Working in exotic places

I am off to Delhi for a few days next week. Hopefully I can manage to bring one of these back in my suitcase. Ideal transport for the M62 from Milnrow over to Leeds.

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Now Google Streetview has gone live for the UK, all I can do is sit here and tour round the county. Here are a couple of nice spots, Elgol and Sligachan on Skye

Lighting up time

Took part in the Illuminating Hadrians Wall event yesterday, coverage is in all over the press today. It is was rather cold on Steel Rigg, until I lit the burner. Photos of my burner alight are on the Guardian website (photos 1 and 5)

Update: I am in the first picture in the Journal website article

Spring Snow

Enjoyed a stunner of a day in the North Pennines today, lots of snow above 500m. Not a breath of wind and wall to wall sun shine.

Family

A rare family photo, I am usually taking the pictures!

Still snowy

It is still snowy on the hills here, Joel and I have been for a walk on Lad Law near Widdop today

Illuminating Hadrians Wall

I am involved in an interesting project called Illuminating Hadrians Wall on Sat 13 March.
The project is to celebrate 1600 years since the Romans left Britain (good riddance :))
I would wear a kilt and pretend to be a celebrating Pict, but it might be a bit nippy stood there for 6 hours.

Yet more Calmac pictures

Never mind trainspotting, I think I have a ferry spotting problem.
The wee ones in Oban last week after a disappointing lunch at Eeusk
We bought lots of lovely live wriggling prawns (langoustines) at the pier which made up for the poor meal.

Ella at Hadrians Wall

Stopped at Hadrians Wall on the way to Argyll.
In a few weeks time I will be walking along the wall at night with a flaming torch
see http://www.illuminatinghadrianswall.com for more info.

Rock on A Chir, Arran

This rather attractive lump of rock is balanced just to the East of the summit of A Chir On the Isle of Arran Spent the night on a bivi next to it last year. It is a nice easy walk up/down Coire Buidhe opposite Rosa Pinnacle.

It's grim up north

Black Hill near Holmfirth. Ideal conditions when the peat is frozen and the groughs are full of hard snow.
Grim or beautiful? Depends on the coat you are wearing :)

Road liable to flooding...

Well it probably will when that lot melts!

Sledging

Ella sledging on Crompton Moor (our front garden!)

Jubilee in the Snow Part 2

The snow has finally stopped, and we can now see what it has left. This is taken from Pingot Quarry, over the road from Jubilee

Still Snowing at Jubilee

It is still snowing here, and no sign of the cold
weather ending.

Jubilee in the snow

It is snowing here again, all looks very attractive Click on the picture for a proper view.

I'm a reindeer

 
 
Joel at his nursery Christmas Play.

Haircut

 

High Cup - Nichol's Chair

 

High Cup is probably the finest landscape feature in England. On one side is Nichol's Chair, which I stupidly decided to climb last year. Not too difficult but rather exposed. Not recommended for the faint hearted. The walk up is very fine, some good pictures here

Some music from 1983 to listen to whilst dreaming of hills...Beat Bop

Day out on Skye

 
 

Joels first trip to the Cuillin
Loch Bhrusda was in service from Mallaig rather than the Loch Nevis. Not a cuppa in sight :(