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

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Any accounts I have of travel , holidays or day trips.

Winter Reset: Day 3

Posted on 17th January 202017th January 2020

After a predicted bounty of snow, the reality is, we need a lot more.

Posted in Snowboarding, StoriesTagged 2020 Season, Glencoe Mountain. Resort, Snowboard, Winter

Testing Times at Coe: Day 2

Posted on 27th December 201928th December 2019

Testing time at Glencoe Mountain Resort after the fire are balanced with a positive outlook for the future.

Posted in Snowboarding, StoriesTagged 2019, fire, snowboarding, Winter1 Comment

Celebrating World Photography day with NTS at Glencoe

Posted on 19th August 20196th October 2019

The National Trust for Scotland reached out to me once again, inviting me to take part in a unique Land Rover Safari led by their head ranger.

Posted in Outdoors, Stories, TravelTagged Glencoe, land rover, National Trust for Scotland, NTS, outdoors, photography, ScotlandLeave a comment

My photograph was used in the refurbished Glencoe Visitor Centre

Posted on 31st May 20193rd June 2019

My photograph was USED in the refurbished National Trust for Scotland Glencoe Visitor Centre

Posted in Event, Outdoors, Photography, StoriesTagged Glencoe, NTS, photography, Scotland, tourism, travel1 Comment

Morzine & the Portes du Soleil

Posted on 10th February 201916th July 2020

6 days snowboard holiday in Morzine, Portes du Soleil, France.

Posted in Snowboarding, Stories, VideoTagged Alps, holiday, Morzine, Portes du Soleil, ski, snowboarding, video

Day 1: 2019

Posted on 23rd January 201926th January 2019

Glencoe Mountain Resort Winter has been a long time coming. At Christmas I had cousins visiting from Australia and they would stay almost the full month of January. The plan was to get up the hill and shred with them before they had to travel home.  Winter did not cooperate, not until two days before […]

Posted in Snowboarding, StoriesTagged early season, Glencoe, Scotland, snow, snowboarding, Winter, winter sports

Iceland

Posted on 11th January 201914th November 2019

Our three day flying visit to Iceland.

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