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An aide-mémoire. Mostly hiking & snowboarding in Scotland. Currently involved with @RoamResponsibly & @ProtectOurWintersUK

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Glencoe

Posted on 16th January 201619th January 2016

Day 1 of Scottish season 15/16. Well it’s been a long time coming. I’ve had my season pass since October and I’ve been itching to get on snow. December was the warmest on record and saw devastating flooding throughout the land. Christmas came and went with only a gesture of snow filling in some of […]

Posted in SnowboardingTagged Glencoe, hydro, loch lomond, Scotland, ski, slow, snow, Snowboard, Winter

Where to?

Posted on 12th January 201612th January 2016
Posted in PhotographyTagged Canon EOS 6D, damp, fence, park, path, walk, wet

A New Start

Posted on 3rd January 20163rd January 2016

A little (BIG) treat to my self in the new year. I’ve finally taken the plunge into full frame digital with a Canon EOS 6D. A real incentive to get out there and do more in camera. Rather than clog my Instagram gallery, I thought I’d try this photo a day project from #theidearoom and post […]

Posted in Photography, StoriesTagged camera, Canon EOS 6D, close up, full frame, Instagram, lighting, macro, theIdeaRoom, tumblr

Frosty wildlife encounter

Posted on 13th December 201513th December 2015

Decided to get up and go for a walk in the frosty fog this morning, and I’m so glad I did. The urban wildlife put on a show only a short walk from my flat. Three otter hunting under the bridge at Old Cathcart, Glasgow. Look out for their bubble trails and see how fast […]

Posted in Outdoors, Stories, Uncategorized, VideoTagged dipper, frost, Glasgow, goosander, nature, otter, Scotland, urban, video, walk, wildlife

West Coast Voyages

Posted on 22nd November 201511th December 2015

Some clips taken during my October 2015 road trip. Read about the whole #westcoastwander trip and view photos here.

Posted in Outdoors, Travel, VideoTagged arisaig, boat trip, knoydart, mull, Scotland, west coast1 Comment

Chromatics cover Ceremony

Posted on 21st November 201521st November 2015

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/174568091″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged ceremony, chromatics, cover version, Joy Division, music, new order

Winter is coming

Posted on 18th November 201518th November 2015

The Fourth Phase, Brain Farm’s new movie, a sure sign winter is on the way.

Posted in Snowboarding, VideoTagged film, Snowboard, video

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