The following is not a joyful or inspiring text. It nevertheless says what has to be said. Also, sensitive readers beware that in the second last paragraph, there is a word I rarely use and that might be considered offensive.
Author: duncanspence
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Munro with cancer #85 to #87
29th January 2017
11:20 – The Cairnwell (M224), 3061ft, 933m
12:45 – Carn a’ Gheoidh (M180), 3199ft, 975m
14:30 – Carn Aosda (M281), 3002ft, 915m (more…)
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Munro with cancer #83
22nd January 2017, Meall Ghaordaidh (M093), 3409ft, 1039m
It was cold and still. Layers of cloud hanging in the glens and clinging to the summits. The ground was stiff and frozen, lightly dusted with snow. Slumbering winter grasses, dead bracken and leafless trees hung heavy with frost. (more…)
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Stuc a’ Chroin
Here I am at an altitude of about 630m not far south of the summit of Stuc a’ Chroin – just at the point where the cloud begins to envelop everything with cold damp invisibility. (more…)
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My favourite mountain
Ever since I first climbed to the top of Braeriach at midsummer in 1986, it has been my favourite mountain. The views of it from Speyside are fascinating. It seems to look down on the flat forests and pastures of Speyside like a wise old man with many faces, whose expressions are determined by the weather and the extent of snow in the northern corries. (more…)
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Munro with cancer #80
11th October 2016, Ben More (M016), 3852ft, 1174m
Nowhere higher than this anywhere south of here on the British Isles. (more…)
