Thou shalt find the winter’s rage freeze thy blood less coldly
Whatever your plans for the Christmas break, I hope you enjoy them with the people that mean the most to you. I’ll see you in the mountains in the new year.
Sonic Highways
I’ve been watching Sonic Highways and it’s really struck a chord, if you’ll pardon the pun. It’s a show that Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters have made with HBO, where the band visit key cities in the US and record a single track in each city in a famous studio, with the help of some…
Hmm, how did that happen?
Yes, it’s been a month and I’ve still not posted the tent stuff I promised. I’ve been a bit busy. Having a day job kinda gets in the way of this stuff. I’ve also managed to fit in two weeks holiday, which was excellent but in no way involved mountains other than looking wistfully at…
Chainmail
The Liebster award. Ring any bells? Me neither. David Lintern posted about it here, and nominated me in the process. As far as I can see it’s the bloggers equivalent of a chain letter. Anyone who knows me will know I’m a curmudgeon who doesn’t usually truck with that sort of thing, but in this…
Telegraph Road
This piece from Chris Townsend is this weeks recommended reading, although prepare to be incensed. He’s absolutely bang on, it drives me crazy to see devastation brought upon the land purely to make it easier for people to shoot things. On a smaller scale to Chris’ experience, I had a walk up Beinn a’Bhuird a…