12 Types of People You’ll Meet in Bothies
This post first appeared in UkHillwalking.com Bothies would be great if not for the other people you have to share them with. The allure of whisky,
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Hill Walking
The night the Bothy burned
As soon as I said it, I felt the atmosphere change. It had been warm and cosy in the little Bothy, and the
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A Ridge Too Far
It went dark a long, long time ago and we are still walking. My boots are full of water, the result of sinking
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Can you outrun a wildfire?
I am following a small path, and reach a point where the glen steepens and narrows. Soon the glen is reduced to steep
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The Light’s Fantastic
‘Where the hell is it?’ I probe the darkness with the fading beam of my head torch searching for the bothy. In the dwindling
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Fire and Men
It’s dark and raining heavily now. The bothy fire smokes for a few minutes, coughs, splutters and then dies. Charlie, my walking companion
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The Gravity Trap
Normally, when I’m out in the hills, I don’t worry too much about what the ground beneath my feet feels like. The earth
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Small Things
We spend our time in the hills gazing across huge vistas, wondering at the enormity of the hills around us, staring across
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station at the end of the universe
I have finished my book. The Last Hillwalker is now looking for a publisher. Now I can blog again! I’ve loads to tell
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The last munro
Not blogging much right now, too busy working on my book The Last Hillwalker. Hopefully I’ll be back soon. Here’s a wee cartoon,
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