Where The Fatdog Walks

On March 31 2012, on the return leg of our journey to Earl’s Seat in the Campsies, The Fatdog announced her retirement from hillwalking.  After a few hours of strolling in unseasonal warmth she plopped herself down in a peaty puddle and refused to budge. Citing such difficulties as inadequate lifting facilities for fences, poor [...]

PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE PHOTOS – THEY LOOK MUCH BETTER IN LARGE SIZE. . . Here’s the proposed route again as a reminder. . . The Mighty Gate of Invervar was a right bugger to close…a bit of muscle power and leverage was required.  A turnaround of fortunes you might say given that, [...]

I believe, not that I’m an expert in this field, that you should always have three points of contact when climbing.  This is a useful guide for any form of awkward ascending.  At present I have four.  Sadly none of them are greater than 1cm diameter and two are much, much, less.  It is those [...]