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Heading off on Friday alone to the wilds of Knoydart for three days of walking and camping. Watch this space!
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Sunday, 15 May 2011
River Avon
On Friday Neil and I walked up the River Avon (A'an) from Tomintoul to a secluded camping spot:
Shadowmen
Neil washes up
Cuppa soup time
Campsite
Bit wet the next day on the way back so didn't explore very far.
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Loch A'an
Left at 6am - we like to be precise with our distances round here:
Drove out to the Linn of Dee - I was not the first in the car park! Took the mountain bike as far as Derry Lodge then set off on foot up Glen Derry through some lovely Caledonian pine forest. Then in the teeth of hail and rain and wind uphill to the Hutchison Memorial Hut where Ella ate all her food supplies for the day and it was only half past ten! When we left the rain had stopped. A bit of snow and then the skies cleared as we looked down on Loch A'an. Ella found some snow to roll on:
A self-portrait by Loch A'an:
Ella relaxing by Loch A'an:
Shadow man is back:
Shelter Stone Crag at the head of Loch A'an:
Loch A'an:
The rain did return but provided this rainbow at the saddle of the Lairig Laoigh:
And blue skies once more back in Glen Derry:
Video panorama of Shelter Stone Crag and Loch A'an
Drove out to the Linn of Dee - I was not the first in the car park! Took the mountain bike as far as Derry Lodge then set off on foot up Glen Derry through some lovely Caledonian pine forest. Then in the teeth of hail and rain and wind uphill to the Hutchison Memorial Hut where Ella ate all her food supplies for the day and it was only half past ten! When we left the rain had stopped. A bit of snow and then the skies cleared as we looked down on Loch A'an. Ella found some snow to roll on:
A self-portrait by Loch A'an:
Ella relaxing by Loch A'an:
Shadow man is back:
Shelter Stone Crag at the head of Loch A'an:
Loch A'an:
The rain did return but provided this rainbow at the saddle of the Lairig Laoigh:
And blue skies once more back in Glen Derry:
Video panorama of Shelter Stone Crag and Loch A'an
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Ben Venue
Have decided to continue this blog with some of my tramping adventures nearer home. Last weekend I stayed with my brother and family in Kinlochard. On the Saturday drove over to Loch Achray and took the path up Ben Venue http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/lochlomond/ben-venue.shtml:
On the way up has great views back over Loch Achray and Loch Vennachar:
Ben Lomond clearly visible from the top:
In fact you could see Edinburgh and, I think, the hills of Arran. Here looking down onto the steamer on Loch Katrine:
Loch Katrine:
Lochs Kartine, Achray and Vennachar:
Loch Katrine:
Ben Lomond and Loch Katrine:
From the top I took the path back down into Kinlochard. A lovely walk of about 4 hours.
See you next time:
On the way up has great views back over Loch Achray and Loch Vennachar:
Ben Lomond clearly visible from the top:
In fact you could see Edinburgh and, I think, the hills of Arran. Here looking down onto the steamer on Loch Katrine:
Loch Katrine:
Lochs Kartine, Achray and Vennachar:
Loch Katrine:
Ben Lomond and Loch Katrine:
From the top I took the path back down into Kinlochard. A lovely walk of about 4 hours.
See you next time:
Monday, 29 March 2010
Going home
Had a nice relaxing final week in Wellington including a day at the local primary school. Everyone very friendly and interested to make comparisons. Really a lot of similarities. especially in a lot of the AiFL techniques. They are just introducing a national curriculum with clear levels and targets for the first time so that is creating a lot of discussion.
Took the cable car up to the top of the wonderful Botanics in the town. Great views:
A slow walk down hill to the city takes about an hour:
I also visited the house of Katherine Mansfield a NZ short story writer from a century ago - an amazing woman with a real Bohemian lifestyle and a great writer. Below is the NZ parliament building:
On Friday I tool the 12 hour Overlander train journey to Auckland. Quite a scenic trip:
And from there it was a flight to Osaka in Japan, a few hours in the airport then on to Amsterdam and finally to Aberdeen.
So home now and looking forward to seeing many of you soon!
Sorley
Took the cable car up to the top of the wonderful Botanics in the town. Great views:
A slow walk down hill to the city takes about an hour:
I also visited the house of Katherine Mansfield a NZ short story writer from a century ago - an amazing woman with a real Bohemian lifestyle and a great writer. Below is the NZ parliament building:
On Friday I tool the 12 hour Overlander train journey to Auckland. Quite a scenic trip:
And from there it was a flight to Osaka in Japan, a few hours in the airport then on to Amsterdam and finally to Aberdeen.
So home now and looking forward to seeing many of you soon!
Sorley
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Rob Roy Valley
On my last full day in the South Island I took a minibus about an hour out of Wanaka to Raspberry Flat on the West Matukituki River. Along the way there were views to Mt Aspiring:
It's a relatively easy walk across the river and up through the bush to the glacier:
Not sure what Rob Roy would have made of it all. Apparently the mountain and glacier were named for him by some early Scottish settlers.
So my last tramp of this trip:
Back in Wellington now for a week before I fly home. Hope you have had fun tramping with me!
Sorley
It's a relatively easy walk across the river and up through the bush to the glacier:
Not sure what Rob Roy would have made of it all. Apparently the mountain and glacier were named for him by some early Scottish settlers.
So my last tramp of this trip:
Back in Wellington now for a week before I fly home. Hope you have had fun tramping with me!
Sorley
Wanaka
So from Queenstown I took a bus up to Wanaka and the landscape turned very dry:
Lot of vineyards in the area. Some big fruit too:
Wanaka is a calmer and smaller version of Queenstown with its own lake:
Star attraction for me was the Cinema Paradiso. It was started by a chap from Inverness nearly 20 years ago. It has a fantastic cafe and they bake fresk cookies for the intermission and sell an incredible selection of home made ice creams:
Inside there is an interesting range of seating including an old yellow Morris Minor:
Craigievar Film Club - this is could be you!
Lot of vineyards in the area. Some big fruit too:
Wanaka is a calmer and smaller version of Queenstown with its own lake:
Star attraction for me was the Cinema Paradiso. It was started by a chap from Inverness nearly 20 years ago. It has a fantastic cafe and they bake fresk cookies for the intermission and sell an incredible selection of home made ice creams:
Inside there is an interesting range of seating including an old yellow Morris Minor:
Craigievar Film Club - this is could be you!
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