Singin’ in the rain
Reflections on hiking in the Highlands I'm singing in the rain / Yes, singing in the rain What a glorious feeling / And I'm happy again Those are words sung by Gene Kelly, the sort
Saved by attunement in a Cairngorm blizzard
Saved by attunement in a Cairngorm blizzard from Dominic Stuart [Any quotes are from my memory over forty-five years, and may not be verbatim.] On one occasion a group of five of us went up
How I come to join Jonathan Caddy’s mountain walks on a regular basis
The first time I joined a hill walk with Jonathan was 2008. I was joining a Christmas programme in Cluny with my wife Eveline and saw the notice for a Boxing Day walk. The walk
An emergency call in the mountains
The group hill walk on Sunday 4 February 2018 on Meall a’ Ghiubhais in the Torridon area was wonderful: lots of snow, bright sunshine, little wind. We descended at leisure, contented, pleasantly tired. Lower down
The Encroaching Chill of Fog, A Dangerous Episode on the Mountains that Ended Well
Hillwalking is potentially dangerous. On a Sunday group walk in August 2019 this became tangibly clear. I had chosen Ben Mòr Coigach for the walk, a beautiful low mountain just north of Ullapool, famous for
