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
April 9, 2012 
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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 […]
Read more About Time for a Wee Munro, I Think
April 1, 2012 16 Comments
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 […]
Read more A Day at Amulree – a bit of mild heather bashing
March 31, 2012 17 Comments
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 […]
Read more The Diary of Bertie “Wrong-Hill” Brown – an extract
March 27, 2012 17 Comments
For some weeks now a gleeful MrP has been reminding me of a trifling navigational error I committed en-route from the Corbett, Monamenach, to the Graham, Meall na Letter, just to the east of Glenshee. At the start of March, having persuaded me to break my exacting training regime to do some gentle walking, Mr.P […]
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