There he is – the new old president of the USA. When the results of the election became clear, his supporters were incredibly happy. Reports on the news showed ecstatic people, waving their arms, flags or banners, and shouting in joyful celebration. On the other side, supporters of the candidate who lost were shown crying, shocked or disappointed. It was…
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Unless something absolutely unexpected happens, next weekend we will know who the next President of the USA is, thanks to this Tuesday’s election. A week ago parliamentary elections took place in Ukraine. Both events seem to be similarly democratic, but the latter has been widely accused of being rigged by the current Ukrainian government. There are many autocratic, despotic and…
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At the sunrise I started scaling the north-east ridge of Geal Charn – or I thought so. I realised my mistake too high and too late – I’d been climbing Creagan Mor, the northern neighbouring hill. Between me and Geal Charn was a very steep and narrow gorge of Allt Beul an Sporran; returning to the bottom of the hill…
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For the last couple of weekends millions of people in the UK have been watching entertaining programmes like ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ or ‘The X-Factor’. I’ve been doing something similar, but I haven’t watched any of the mentioned, as I personally find them rather boring. For the last three Sunday nights I’ve been following ‘Andrew Marr’s History of the World’. Presented…
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Featureless hills and spells of bad weather; not much more can be said about this route. However, I climbed two Munros and fortunately I will not have to return there. And I field-tested my brand new rucksack. So, over all not a bad day off. [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1WfrYY6puXO1dUfNTkN-aku3JOYY&w=100%&h=600]