Guide: Peter B
Customers: the Draffins
Conditions: mixed
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Highlands Railways and Hills June
Guide: Gary
Customers: Andrew, Anne, Amanda, David
Conditions: Mixed
Customers: Andrew, Anne, Amanda, David
Conditions: Mixed
Weston Lochs and Highlands June
Guide: Peter K
Customers: Arne, Irina, Julie, Laura
Conditions: that was it for the Summer!
Customers: Arne, Irina, Julie, Laura
Conditions: that was it for the Summer!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Skye Discovery June
Guides: Geordie, Isabelle
Customers: Alan, Bruce, Chantal, Dorien, Kara, Karen, Kellie, Marie
Customers: Alan, Bruce, Chantal, Dorien, Kara, Karen, Kellie, Marie
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Ben Nevis weekend June
Guide: Peter K
Customers: Bryn, Deirdre, Gina, Mark, Seriane, Susan, Thankam
Conditions: Mixed
Customers: Bryn, Deirdre, Gina, Mark, Seriane, Susan, Thankam
Conditions: Mixed
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Heart of the Highlands May
Guides - Ian, Isabelle
Clients - Ann, Ash, Beatrice, Carol, Craig, Gail, Keith, Linda, Tom
Conditions - one rainy day, fine the rest of the week
Clients - Ann, Ash, Beatrice, Carol, Craig, Gail, Keith, Linda, Tom
Conditions - one rainy day, fine the rest of the week
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Big Highland Tour May
Guide - Peter with Isabelle on a scouting trip to the B&Bs
Clients - Jane, Stephanie
Conditions - Glorious start to the first week - especially at Arrochar and on Ben Nevis, a bit gray later on Skye and at Kinlochewe
Clients - Jane, Stephanie
Conditions - Glorious start to the first week - especially at Arrochar and on Ben Nevis, a bit gray later on Skye and at Kinlochewe
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Highlands Railways and Hills May
Guide - Niall
Clients - Caroline, Charles, Eric, Sandy
Conditions - fine
Clients - Caroline, Charles, Eric, Sandy
Conditions - fine
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Skye Discovery May
Guide - Ian
Clients - Alice, Caroline, Charles, Eugen, Frances, Gonny, Ingrid, Kristina
Conditions - Noah's Ark building weather
Clients - Alice, Caroline, Charles, Eugen, Frances, Gonny, Ingrid, Kristina
Conditions - Noah's Ark building weather
Monday, May 04, 2009
Pitlochry Weekend May
Guide - Geordie
Client - Stacey
Conditions - better than in the West!
This was a private guiding rip for one of our returning customers - accommodation in Pitlochry, travel by train - with Geordie guiding his local hills - Drummochter Pass on Saturday, Ben Vrackie on Sunday
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Ben Nevis weekend May
Guide - Ian
Clients - Bill, Ekaterina, Lyta, Paul, Margo, Niels, Oskar
Conditions - Rain on Friday, fog and snow on the summit of Ben Nevis saturday
Clients - Bill, Ekaterina, Lyta, Paul, Margo, Niels, Oskar
Conditions - Rain on Friday, fog and snow on the summit of Ben Nevis saturday
Friday, May 01, 2009
West Highland Way Adventure
Guide - Niall
Clients - Vogelzang Family from the Netherlands
Conditions - Rain. A lot of rain!
Clients - Vogelzang Family from the Netherlands
Conditions - Rain. A lot of rain!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Buachaille Etive Mhor 29th April
Guide - Niall (with help from Dougie from Make Tracks)
Clients - Adirondack Mountain Club
Conditions - Mixed
Clients - Adirondack Mountain Club
Conditions - Mixed
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Ben Lomond - Saturday 25th April
Guide - Jon
Clients - Adirondack Mountain Club
Conditions - Blue sky day
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Skye Discovery April
Guide - Ian
Clients - Annie, Maggie, Priscilla, Wing
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Clients - Annie, Maggie, Priscilla, Wing
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Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Pentlands in the Sunshine
Guide - Jon
Driver - Dave from Macbackpackers
Customers - 17 people from Briggs Engineering Ltd
Route - Balerno to Flotterstone Inn (5 miles)
This was a gorgeous, warm, sunny day - felt more like May than March... The plan was for a half-day's walk including transport from Dundas Castle, so although we only travelled six miles to the start of the walk at Harlaw, it was hard to imagine that you are within spitting distance of half a million people.
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Driver - Dave from Macbackpackers
Customers - 17 people from Briggs Engineering Ltd
Route - Balerno to Flotterstone Inn (5 miles)
This was a gorgeous, warm, sunny day - felt more like May than March... The plan was for a half-day's walk including transport from Dundas Castle, so although we only travelled six miles to the start of the walk at Harlaw, it was hard to imagine that you are within spitting distance of half a million people.
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Friday, March 06, 2009
Ben Lomond
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Ben Ledi - Students Day Tour
Ben Ledi - Antwerp University getting fresh air
Guide - Gary
Customers - 17 students and teachers from Antwerp University
Conditions - Snow on the summit, zero visibility
Guide - Gary
Customers - 17 students and teachers from Antwerp University
Conditions - Snow on the summit, zero visibility
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Camping and ski touring
Meanwhile....
After meeting the guys in the Bridge of Lochay Hotel, I drove eastwards on moonlit snowy roads past Loch Tay and over to Blairgowrie where I'd arranged to meet Nobby in his Mazda Bongo campervan - the plan was to head up to Glenshee, camp in the carpark and be first on the slopes in the morning... Al & Lindsay were coming up too but they saw sense and got a room at the Spittal of Glenshee hotel. It was midnight when we reached Glenshee - the final pull up the pass was like driving in winter Norway, hard compacted snow on the road and white out conditions (so that's what snow poles are for at the side of the road)
Nobby slept in the van - but I prefer a tent so we pitched the tent in the lee of Glenshee ski centre buildings - by this time it was a whiteout with 60mph winds so I improvised and weighted the tent down with heavy road cones. The Big Agnes Seedhouse tent is a lightweight backpacking tent which we use on the summer wild camping weekends - it doesnt have snow vallances on the flysheet and the inner is mostly constructed of mozzy mesh - this meant that the wind constantly drove a small, powdery and increasingly expanding drift in - but I was really warm in my two down sleeping bags and two sleeping mats - and slept well until woken up by the piste bashers and snow ploughs preparing the car park at first light.
The wind put all piste skiing plans on hold and the now shut snow gate on the Glenshee road prevented Al & Lindsay from meeting up, or from actually getting anywhere in a hurry at all - so Nobby and I headed northwards down to Braemar village where the wind had certainly abated - walking up the northern slopes of Morvern, the 800m lump which overlooks the village (skinned up the first part but found that the heather was catching the skis too much so we found that it was more efficient to carry the skis for most of the ascent - meeting two walkers (who conveniently broke trail) and one descending cross country skier all day. After three hours of snow bashing to get up, the descent was a mere twenty minutes or so by snowed-in landrover track before a final couple of miles flat x-c skiing, surrounded by snow covered hills back to the village. Ace!
After meeting the guys in the Bridge of Lochay Hotel, I drove eastwards on moonlit snowy roads past Loch Tay and over to Blairgowrie where I'd arranged to meet Nobby in his Mazda Bongo campervan - the plan was to head up to Glenshee, camp in the carpark and be first on the slopes in the morning... Al & Lindsay were coming up too but they saw sense and got a room at the Spittal of Glenshee hotel. It was midnight when we reached Glenshee - the final pull up the pass was like driving in winter Norway, hard compacted snow on the road and white out conditions (so that's what snow poles are for at the side of the road)
Nobby slept in the van - but I prefer a tent so we pitched the tent in the lee of Glenshee ski centre buildings - by this time it was a whiteout with 60mph winds so I improvised and weighted the tent down with heavy road cones. The Big Agnes Seedhouse tent is a lightweight backpacking tent which we use on the summer wild camping weekends - it doesnt have snow vallances on the flysheet and the inner is mostly constructed of mozzy mesh - this meant that the wind constantly drove a small, powdery and increasingly expanding drift in - but I was really warm in my two down sleeping bags and two sleeping mats - and slept well until woken up by the piste bashers and snow ploughs preparing the car park at first light.
The wind put all piste skiing plans on hold and the now shut snow gate on the Glenshee road prevented Al & Lindsay from meeting up, or from actually getting anywhere in a hurry at all - so Nobby and I headed northwards down to Braemar village where the wind had certainly abated - walking up the northern slopes of Morvern, the 800m lump which overlooks the village (skinned up the first part but found that the heather was catching the skis too much so we found that it was more efficient to carry the skis for most of the ascent - meeting two walkers (who conveniently broke trail) and one descending cross country skier all day. After three hours of snow bashing to get up, the descent was a mere twenty minutes or so by snowed-in landrover track before a final couple of miles flat x-c skiing, surrounded by snow covered hills back to the village. Ace!
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