The Beaches of Scotland: A selected guide to over 150 of the most beautiful beaches on the Scottish mainland and islands. 2022 By Stacey McGowan Holloway. Vertebrate Publishing. 186 pp. Softback and ebook. £20 RRP. ISBN 9781839810787 Disclosure: Stacey, the…
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Advanced First-Aid revalidation with BASP
My Mountain Training Association account helps keep the insurance and first-aid certification up-to-date by sending me emails to remind me when these things need to be renewed and updated on my profile. I may have in fact renewed them but…
Slouching towards e-Commerce at Hills of Hame to offer some discounted urban walks on 4, 11 & 18 November
The sun is shining here in Edinburgh,the air is pleasantly chilly and I am looking out of the window at the southern side of Salisbury Crags and the Lion’s Haunch and Sampson’s Ribs from the window while I work…
Tagged with: Geology, Outdoor, Palaeontology, Scotland
Posted in Geodiversity, Geological Walks (urban), Scotland
Posted in Geodiversity, Geological Walks (urban), Scotland
Creag Meagaidh – long walk in
Creag Meagaidh is a great swathe of cliffs and deep corries when seen from the A86. However, I had the chance to go in from the Braeroy side this week. This approach gives a rather different aspect to the massif…
Updated: Tale of a cragfast geology student from Strabeg bothy book
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
Posted in Geodiversity, Mountains, Navigation, Scotland
Visiting Edinburgh’s seaside- Seafield, Portobello, Joppa
The car had been booked in for a service, so Shadow and I went out to drop it off and visit his old pre-adoption part of Edinburgh, Seafield. My previous experiences in the area have mostly been running or geology-related.…
Tagged with: Edinburgh, geological history, Outdoor, Scotland, Walking
Posted in Geodiversity, Geological Walks (urban), Scotland
Posted in Geodiversity, Geological Walks (urban), Scotland
Mapping human influences on the uplands and mountains of Scotland
As well as the natural history of the uplands and mountains, which I have provided some resources for on the blog before (see here ), working as an outdoor leader requires some knowledge of human activities and traces in the…
Tagged with: Archaeology, Land Use, Maps, Scotland
Posted in Mountain Training, Mountains, Scotland, Soils
Posted in Mountain Training, Mountains, Scotland, Soils
Running wild with Jenna
Today was the Carnethy Hill Running Club Junior-Senior relay, which involves teams of 3, one of whom is a junior member of the CHRC who cuts off down a gully before final push to the ridgeline of Turnhouse Hill. Four…
Broad Law: Same hill, different route
At 840m Broad Law is the second highest peak outside of the Highlands beaten by only 3m by The Merrick in Dumfries and Galloway. Previously, I had ventured up Broad Law with my eldest daughter Jenna via the forestry track…
Reading the Gaelic Landscape (Leughadh Aghaidh na Tire)
Reading the Gaelic Landscape. John Murray. 2014. Whittles Publishing. 232 p. Most of my walking and other outdoor activities are done in Scotland. I did some Scots Gaelic with the University of Glasgow in the mid-1990s while on the dole…
Hills of Hame 