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 […]
Tag: Glencoe
Any activity that takes place in or around Glencoe.
Glencoe Instameet
I’m writing this one week after the event, though I backdated the post date for accuracy. I knew this instameet would be different from the the start. The first reference I saw was the hashtag #glencoe15. This in itself was a departure from the usual #insta… or #somethingmeet. I new it would be popular as […]
Glencoe Hike
The season is over and the ski centre is closed, but for a while I’ve had the inclination to go snowboarding on my birthday. So, today, I took a day off work and went for a hike up Meall a’Bhùiridh and made it day 23 of the 2014/15 season. The weather was due to […]
Glencoe
Day 22 of Scottish season 14/15. Commitments at work meant I had no way to take a day midweek when sunshine and powder snow prevailed. So Saturday 2nd May looks like my last day of snowboarding with lift assisted uplift. There had been substantial snowfall and the mountain was looking as white as it ever had. […]
Glencoe
Day 21 of Scottish season 14/15. More snow had been forecast in the lead up to the weekend. This didn’t really amount to anything though. But neither did the wind that was predicted so that was a plus. The Plateau Poma up track was broken, so a hike up to the Cliffhanger was necessary. The […]
Glencoe
Day 20 of Scottish season 14/15. The bright conditions continue. A shorter drive as I leave from Cardross. Thin sets of cloud pass over from the East. Nothing too thick as the sun burns through. My neck is feeling it and I wear my neck warmer for most of the morning. Today is another hoody […]
Glencoe
Day 19 of Scottish season 14/15. A slight haze in the morning as I left Glasgow. I’d spent the day before working outside on the East coast at Elie beach. The skies were blue all day and Saturday was set to be the same. By the time I was at the top end of Loch […]