Day 22 of Scottish season 15/16. Last year’s record has been matched. The weeken didn’t happen. After driving up on Friday in brilliant sunshine, I was told on arrival that the centre want opening due to high winds that were developing. Nothing for it but to drive home again. Saturday didn’t happen as it looked […]
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Any accounts I have of travel , holidays or day trips.
Hinterland
Scotland’s Festival of Architecture was kicked off with the Hinterland art installation at St. Peter’s Seminary in Cardross, a place I have explored and admired since I was a child. An it was through my involvement with the Instagram community I was able to blag a ticket for the event thanks to architect and fellow […]
Glencoe
Day 21 of Scottish season 15/16. Another greybird day. This cloud doesn’t want to shift from the summit of Meall a’ Bhuiridh. It’s my third consecutive day at Glencoe Mountain Resort and the staff are wondering if I have a job to go to. I just tell them ‘some folk go to the Alps but I’ve […]
Glencoe
Day 20 of Scottish season 15/16. Another misty day, but slightly better than yesterday. Drier but still with no visibility at the very top. After a few runs on main basin and the wall crossover, which still has great snow. I took things down to Mugs Alley and ‘Old Mugs Alley’ as they call the […]
Glencoe
Day 18 of Scottish season 15/16. I’d been looking out the office window at work all week. Blue skies prevailed throughout the week, and for once lasted all the way to Saturday. It was Snow Fest day at all Scottish resorts and a glorious day it was too. The sky was completely bluebird and the […]
Glencoe
Day 17 of Scottish season 15/16. Conditions today were a marked contrast to my last visit just a few days ago. Temperatures were high, 14° or so in the carpark with quite a bit of snow loss on the mountain, up to a foot according to the resort. The plateau still has cover, though thinning […]
Glencoe
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/158379204[/vimeo] Day 16 of Scottish season 15/16. What can I say? The rough cut above does all the talking. I reacted to Glencoe Mountain Resort’s Facebook post the evening before predicting fresh snow and sunshine. I hastily arranged to be there next morning. Many like minded folk had made Glencoe their destination this morning, so […]