My second venture on to man-made indoor snow, this time at the new Glasgow Braehead Xscape. £21 for an hour of snowboarding is very steep, unlike the slope. Although it wasn’t overly busy, only one lift was running. This slowed uptake and means less runs. It’s hard to tell yourself to slow down and make […]
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NEW ORDER, Glasgow Carling Academy
For me this was the first time since 1989 I’d seen the icons that are New Order. Fanatical about them then, I wondered would they still have it all these years later. I love their latest albums so I had no reason to doubt – they still have it. It was a slightly quiet start […]
Glencoe, Monday 17th April
Easter Monday! It’s been a while since Coe could boast at being open at this time of year. But the news was not all good. Today was forecast 15-30mph winds I thought since it hadn’t lived up to this the last few times, I’d risk going up. I sat in the car as it rocked […]
Glencoe, Saturday 15 April, 2006
Glencoe is still holding on with a good cover of snow all over the hill. Wet conditions with spring snow, slightly less wet higher up where showers are more wintery. Visibility above Mugs Alley was very poor but the snow was better. Winds once again were not a problem, but this is probably why the […]
Saturday 8th April BBQ at Coe
News from Coe. Does anyone fancy a trip up there at the weekend? Open 7 days. WEDNESDAY 5TH APRIL. Fresh snow on an icy base on all slopes. Lower slopes narrow and thin in places. Continuing snowfall improving conditions SATURDAY BUDWEISER BBQ AT THE BASE CAFE FROM 3.30. .. GRAB A BURGER AND A BUD […]
Glencoe, April 2, 2006
Similar conditions to previous entry. Although it was better than forcasts had predicted. Slightly colder surface snow which must have been frozen the night before. Softening lower down. Also seemed to have a light dusting of fresh snow. Once again only really the top was worth any attention. When visibility was good, Fiona and myself […]
Glencoe, March 27, 2006
Good old Scottish ‘White-mare’ conditions. The top of the hill was enveloped in a Föhn due to the very warm conditions. Must have been around 10 degrees C. Lots of water rushing off all the hills due to warm temperatures. Lower runs were broken including mugs alley. Main Basin was holding together well, did not […]