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Summit pose on Ben Nevis
13th February 20170

First Ben Nevis Winter Camping

We had our first Ben Nevis Winter Camping trip last week on 9-10 February. I had the idea to run this trip last year to offer something different for my clients. Something that is more of an achievement than just walking up the highest hill in Scotland. In the past I have run several winter ascents to the summit of Ben Nevis. However, they are just the same as what...
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6th February 20170

At last Winter has arrived!

This winter has been a bit slow to pick up and snow has developed very slowly… if at all. The reason is some strange weather patterns we had since December 2016. What we need to get a good winter in the mountains is a good dump of snow, followed by sub zero temperatures in the mountains. Then even a mild day or two don't make much of a difference since...
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Spindrift Cairngorm
4th February 20170

First Real Wintry Day of the Season

First weekend with real wintry conditions near Cairn Gorm summit. But only high up from about 900m. Very mild below.
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misty sea kayaking
22nd August 20160

Misty Paddle

Last week was another one of those weird weather conditions you have along the Scottish seashore. Best know here as the sea haar. You usually get it at the east coast when warm air is moving over the cold North Sea but even at the west coast you can have some haar when it is extremely hot (for Scottish conditions). On 17 and 18 August I went with a group...
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22nd August 20160

Moving an Off-Centre Sea Kayak Skeg

For years I had great Island Kayak Expedition kayaks for my clients which are pretty easy to load and are stable even for people who have been trying kayaking for the first time. The only real disadvantage with these kayaks were the off-centre skegs. They have been introduced so that the loading of large long items to the back is easy and no stones get lodged into the skeg box....
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