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An Old Ne’er Day Review of 2018 and looking forward to 2019

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Al McGowan — Leave a comment

The year has turned, by whichever of a selection of old European calendars you want to use, and the light begins to come back to the higher latitudes. In Scotland, today is the first day of the New Year. However,…

Posted in Geological Walks, Mountain Training, Navigation, Scotland, Trips

Updated: Tale of a cragfast geology student from Strabeg bothy book

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Al McGowan — 1 Comment

Update: The person who ended up stuck on the slope got in touch with me to give me additional details and, in particular, point out that they had a whistle, compass-clinometer and phone on them but were unable to use…

Tagged with: Bothy, Geology, Geopark, Scotland
Posted in Geodiversity, Mountains, Navigation, Scotland

When compasses go wrong: A tale from the Angus Glens

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Al McGowan — Leave a comment

Shadow, our dog, and I headed for the hills via Jock’s Road from Glen Doll. I’m still getting Shadow used to the bigger hills and longer distances. We’d done a drive up best forgotten through roadworks and heavy traffic in…

Posted in Mountains, Navigation, Scotland, Trips

Completed Mountain Training Expedition Skills module

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Al McGowan — Leave a comment

Over the weekend of the 7-8th of May I underwent my training and assessment for the Mountain Training Expedition Skills module with Mary Matthews, who runs Mountains and Wildlife. Mary is based in Kincardine and uses the surrounding hill areas…

Tagged with: Expedition skills
Posted in Geodiversity, Mountain Training, Navigation, Trips

Blog Archives

An Old Ne’er Day Review of 2018 and looking forward to 2019

Updated: Tale of a cragfast geology student from Strabeg bothy book

When compasses go wrong: A tale from the Angus Glens

Registration to National Navigation Scheme Completed

Completed Mountain Training Expedition Skills module