Hi, If you have a free day out from Glasgow and fancy two trips on a boat with a six mile hike in between then this is for you! You can find this walk in the lastest edition of the free magazine available on http://www.scottishwalks.com/ You take the car to Tarbet, where there is plenty of good car parking by the jetty and a wee kiosk selling coffee and sandwiches for your trip. The boat costs £14.50 and this includes two sailings. Amanda and myself left on t...

Hi, Just back from a busy week up north. With ash cloud spreading over Europe, the A9 and Cal Mac do have their advantages at times! First stop was Balloan Farm for a good social catch up with the MacQueen clan which took place over two days. On Monday night I visited Iain and Maureen MacPherson for the first of my Israel 2011 trip reunions and relived some of the highlights over a pleasant dinner. Tuesday was spent mostly at Balloan which meant a four mile run ...

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...