Mountain scare ends in helicopter rescue
My most recent Munro bagging hike ended just two hours into the outing – when the G-Force and I were helicoptered off an avalanche prone snowfield by a Mountain Rescue Team. The situation was...
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Mystery of the missing piano lid
I had owned Beloved Piano for five years. In all that time I believed it was missing the lid to cover the keys. Just after taking delivery today of the BP my French Class...
Sad goodbye and an excited hello
BP1 leaving home.. Not so such outdoors life but indoors these last two days… Today Little Miss Outdoors and I had a tear in our eye as we said goodbye to our wonderful old...
Why it’s not going so swimmingly
Little Miss Outdoors will thank me in the long-term. I’m sure of it! Every week from the age of 4 to 9 I insisted that she attended “proper” swimming lessons. She couldn’t see the...
And finally there is light…
Something great happened during my usual Monday evening run (while Little Miss Outdoors goes to a French class) – it remained light for the entire outing. While this new occurence (for 2010) has obviously...
Gold in them there Munros?
Oh, oh.. here’s another great reason become a Munro bagging addict… or even just a Munro bagger. For a gold mining company is bidding to restart an old mine beneath Ben Lui, in the...
Speed running in the sleet
While 20 or so of our fellow Glasgow Tri Club athletes headed out to the warmer climes of Club La Santa on Lanzarote today, eight of those left behind in Scotland braved a chilly...
Speed running in the sleet
While 20 or so of our fellow Glasgow Tri Club athletes headed out to the warmer climes of Club La Santa on Lanzarote today, eight of those left behind in Scotland braved a chilly...
1000 miles of free-running and obstacles
This guy is clearly a little bonkers – but it’s bonkers in the name of charidy so that’s alright then. Go dude! See his blog here And the Observer article here
1000 miles of free-running and obstacles
This guy is clearly a little bonkers – but it’s bonkers in the name of charidy so that’s alright then. Go dude! See his blog here And the Observer article here
