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Mourne Seven Sevens
If getting up early for an epic day on the hills is your idea of fun, then the annual Mourne Seven Sevens may well be worth adding to your list of outdoor challenges....
Ticks: How to Avoid Lyme Disease (and other nasties)
My first experience of ticks was many years ago when I lived in Wiltshire, on the edge of Savernake Forest. One evening, while lying in bed, I scratched the back...
West Highland Way – Day 6
Leaving Kinlochleven Despite the odd behaviour of the local drivers I slept well once again, although my sleeping bag was far too warm and I only zipped it up when...
West Highland Way – Day 5
I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but I have to tell the truth, I had another great night’s sleep despite the rain that was drumming on the...
West Highland Way – Day 4
Early morning at Beinglas Farm There must be something about sleeping in a tent. I had another great night’s sleep, only waking about 5am when I zipped my...
West Highland Way – Day 3
Last night I had fallen asleep to the sound of owls calling and I wondered idly how small mammals and birds dealt with ticks. I’m sure by preening themselves...
West Highland Way – Day 2
"Why, just why?" What cow's think of walkers? I had packed in preparation for cold Scottish spring nights, I knew from experience how cold it can be...
West Highland Way – Day 1
I’ve wanted to walk the West Highland Way for quite a few years now, but previous plans to complete this 96 mile route from Glasgow to Fort William have fallen...
Lessons learned in the snow
I originally started writing this post a couple of weeks ago, just after actually getting out on the hills in proper snowy conditions, but life and a nasty respiratory infection...
Birch Beer – the taste of the forest?
For a few years now I’ve been wanting to try tapping some birch trees, admittedly just for the experience of doing it and to find out how to do it properly....
- @_soapgirl_ it was one of those times when everyone just concentrated on what they were doing, including the toddler ... "daddy!" #notmykid
- @twentyclicks Will do!
- Standing in a queue and having someone else's toddler repeatedly calling you daddy ... awkward
- @twentyclicks I've done canvases before, but never one this big, so I'm pretty pleased with the printers!
- I just supplied this 1.23m wide canvas to a local business. They are very pleased with it! http://t.co/KrexC4iA
- @Smirnie71 @hillplodder @dean_read I managed that at the weekend. (incline+mud)*gravity+cold=pain
- @Smirnie71 @hillplodder @dean_read it's Gravity all the way for those of us still on Symbian!
- @dean_read @Smirnie71 lists are the way forward! Just think of them as a quick filter.
- BBC News - Climber dies and another injured after Ben Nevis fall http://t.co/wsre4s3n
- RT @JohnHarumphrys: @BBCr4today Coming up later. Charles Dickens. Still dead.