Various thoughts on the outdoors: walking & cycling trips etc.
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 on Sunday 20th April 2008 in Blog, Outdoors tagged cycling, lyrics, Music, with no comments.
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 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 on Saturday 5th May 2007 in Outdoors tagged cycling, mountains, Scotland, with one comment.
We did a couple of really great walks the weekend before last, Quinag on the Saturday and Ben Avon on the Sunday.
Quinag
This is actually three Corbetts (hills between 2500 and 3000 feet) but more than that, it is a really interesting hill to walk.
The walk starts from the carpark on the A894 (north of Ullapool), [...]
Posted on Friday 27th April 2007 in Outdoors tagged cycling, mountains, panorama, walking, with no comments.
