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Slighe dhan Fhàsaich – Into the Wild
Way back in August I took cameraman/director/sound recordist Magnus to Arran to film some stuff for BBC Alba. Originally scheduled to be aired on 19th December, it’s actually on tonight (Monday 5th December) at 9pm, and tomorrow at 10pm. It’s been a while and I can’t remember what I said during a long midge-bothered interview on the heathery hillside, so I’m slightly apprehensive. If you can’t get BBC Alba on your TV it’ll be on iPlayer until … Read entire article »
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My Wild Land (sorry Cumbernauld)
Many months ago, after a challenging walk with Colin and uninspiring visit to Cumbernauld, I wrote the following article for Wild Land News, Magazine of the Scottish Wild Land Group. Apologies to anyone from Cumbernauld… “My Wild Land” – Wild Land News Autumn 2011// Disclosure Policy … Read entire article »
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September Update
Things I’ve been doing in September I’ve been following with interest the peculiar outdoor blogger infighting which seems to have fizzled out along with the equally peculiar heatwave. I’ve received numerous emails and messages from people seemingly taking sides and attempting some kind of inquisition to out those that don’t conform to some quite fluid unwritten rules. Amongst the noise there were some comments and views that helped me to shape the first gear reviews on … Read entire article »
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Thanks.
I started blogging in the not-so-distant past, posting the usual trip reports, detailed gear reviews and interesting relevant snippets from around the internet – the standard fare that you’ll find on most outdoor blogs. I then began to get paid to write what are basically detailed trip reports for Walkhighlands, which then transformed to getting paid to write guidebooks for Pocket Mountains. As a consequence of this I stopped posting trip reports on my blog, … Read entire article »
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