Jamie B and Dan from The Ice Factor. Which predictably brought us both wet, claggy Sunday hillwalking and damper-than-hoped Monday climbing… (more…)
4 October 2009
Running on neglected hills
Despite desperately craving some good outdoor activity, yesterday was so foul that I had no hesitation in agreeing to climb indoors at The Ice Factor with Stevie Abbott. And I managed a good two hours of sensibly-chosen routes without making my fingers obviously worse. (more…)
24 September 2009
Yes, I have arthritic fingers!
Some more trouble with my aching and increasingly strange-looking fingers (see July’s Upside-down post) and I’m thinking maybe it’s time to seek a professional opinion. So I took them to Chris Ellis today, with the result being confirmation of my suspicion that they’re getting arthritic. (more…)
20 September 2009
The Torridon ‘Meet’
With the thoroughly deserved but all-too-short little Indian summer that followed weeks of rain looking like it might just last into this weekend, switching the Polldubh Club‘s second weekend meet from some lowland outcrops to the stunning north-west setting of Torridon seemed like a good bet. But the weather was already on the turn, and only Johnny MacLeod, Ed & Rona Grindley and I made it north in the end. (more…)
13 September 2009
Damnation or redemption?
Today I was climbing with Johnny at Polldubh, where we also had the good fortune to bump into Ed and Rona. (more…)
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12 September 2009
I believed in antelopes
So (after weeks of rain) we’ve got a glorious September Saturday, my arrangement to climb with Isi doesn’t seem to have worked out, the mower’s been returned to the shed in disgrace (won’t start), the rose on my weedkiller can is broken and I’m needing to get outside and do something… (more…)
10 September 2009
Hamstring
Having been plagued by this persistent hamstring niggle all year when running (not so far an issue for climbing or walking) and seen it get obviously worse over the past fortnight, I went to see Chris Ellis (highly-regarded sports-specialist partner in our local GP practice) about it today. And no-one listening would have been in much doubt that I let Chris know when he’d located the troublesome spot! (more…)