I was lucky to be invited to take part in a group trip to Cuba. I’m not usually one to head for tropical destinations, but the invitation from David to join himself and Johnny, both photographer friends I have made via Instagram, was one I couldn’t pass up. This is a long post, so if […]
Category: Travel
An account of any trips near or far.
Calamity on Cruachan
Where to? We had been planning a good hill walk for a while. Becoming less sociable in our old age, it’s always difficult to organise activities beyond yourself. But four of us managed to get out for a weekend, the plan was to do a hill, maybe a ridge and stay overnight in Oban. The […]
Northwest is best
Returning to Torridon and beyond Over a year ago I made my first foray to the far Northwest of Scotland. Having only been as far as Little Gruinard Bay, I was keen to explore further and reach Assynt and the fabled hills of Stac Pollaidh and Suilven and prove the mantra – Northwest is Best. […]
A Chance Discovery – Three Lochs Way
Hiking a section of the Three Lochs Way I was lucky enough to discover a hiking route recently that had been there all along. It’s part of the Three Lochs Way and I’d grown up right beside it, without knowing it was there. Forestry once covered this hill and my memory of the place resembled a […]
True Faith – Manchester Art Gallery
A pilgrimage of sorts It was 1990, the height of MADchester, when I last spent any amount of time in the City of Manchester. I was, and still am a fan of much of the music from this fair city. In the last millennium I was visiting what was then called the G-Mex to see […]
High Roads and Low Moments
Wester Ross Bound Leaving late, around mid day, I set off from Glasgow with the intention of visiting Applecross via the infamous Bealach na Bà mountain pass. It was fine weather earlier in the day, and as a result the highlands were rammed with visitors. There were even tailbacks at the roundabout in Fort William. […]