Glorious day up the Ben
Had a quick blast up the tourist path yesterday morning, lovely day, perfect running conditions – except a few icy sections on the path but i had my crampons with me so no problem. To the Mamores, and beyond… A very proud Dyls on a deserted...
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Firstly, a belated happy new year to everyone. Secondly, apologies for lack of any blog updates, we have two small children demanding most of our attention nowadays and it’s easier to update Facebook than it is to write a blog. Despite Christmas, childcare and some hostel renovations we have managed to squeeze in a few hill days so we’d thought we’d share a few photos. Firstly, this is from the summit of Sgurr an Utha near glenfinnan, makes a nice wee horseshoe for a quick run. This is from near the top of Sron a...
read moreSgurr nan Eugallt
A fantastic autumn afternoon trip up Sgurr nan Eugallt, a wee Corbett near the end of the road to Kinlochhourn. Sgurr nan Eugallt Sgurr nan Eugallt Sgurr nan Eugallt Sgurr nan Eugallt Sgurr nan Eugallt Sgurr nan Eugallt
read more104 things to do around Loch Ness
I stumbled upon this list on Trip Advisor the other day so unfortunatley I can’t take any credit for it…the credit goes to a Trip Advisor user called Goanjock…but we thought it was great so we are sharing it with you here. 1 See the optical illusion on the Falls of Foyers. – Look at the waterfall, look at the rocks is the water falling or are the rocks climbing! 2 Feel the breeze and admire the views from Suidhe Viewpoint the highest point on road down the south side of the loch. There is an interpretation board and a...
read moreReception, Reception, Reception
We’ve recently refurbished our reception area and added a reception desk to make the check-ins a little easier…lots of lost tourists wandering around looking for us was the main...
read moreDevil O’ the Highlands Ultra marathon
A very long hard hot run yesterday racing in the Devil O the Highlands ultra marathon. 43 miles from Tyndrum to Fort William along the West highland Way. From the information I found online there is 5,623 ft of ascent but that seems a lot to me, but then they measured it, I didn’t. 6 hours kip in the van (not including the locals being ejected from the bar across the street at 2am), 2 lucosades and two flapjacks and I was raring to go. Happy smiling faces at the start The first section to Bridge of Orchy flew by in about an hour...
read moreLAMM 2012 (A Class)
Had a pretty hard weekend running the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon this weekend. It was the A class for my big brother and I, I think it was supposed to be about 58km and 8,550 ft of ascent, assuming you didn’t get lost but it felt much longer, my feet still haven’t recovered and it’s Thursday. Day one was long and hard, the route planners threw in some nice steep ascent from sea level to 3,000 ft 3/4 of the way through the day just to top it off. We basically headed up one side of Loch Etive from near Bonawe and back...
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A few photos from a quick run up the hills just north of Cluanie last night. Set off at 7.15pm and it was still 21 degrees according to the...
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A few photos from a quick evening run up the Loch Lochy Munros, now that the evenings are getting light hopefully I’ll have a bit more time for this kind of thing. Looking at Meall na Teanga from Sron a Choire...
read moreHighlander Mountain Marathon 2012 (Kinlochewe)
We didn’t have high hopes for our finishing place for this event, Ian had been on his deathbed for 10 days and was very close to pulling out, me, well, I’ve got two children in nappies so training time has been pretty limited. The Highlander is the first mountain marathon of the year so the weather can be variable. This year it was kind to us, good visibility but with a dusting of snow on both days to make it interesting. Fortunately, unlike other MMs the organisers set up a marquee overnight so you can be warm and dry if the...
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