 The Devils Point | 24th - 25th June June 2009 With continuing fine weather, I wasn't inclined to waste such good days! So a local trek upto some of the highest mountains in the UK was in order, including an overnight camp at the wells of Dee, the highest camping site in Britain! |
 Liathach | 23rd June 2009 With a fine weather forecast, I headed out for just the day to climb Liathach. The plan was to traverse the entire ridge, but in the end my fear of "great falls" got to my head. It was, none the less, a fine day. |
 The Pass of Gaick | 20th June 2009 With my local hills now largely climbed, I decided to go further afield for day trips. This was a single day outing to the other side of the grampians to climb two rather remote summits centered on the Gaick Pass. |
 Looking out from Beinn Eighe | 13th May 2009 The final day on my three day adventure turned out to be very windy, but with not a cloud in the sky. My last mountain was Beinn Eighe and it turned out the finest photographs of the whole trip! |
New Website Standard With ever bigger monitors now becoming commonplace at home and work, I've decided that most new photographs will now be 1000 pixels tall. With my new monitor at home having a 1920x1200 resolution, the extra ~40% size this new height offers makes a big positive impression to the viewing experience on this site. If I have time, I'll be resizing all existing photographs from my digital camera to the 1000 pixel height standard. |
 The Corrag Bhuidhe Pinnacles on An Teallach | 11th - 12th May 2009 After a three week period of work in Holland, a week off was the perfect opportunity to climb three further mountains on the west coast in glorious weather conditions. New content has now been added for the first two mountains: An Teallach and Slioch. |
 Beinn a' Chlaiddeimh seen from Sgurr Ban | 11th - 12th April 2009 My third attempt on a round of the Fisherfield summits proved successful. On a two day trip, I managed to collect a lot of new photographs for this wild region. |
 Mount Keen seen from the north | 23rd March 2009 A wild and showeryday out, in a week of poor weather. My mountain of choice was Mount Keen. On foot from my house, I was able to add a few shots to the page. |
1st February 2009 This day marks the 10th birthday for my website! Very few personal websites last this long, with most at best being abandoned by their owners after the novelty of having a website has worn off. I decided to stick with it and communicate my knowledge and passion for the hills that I have had the priviledge of being able to climb. The result is a quality guide (for scotland particularly) whose content can compete with many scottish guidebooks. With myself being based in Ballater, long may that continue! |
 Looking west from the Glen Shee summits | 5th January 2009 With one day left before my holidays were up, the forecast was good and I headed out to climb the munros to the west of the Glen Shee ski centre. |
 Looking east from Beinn Liath Mhor | 28th December - 2nd January 2009 With some of the most persistent good new year weather ever, I went with some ex-university friends to Loch Carron. Five good walking days out of six yielded many photographs of the Glen Carron summits. |
 Beinn Ghlas in the final minutes of daylight | 6th December 2008 A weekend trip to the Loch Tay region on a good weather forecast gave rise to a short, but very fine mountain day on Meal nan Tarmachan. The snow was deep, and the mountain road to the Lawers visitor centre was under snow and ice, but the clarity of the air made for a very rare day in the UK. |
 Looking west from Ben Tirran, Glen Cova | 26th November 2008 After finally completing my assignment in Singapore, I returned home again to another snowy episode. This time a visit to Ben Tirran was a highlight of my week home. |
 The summit of Lochnagar | 30th October 2008 On my next visit home, we had an unseasonal start to the winter. As part of my visit, I decided a trip up to Lochnagar was called for. |
 Pass of Glen Shee summits | 20th - 22nd September 2008 Continuing my visit home, I climbed some local deeside hills |
 Ballater and Surroundings | 12th-21st September 2008 On my next visit home, I went to visit my parents and famity, along with settling down into my new home in Ballater. |
 Sunset over Doi Suthep National Park, Thailand | 16th June - 1st July 2008 Rather than going home to Scotland from Singapore, this time I took two weeks off in Thailand for a sightseeing tour. |
 Beinn Dearg and Choire Ghranda | 13th - 16th May 2008 My visit home to Scotland took me to the summits north and south of the Garve - Ullapool Road. The second half of the journey was a traverse of the Beinn Dearg mountain range north upto Seana Braigh which is illustrated here |
 The Fannichs with An Teallach behind | 13th - 16th May 2008 My visit home to Scotland took me to the summits north and south of the Garve - Ullapool Road. The first half of my journey was a full traverse of the Fannich ridge which is illustrated here |
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 Walks and Scrambles in Norway Further information and purchase, including a sample chapter, can be found at Rippingyarns.com. The book is currently priced £24.95. Brief status about myself
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