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“And now, the end is here…”

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 [...]

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A photo from the same position looking west along the ridge to the next 2 Munros.  The photographic break was required after our little trotting exercise.

The Mighty Gate of Invervar – Part 2

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, [...]

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The Mighty Gate of Invervar – Part 1

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 [...]

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“Lucky White Heather! Get Your Lucky White Heather!”

For the life of me I can’t remember in what 1970′s comedy sketch the phrase “Lucky white heather, get your lucky white heather!” appeared.  All I can recall was that the events within said sketch were anything but lucky…a bit like this week here at The Fatdog Broadcasting Corporation. . The Easter hols arrived as [...]

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And Now For Something Really…REALLY…’Orrible!

. Don’t say you weren’t suitably warned.  A photo by Mr.P on the Monamenach walk.

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A Case of Mistaken Identity?

He hobbled along the edge of the winding country road, his single stick waving viciously at the passing cars. A hunched dull grey figure wrapped against the nippy March breeze he dodged the oncoming traffic with the ease of an old court jester capering for his master. Tramp or traveller? Difficult to say from where [...]

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The "quartzite rocks" on the move.  Should have gone to Specsavers!

About Time for a Wee Munro, I Think

After successfully completing a couple of walks on the Grahams, I decided that myself and The Fatdog should extend our range a wee bit and tackle an easy Munro.   Glas Tulaichean was a fairly easy option.  Lying just to the east of Glenshee this wee bump, with its track to the top, was going to [...]

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The shot of the day...the very well hidden Loch Fender.

A Day at Amulree – a bit of mild heather bashing

Other than a somewhat embarrassing diversion via an unplanned hill, the excursion of the previous week with Mr.P had been an outstanding success.  I did omit from the “tail” another embarrassing moment, this time for Mr.P, which resulted in him forgetting to change into his trainers before roaring off down the road back to his [...]

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