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

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Snow is falling

Posted on 10th January 201522nd January 2015

The first snow has started to fall in the city. Unfortunately this is due to a rather volatile weather system coming off the Atlantic. High winds over 100mph put paid to any snowboarding. However, on the plus side conditions should be favourable after the storm passes in a week or so!

Posted in Snowboarding, Stories, UncategorizedTagged Glasgow, snow, storm, weather

Instagram #WHPontheroad

Posted on 20th October 201420th October 2014

This was a short fifteen second slow motion film recorded in iPhone 6 with a soundtrack I created in GarageBand also on iPhone. Although not in the final Instagram project, I added colour and blur effect in TiltShift Video.

Posted in VideoTagged Instagram, leaves, road, slow motion, video

Search for Snow 2014 Film

Posted on 27th May 201414th September 2014

We hiked up Glencoe Mountain Resort on May 24th to scratch an itch for snow.

Posted in Outdoors, Snowboarding, VideoTagged Canon EOS 7D, ContourHD, Glencoe, iPhone 4, Scotland, Snowboard, Spring

A wee bit of the fall

Posted on 27th April 201416th September 2014

The penultimate weekend of the season.

Posted in Snowboarding, VideoTagged Glencoe, Snowboard

Highest Zip Slide in Europe

Posted on 16th March 201416th September 2014

Taking the zip slide above Val Thorens in the Three Valleys. Starting at the top of the chairlift “Bouchet” at 3,230m and traveling to Val Thorens at 3,000m on a 1,300m long zip line, you descend up to 250 metres above the resort’s glacier at up to 100 kph. Apologies for filming my gloved hand […]

Posted in Snowboarding, TravelTagged France, holiday, travel, Zip line, zip slide

Take whatever chance nature gives you to ride in Scotland

Posted on 8th February 201416th September 2014

This little iMovie trailer was put together as an alternative edit. Slightly tongue in cheek, I’m telling folk to get out and snowboard or ski in Scotland whenever they get the chance.

Posted in SnowboardingTagged Glencoe, Snowboard

Glencoe, Thursday 30th January

Posted on 30th January 201412th July 2015

Made this little movie on a day I quit the office and headed for the hills. Thursday 30th January was a small weather window in a succession of storms that brought record amounts of snow to Glencoe Mountain Resort. Even the Cliffy Chair had to be dug out! I brought several cameras along and thought […]

Posted in Snowboarding, VideoTagged Glencoe, Snowboard, video

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