DAY 10 OF THE SCOTTISH SEASON 16/17 Dawn on Sunday morning was a cracker. The deep orange light streamed through the rear window of the car. Once again the skies were clear above and the day ahead promised to be a scorcher. It was around 6° at the car park level. As I ascended on […]
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Glencoe Mountain Resort
DAY 9 OF THE SCOTTISH SEASON 16/17 It looks like my season lift pass will pay for itself after all, with consecutive days of fair weather and snow on the hills. Another beautiful day dawned on Saturday and I made good time up Loch Lomondside. I was in the carpark before 8:30, plenty of time […]
Glencoe Mountain Resort
DAY 8 OF THE SCOTTISH SEASON 16/17 I had driven back from Fort William following a large truck all the way the through Glencoe itself and shortly before reaching the resort witnessed the aftermath of a collision with the afore-mentioned truck and one of the resident red deer population. From behind the truck I didn’t […]
Glencoe Mountain Resort
DAY 7 OF THE SCOTTISH SEASON 16/17 Just had to take a few days off work since there had been another flurry of snow. Nothing big, but just enough to get Glencoe up and running again. What’s more, there was a chance of sunshine. I had taken Thursday and Friday off and made my way […]
Glencoe Mountain Resort
DAY 6 OF THE SCOTTISH SEASON 16/17 I had Friday 9th as a holiday from work and hoped to get a day in at Glencoe. Midweek pictures on-line had looked amazing with fresh snow and sun. My Friday didn’t offer anywhere near the sparkling conditions of the previous days. I turned up at the carpark, […]
Glencoe Mountain Resort
DAY 4 OF THE SCOTTISH SEASON 16/17 I’d missed a cracking day on the Friday, like most people I had been stuck in the office. Glencoe Mountain Resort announced on their Facebook page that the mountain was open from top to bottom. Friday’s scene had the sun splitting the sky and corduroy groomers, a real tease. […]
Nevis Range
DAY 2 OF THE SCOTTISH SEASON 16/17. I had taken another long weekend off work, and I knew I wanted to travel somewhere to car camp again. It looked like Saturday was going to be bright, there had been snowfall and the Friday 6 O’clock News was all about the Scottish Ski areas opening at last. […]