Running up Strathearn a week or so ago (its been a busy fortnight or so - no time for blogging!)

A thunderous departure by The Duchess of Sutherland from Perth. Snorting like an angry bull, accompanied by a volcano of belching smoke,...

Beinn Chabhair is a Munro which lies on the East side of Glen Falloch, better known to motorists as the A82, north of Loch Lomond. As it ...

I first climbed Lochnagar back in 1995 on a hot summers' day. On the way up the steep ascent from Clais Rathadan towards the col just...

 All natural colours, no filters, no spiced up saturation!

Glen Nevis is indisputably one of Scotland's finest. The road along the valley floor, twistz and turns alomgside the fast-flowing R...

Kenneth Bailey's "Jesus Through Middle-Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels" is the most stimulating and helpful ...

Last night we finally managed to see Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln, and well worth watching it is too. It is an unusual biopic in...

Stac Pollaidh (' Stak Polly ') is not a large mountain, but it is one of Scotland's most iconic peaks and its unusual name is...

A decade ago we faced two problems. One was that the company I was working for were having a difficult time, the second was that we had s...

Forlorn and malodorous, the carcass of a Minkie Whale decays in the summer sun,  Polglass.

The moon is making patterns on the water Why it is I just can't say I'm not old enough or wise enough to wonder I don't think ...

Middle Earth meets Scotland

"Disturb us if you dare.."

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