I drive a medium size van as part of my job , I'm a mobile sparkie for the NHS , I'm averaging just short of £130.00 a fill , I generally fill up every three working days ,so I'm probably getting through £210.00 a week , I do try to drive frugally and manage an average 42.5 mpg

I can't get it straight in my head where fin glen is , I used to fish the Glazert and took the occasional stroll up Campsite Glen , my parents would visit the Area near the Clachan ,after my father passed ,my mum would often visit Campsite Glen to " talk " to my dad

Ex kirkie boy here

The grafitt led me to suspect that the individual was probably an asylum seeker ,the graffiti was attacking mostly the police and MI5 ,there were references to the NHS as well and comments about freedom to work

There was quite a bit of graffiti on the whw from rowardenan on wards , looked like it came from an asylum seeker with mental health problems ,his statements were aimed at the police ,mi5 , the NHS and not being allowed to work , I found it very annoying as the individual had written something on mo...

I've just done the WHW ,glen Nevis and Ben Nevis ,it's my feet that hurt lol my knees are okay ,I've taken care descending to use my poles ,it's those rocky paths ,lying here just now looking up at the Ben

I've just done the WHW ,glen Nevis and Ben Nevis ,it's my feet that hurt lol my knees are okay ,I've taken care descending to use my poles ,it's those rocky paths ,lying here just now looking up at the Ben

I walked glen Nevis yesterday ,I went quite a way past the lower falls ,I did not see any wire bridge ,perhaps I did not go far enough up the glen

weaselmaster wrote:There was very little snow to see from the road driving through this afternoon.

@ weaselmaster
Where you walking part of the WHW on Monday ?

It's hammering down hail stones at this moment there's still a bit of snow up high ,I'm camped just outside Glencoe on the old parliamentary road

At a mountaineering thing in Fort Bill a few years ago Yvonne Chouinard [the original Yvonne of the Yukon] regaled us with a funny tale from years back in Jacksonville. He and a bunch of others were festering in the hut as the weather was terrible. The hut was a filthy state, with a dead rat lying ...

How would certification be policed ?
Are you going to ban all men over the age of 60 from climbing anything higher than a Zimmer frame ?

As a 64 year old man ,I'd rather die of A heart attack doing a pursuit that I enjoy as opposed to lying in a hospital bed wearing big nappies

I've been doing long walks on the flat lands where I live , it looks like it's paid off , I managed 800 m up a Corbett on wed ,then I put in a 14 k walk on the flat yesterday and today I made it to a trig point at 771 meters I was feeling some discomfort after each day ,but it's gone by the morning ...

I've seen snow above 700 meters over the last few days but no ice

Firstly I'd like to thank those of you who have written and posted reports of this walk ,I turned back on an earlier attempt at a much tougher Corbett I found the descriptions most useful and it is definitely as beginners Corbett , at 64 years young I am no spring chicken ,so I was a finding out exp...

Yes it's me and not the watch
I made it up my.first Corbett today ,the os map.read 771 ,my watch also read 771