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Writer, editor, mountaineer, sailor. PBO, UKC/H. Rebuilding a small yacht for voyages to mountainous coasts. Book coming.
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From Cul Mor. Suilven and water.

‘Choose time over money, since you can always make more money.’

Not so long ago, near Loch Quoich. They were definitely off somewhere, but weren’t about to explain.

This, seen out walking in North Yorkshire limestone country, is an entrance to a cave system. All a bit mad if you ask me. But I’m claustrophobic.

Knitting in Ripon, North Yorkshire today. (Yeah, yeah, I know, a bit random. But a lovely surprise all the same.)

Near Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire. Reminds me of the heathlands of Surrey around where I grew up. But with rocks.

A wee cheer for our cousins down under. apple.news/An0JuVA3ETJa...

On the way home to Scotland from the south of England we diverted to Nidderdale to see a friend yesterday. Decades since I walked remote Yorkshire. It’s a lot more wealthy than it was. And just as gorgeous.

Crikey. I mean, well…crikey!

Camasunary bothy a few years ago, before the new one was built just along the beach. My mate and I slept for thirty-six hours through a storm. The only other guests were half a dozen Scooby Doo fans.

Glen Coe just over a year ago. A sudden snowfall overnight, and a still day with sunshine. The last time I’d been that way was 34 years before.

From last summer. The dawn chasing our sailing boat westwards off the south coast of England.

Zero-G teddy!

Summit Camping and Paragliding from Scotlands most photogenic mountain www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_V2...

Destructive Lake District 'fly campers' face fines - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From an era of truly great British mountaineers.

Lovely article. And a point well made. preview.mailerlite.com/g0c1b8g4m0/2...

I have a Karrimor Mountain Marathon fleece from 1985 that’s still good. And a Rab 1000 sleeping bag I use often that’s older than that.

You might have been angered by the recent news of someone chopping down a 400 year old ancient oak tree. Centuries of growth and nature / a few minutes with a chainsaw. Many of our most wonderful trees are not legally protected. Please sign this petition to change that: buff.ly/4mHdrzx

This would always have been a lovely story, but amid the avalanche of horror that is the daily news cycle spewing from the U.S. at the moment, it’s a soothing salve for the screaming soul👇 apple.news/AClsoJ5rCRKm...

Charges in five minutes. $10,000 cheaper than a Tesla. Bad news for someone. apple.news/AElV0LbN_Qqy...

When you finally chuck out the team clown and get serious.

I’m in!

Mer de Glace 1969 | 2024 We are a world away from the 20th century climate, already in uncharted territories, and that's just the beginning! 😱 Losing glaciers through sole human emission should make us take action 🛑 But we are apathetic... 📷 @glacionaut / IG

Especially 5. If you’re green and anti-tech you are on the wrong side of history.

Difficult to believe how recently we knew nothing about so many places.

I have the passport, but sadly not the accent.

I swear it's not a graph of the stock market... 📉 + High resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... + Figure reproduced from doi.org/10.1038/natu... + Overview: climate.gov/news-feature...

Sounds like a plan

Was only there the other week. Been there many times. Lovely inland sandy beaches. Ardverikie Wall overlooks the upper loch. Here’s Dave MacLoed soloing it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yib...

To which we add prevention tip no.6: fewer deer (lovely though they are, there are too many in Scotland).

Going to be sunny as far as the weather forecast can see. (The boatbuilding is going well thanks.)

Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores | Environment | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The backlash against the backlash? apple.news/AVltIXJTMTAC...

I’d like to post something cheerful. But we have to know this.