Note – 2023-05-12 07:56
@tapasinthesun photo: Pablo Bueno Porcel from the book Sierra Nevada (Guía Montañera)
Tag: books
Note – 2023-05-08 15:57
@GSteffanos I intend to buy the book as I love personal narratives of long distance hikes.
Note – 2023-02-17 04:57
@tapasinthesun this is part of our winter walking week with him. This particular hike we call the Almond Blossom walk that fits nicely in with one of his books. We also run 2 spring and 2 autumn walki...
Note – 2023-02-15 07:52
@AdamBishop yes, I am that guidebook writer. Thanks for buying! We have a small local walking group goes out every Tuesday. You'd be welcome to try us out
Note – 2023-01-14 08:24
@NormanDunbar good morning. I enjoy reading your toots, especially as it reminds me of my days in the UK. I've always lived in Leeds area namely, Rawdon, Adel, Shadwell, Bramhope and Headingley suburb...
Wasting Hospital Time
Yesterday I found myself at the centre of a dispute between the surgeon and my health insurance company. In the end nothing was done. A complete waste of time.
The best photo I have ever taken?
The story behind the circumstances that led me to take the best landscape image I had ever taken.
First tentative steps up a mountain
I climbed my first hill in 1963, the year that President Kennedy was shot and when I was just eight years old. My Dad was an accountant and had a job doing the books of a pub in Appleby in Cumbria. On a day off he drove me to the village of Dufton and we set off up Dufton Pike
Investigating My Grandfather’s Part in World War One
I have kept sane during the enforced Covid19 lock down by getting involved in projects that normally I wouldn't have time to complete. One such project is researching my grandfathers role in World War One. Below is a summary of my research including battle maps
Oh, Patagonia, to leave you we shall weep
Brilliant Poem by Michelle Wakeley about her time spent on our 2010 Southern Patagonian Icecap Expedition
The Cameron Clan - speculation as to the story and heritage of our family
My father spent many years researching his Cameron Ancestry. In the days before the internet this meant studying documents in churches, schools and official buildings. Most of what he found is fact but there were some gaps that he tried to fill with speculation