Last Sunday night I was planning my route in the Scottish Hills for the next day. Despite being a very keen hill walker I felt a rather peculiar reluctance and unwillingness. I was weighing up all important factors, but eventually my gut feelings prevailed and I decided not to do any serious climb on Monday. Instead I went for a…
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This route was my second choice, as I lacked will-power to climb the hills. It was very pleasant, undemanding, though a long walk. It led to the remains of Balvenie Castle, Glenfiddich Distillery and then, from Dufftown Train Station, along the old (dismantled) railway to Craigallachie and along the river Spey to Aberlour. Practically all the time it was going…
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I’ve been taking photos for over 20 years, with very few exceptions as my very personal hobby, not for my living. I present the pictures I’ve taken on my humble, rather simple website, where visitors cannot rate them, so I rarely hear people’s opinions on my photos. But sometimes I have such an opportunity, and then the viewers express their…
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I used to spend most of my summer holidays in the Polish Tatra Mountains, walking and climbing along well marked routes. Going off the track was restricted by the rules of the National Park, and in fact by the character of the mountains. Straying of these routes was suicidal, unless I could fly or was a well-equipped and experienced rock…
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The apparently longest heatwave in Scotland since 1976 has made hill-walking a challenge in a different way than I’ve got used to. My last two routes, along the east and west banks of Loch Treig had been so exhausting due to direct sun and high temperatures that I decided to start this walk before the sunrise. It had meant waking-up at 1am and leaving…