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New Year's Day Mamores

1st January 2017, 11 photos

Great New Year's Day walk to bag a couple of Mamores that had eluded me - Stob Ban and Mullach Nan Coirean - Munros 189 and 190 now done.

Drummochter Two Plus One

27th December 2016, 11 photos

Lovely wee winter romp around the Drummocher Munros with Douglas and Kim. Two new ticks (187 and 188) and one repeat of nearly a quarter of a century ago.

Tandeming France

22nd October 2016, 33 photos

A tandeming holiday to properly visit some of the sights we flew over on our microlight trip back in August. With a little Paris mini-adventure thrown in too, since we happened to be passing. I just must mention the Nexus mobile phone - it has an AMAZING phone camera, particularly in low light and even its digital zoom (used cautiously) can give nice results. All of these photos were taken with the phone - it's not practical to carry a proper camera on the bike but no need to anyway, thanks to the Nexus.

Chateaux Tour of The Loire

8th August 2016, 43 photos

Our third attempt in the last year to fly to the Loire and do a Chateaux Tour by microlight - something I've wanted to do for a long time. Following the weather, as we always do, we were then taken east to Epernay, the Champagne region and an entirely unplanned and moving overfly of my great uncle's Great War grave in northern France. It was hot, turbulent, bumpy flying all the way but we loved every minute and really didn't want it to end.

Lump District

8th July 2016, 15 photos

Fun week exploring caves, trees, wee hills and big landslips in the ridiculously named Peak District.

James, Aberlady Gala Consort

4th June 2016, 16 photos

James was selected as Consort to the Gala Queen for this year's Aberlady Gala. A little bit nerve-wracking but he did brilliantly with his speech and the family are all very, very proud of him.

The Bridges

15th May 2016, 4 photos

Little jolly with James, and with Kim flying in formation, over the city and the airport to see the new bridge from above.

Glenfinnan Munros

13th May 2016, 8 photos

The perfect camp on a very warm spring evening under the monument at Glenfinnan and then a round of the Glenfinnan Munros horseshoe under cloud that dispersed as we descended the second Munro.

The Mosedale Horseshoe, Wasdale

22nd April 2016, 9 photos

Camped at the Inn at Wasdale Head to position ourselves for a scenic high level circuit of the Mosedale Horseshoe.

Old Man of Coniston

31st March 2016, 8 photos

Old Madeline and young James conquer the Old Man of Coniston.

Skiing Saint Gervais

22nd March 2016, 17 photos

Three fabulous and unexpected days' skiing in Saint Gervais. Huge thanks to Gordon and Jill for inviting me to join them, microlighter Gordon Craig for the use of his apartment and Easyjet for the cheap flights!

Munro 184 - Beinn Bhuidhe

18th March 2016, 14 photos

Climbing through the inversion into the snow and hot sunshine of Beinn Bhuidhe.

Chatel

18th February 2016, 26 photos

Half term skiing again with James in Chatel - Portes Du Soleil.

Munro 183 - Carn a'Chlamain

28th December 2015, 9 photos

Forecast was for "difficult walking conditions with sudden ferocious gusts" but we weren't going to let that stop us when we'd arranged the day off work so Douglas picked a good hill, promising a rare new tick for me, which would keep us low out of the wind for as long as possible on the long cycle in followed by a rapid ascent and descent of Carn a'Chlamain. Pretty nasty wind higher up, as predicted, but always makes for an exciting day.

Going Ape For James' Eleventh

1st November 2015, 10 photos

Down to Glentress to Go Ape on a sunny Autumn atfernoon with James and his pal Jack.

Four Nations Flying Tour

17th October 2015, 45 photos

A dramatic "follow the weather" microlight tour visiting friends and family in Gatwick, Norfolk and the Lake District, taking in France and Wales for good measure. A bit of a photographic challenge to produce anything worthwhile through the near permanent haze layer below us, but I've tried. (Oh - a serious little footnote for any of my students reading this: despite appearances and my captions, we were at all times in sight of the surface.)

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