The end of the Isles
With 96 days to go to publication and some eight months after I commenced writing, Isles at the Edge of the Sea is, at long last, completed. I sent the manuscript […]
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In praise of libraries
There has been much recent fuss – with good reason – over the closure of libraries as local authorities seek to cut costs. I’m all for libraries. When in an unfamiliar […]
Lord Hereford’s Knob
I am currently working through the edited script of The UK’s County Tops: Reaching the Top of 91 Historic Counties. I have got as far as Black Mountain, the highest […]
From Everest to Helvellyn, via Boring Field
What does a man do once he has conquered the world’s 8,000-metre peaks? Everything else must seem pretty mundane in comparison. Not tackling England’s 39 shire county tops (sort of, anyway), […]
The writing
The journey over, the writing has started, and I have churned out almost 14,000 words in 10 days. It has been a long, time-hungry process. Constantly, as I read and re-read my words, I […]
Isle of Jura Fell Race
We were sent on our way, a ripple of applause and the pounding of 200 pairs of feet on road drowning out the skirl of pipes. The theatrical idiom ‘break […]
283 Munros in 100 days – at 66
Now here is a man that deserves respect: Gerry McPartlin, a 66-year-old retired GP who is attempting to conquer Scotland’s 283 Munros in a continous 100-day journey. Starting at Ben Lomond […]
Wind turbines
If it were possible to lift the Monadhliath and drop it in south or middle England, it would be a National Park, visited by tens of thousands of people every year. Unfortunately, these […]
Review
Heights of Madness was reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph yesterday. Here it is: Energetic is certainly a word that could be used to describe Jonny Muir, who set out to […]
Ben Nevis Race – in!
I’m in! I’ve got a place in the Ben Nevis Race, the pinnacle of the Scottish hill racing season. I’m excited, yet nauseous.
Ben Nevis race 2010
I’ve entered the Ben Nevis race. That doesn’t mean I’ll get a place. That wasn’t meant to rhyme. I’ve just put an application in the post. Hopefully, the local yobs don’t […]
Mountain tracks
Labour is calling on the Scottish Government to improve the existing regulation of tracks on hills and mountains to prevent them spoiling the landscape. Following concerns raised by the John […]
