Various thoughts on the outdoors: walking & cycling trips etc.
I headed up to Evanton yesterday, to have a walk through the Black Rock Gorge, which I had heard was pretty impressive, but had never seem for myself.
Following the OS Walks guide I parked in Evanton and walked up the northern bank of the Allt Graad with a few interesting sections where there had been [...]
Posted at 20:45 on Monday 2nd March 2009 in Outdoors tagged Photography, Scotland, walking, with no comments.
We went for a short walk up Beinn na Muice in Glen Strathfarrar at the weekend. On the way back we stopped off at the dam at the end of Loch Monar.
I took a panoramic set of photos from the bottom of the dam, comprising 41 handheld shots, which I have processed into this [...]
Posted at 17:06 on Tuesday 8th July 2008 in Engineering, Outdoors, Photos tagged dam, Engineering, hydro, panorama, photo, with one comment.
While out cycling today, as I went up yet another hill, I started humming “losing my momentum” to the tune of R.E.M.’s ‘Losing my Religion’. Here’s the full set of lyrics:
Thiiiis hill, is bigger,
Is bigger than you,
Than you, had told me.
The lengths I have to go to,
The distance up the side.
Oh no, my legs are [...]
Posted at 23:04 on Sunday 20th April 2008 in Blog, Outdoors tagged cycling, lyrics, Music, with one comment.
We walked up Ben Loyal, near Tongue in the north of Scotland, last weekend. It was another great walk, although the visibility was not great, and it was very windy! We were expecting to be blown off the summit tor, instead of which we found it to be a sheltered zone with the wind whipping [...]
Posted at 22:45 on Wednesday 6th June 2007 in Outdoors tagged landscapes, mountains, Photos, Scotland, video, walking, with no comments.
Yesterday we cycled over the Bealach na Ba, one of the highest hill passes in the UK. Spectacular scenery, good weather, some pain, and a well deserved late lunch at the Applecross Inn made it a great day overall.
The day started with the drive to Sheildaig, much easier following the upgrade of the A896 road. [...]
Posted at 11:10 on Saturday 5th May 2007 in Outdoors tagged cycling, mountains, Scotland, with one comment.