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Tag: Hillwalking

Up and Down Days, Part Eight: Commitment
Art, Painting, Prose, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part Eight: Commitment

“…one never quite knows the mountain, nor oneself in relation to it.” “One walks among elementals, and elementals are not … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part Eight: Commitment

Up and Down Days, Part Four: Cold Mountain
Painting, Prose, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part Four: Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain’s full of strange sights Men who go there end by being scared. Water glints and gleams in the … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part Four: Cold Mountain

Long Form, Painting, Prose, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part Two: Muppets on a Mountain

If you’re going to do any hillwalking or mountaineering at all in Scotland, then one of the most fundamental things … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part Two: Muppets on a Mountain

Hillwalking, Landscape, Long Form, Painting, People, Photography, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part One: The Bay of Water

For many years I’ve liked to tell people that I have an ‘up and down’ relationship with Scotland’s hills. Partly … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part One: The Bay of Water

Hillwalking, Writing

Connecting with the Mountains – A Personal Journey

“Traditionally approached from either Speyside in the north or Deeside in the south, I would not have to think too … Continue reading Connecting with the Mountains – A Personal Journey

Landscape, Photography, Writing

Today Was a Gift

A few days ago the first snows of winter arrived on the mountains. There was a hard edged clarity of … Continue reading Today Was a Gift

Hillwalking, Landscape, Photography

A Glorious Cairngorms Trip Above The Clouds

Sometimes tiny details in the weather forecast are worth pursuing. Towards the end of last week the gloomy outlook was … Continue reading A Glorious Cairngorms Trip Above The Clouds

Landscape, Long Form, Prose

Come Further Up, Come Further In

“Over the garden fence, behind the railway and the cherry trees, the Cairngorms are waiting. They should be more than a mere background to life.” Continue reading Come Further Up, Come Further In

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