Ben Hope had beautiful powder and a white out to go with it on Sunday 18th December. Unfortunately my ski descent coincided with the whiteout. It was so bad that I fell over twice on the descent due to a strange unbalancing effect encountered when believing I was still moving but had actually stopped! Lovely …
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The weekend of 26-27th November brought deep depressions off the Atlantic bringing a fair bit of rain and some strong winds to the Highlands. There was a coating of snow to low levels on the Friday night which receded on Saturday before lowering a touch again on Sunday. The weather on Sunday wasn’t exactly inspiring …
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I had an entertaining hour or so playing around on the South Ridge of Sgor Chaonasaid, Ben Loyal on Sunday 9th October, a breezy overcast autumn day when I didn’t want to travel too far and the bigger hills probably wouldn’t have been too much fun. The ridge is a grade 2 scramble according to …
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I stumbled across a couple of apps for stitching together photos into a panorama recently. Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) and the related Microsoft Photosynth for “capturing and viewing the world in 3D”, or rather stiching together loads of photos into a 360 degree panorama that can be explored interactively. Microsoft ICE works better than …
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We’ve recently become aware of a large windfarm planned for a site called Allt Duine in the Monadhliath above Kincraig near Aviemore. The plans are apparently for 31 turbines each upto 125m high above land (to the top of the blade tip). The site is immediately adjacent to the boundary of the Cairngorm National Park …
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