Retro walk: 21st August 2004 Ben Macdui 21/08/04 Munros: Derry Cairngorm, Ben Macdui Accomplices: Paul, Yvonne Having climbed one of the toughest mountains in Scotland, it was time to go for one of the highest. Two previous attempts at Ben Macdui had been aborted – one because of bad weather, the other because of Brian’s …
Retro walk: 7th August 2004 An Teallach 07/08/04 Munros: Bidein a Glas Thuill, Sgurr Fiona Accomplices: Paul Now that our appetites had been whetted, the decision was made to use a weekend to head to the West coast and get a couple more munros under our belt in the shape of An Teallach. Nothing quite …
Retro walk: 19th May 2004 Lochnagar 19/07/04 Munros: Cac Carn Beag Accomplices: Brian, Paul This was retrospectively my first Munro, since a few days later, myself and Paul decided to take up munro-bagging. It wasn’t the first time I’d climbed it, but we took a more interesting route than usual (courtesy of Ralph Storer) by …
Retro ride: 16th May 2004 Having been obsessing over offroad touring after my Cairngorms adventure, I was itching for another ride. After much internet research with what little information was available, I decided I wanted to tackle the legendary Corrieyairack Pass. It is an ancient road, built by the industrious General Wade in 1731 to …
A spot of reminiscing back to my first overnight mountain bike ride in 2003. I’d just become the proud owner of a Scott Expert Racing hardtail, the first brand new bike I had ever owned and somehow got the idea in my head I was going to ride it through the Cairngorms and stop overnight …