“Romans and Nazis and Fatdogs…Oh No!”
The Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Fatdog inched their way up the creepy forest track. From the arboreal depths came the sound of creaking. Dull, ominous, creaking. The sort of creaking you...
View ArticleA Day of Care and Sorrow
Yesterday was a wake-up call as to the capabilities of both myself and The Fatdog. We’d had great success having completed 3 (very) easy hills in 8 days. On what was day 12, we had a somewhat stiffer...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery – Care and Sorrow
There were a few photos that didn’t make it into the previous post…so here’s a wee gallery. Just to smooth it along I’ve uploaded a relaxing piece of music to go along with it. Click on the play...
View ArticleThe Great Innerdouny Agate Hunt
A few days prior our uncomfortable morning on King’s Seat above Dollar, The Fatdog and I had had a trifle more success on a much lesser bump on the landscape – Innerdouny Hill. This relatively...
View ArticleNemesis
It looked such an innocuous little bump. My God, it was only 427m high! We used to swallow up those wee molehills on our way to much bigger things. It created mayhem did Dumgoyne…the little sod. . ....
View ArticleThe Diary of Bertie “Wrong-Hill” Brown – an extract
For some weeks now a gleeful MrP has been reminding me of a trifling navigational error I committed en-route from the Corbett, Monamenach, to the Graham, Meall na Letter, just to the east of Glenshee....
View ArticleA Day at Amulree – a bit of mild heather bashing
Other than a somewhat embarrassing diversion via an unplanned hill, the excursion of the previous week with Mr.P had been an outstanding success. I did omit from the “tail” another embarrassing...
View ArticleAbout Time for a Wee Munro, I Think
After successfully completing a couple of walks on the Grahams, I decided that myself and The Fatdog should extend our range a wee bit and tackle an easy Munro. Glas Tulaichean was a fairly easy...
View ArticleThe Mighty Gate of Invervar – Part 1
I believe, not that I’m an expert in this field, that you should always have three points of contact when climbing. This is a useful guide for any form of awkward ascending. At present I have four....
View ArticleThe Mighty Gate of Invervar – Part 2
PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE PHOTOS – THEY LOOK MUCH BETTER IN LARGE SIZE. . . Here’s the proposed route again as a reminder. . . The Mighty Gate of Invervar was a right bugger to close…a bit of...
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