Hi, As I wrote a fairly lengthy and descriptive blog about the Highland Cross on this site last year I won't repeat myself so refer you back to 2009 for any technical details about the race. Nevertheless it involves covering Scotland from coast to coast, with 20 miles running cross country followed by a 30 mile cycle. And all for some good causes! This year I was in a team with Ishbel from last years shenanigans plus my old workmate Andy Cowell from Englandsvil...

Hi, On 22nd of June some of us paid a nostalgic visit to our old primary school. Hillhead Primary in Cecil Street (which was originally Hillhead High until it moved to a different location in Oakfield Avenue), is due to close in the near future when three west end primaries are due to amalgamate into a new building just off Gibson Street. Having spent seven years of my life attending from 1964 until 1970, and having never been back, there was a curious desire ...

Hi, At the beginning of June, I set foot on the Outer Hebrides for the first time in 22 years, accompanying my companion Charlie on a six day tour which covered the whole of the Western Isles from the Butt of Ness down to Barra and Vatersay. All in all the return journey to Glasgow covered 836 miles. We visited Lewis, Harris, Scalpay, Berneray, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Eriskay, Barra and Vatersay. This includes four islands I had not visited before p...

Hi, As most of you will be aware, The Highland Cross is described as: a 50-mile duathlon (20 miles on foot, 30 miles on bike) traversing the spectacular Scottish Highlands coast to coast, west to east from Kintail through Glen Affric and Strathglass to Beauly. Having hopefully completed enough training to take me through the event (which included borrowing a bike as I don't own one myself), I headed north on June 19th, with over £1100 worth of sponsorship ple...

Hi, I had not written up this blog from my November trip as I have been waiting to see if any underwater photos arrived from my diving colleagues. They haven't and I don't have contact details so will have to go without them.... Finally a holiday abroad in 2008! In between jobs, I headed off to Sharm El Sheik on the tip of the Sinai peninsula, where the Gulfs of Suez and Acquaba meet. I had visited there before and it is one of the world premier diving sites. ...