After climbing the three Munros on the east bank of Loch Treig it was logical to do the other side. Having known the weather would be hot I decided to start early to climb up as much as possible before the heatwave struck. It turned out to be a good idea: both tops I climbed before 11am. [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1-f7ntqxnyGagBUKMF9UhCJ5pSzk&w=100%&h=600]
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For some undisclosed reasons I’ve been recently stuck in the east Lochaber area; each time I was going to the hills the weather had been forecast pretty bad anywhere else, and pretty good there. Last Monday it was exactly the same story: I really had wanted to go to the Ullapool or Glen Cannich areas, but the forecast had made…
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Watching the news, listening to the radio and reading newspapers are the main sources of our knowledge about the world, near and far. Our choice of media certainly shapes our views, but similarly our views play an important role in choosing particular TV channels, radio stations and newspapers. We’d like to believe that our views and opinions are impartial and…
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Last week the British government presented a new package of financial arrangements; it’s been widely analysed and commented on in the media. As usual the opinions are divided, partially because of political views, partially because of the practical effects of the budget. The only certain thing is that not everyone is happy, as it’s practically impossible to please everybody. Setting…
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Weather forecast for this Monday was really tricky. It was a bit of a gamble; generally speaking it paid off. The morning was quite breezy and drizzly as far as to the top of Beinn a’Chlachair, the first Munro of the day. Just after I’d finished with my sandwiches there – shivering in cold wind – the clouds cleared a…