It’s not always raining in Scotland

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Croy Shore with the Isle of Arran in the distance.

Wish you were here?

Scots pine with Schiehallion in the distance

I do!
This is the mountain Schiehallion (the fairy hill of the Caledonians) only three weeks ago. It was beautifully picked out by the sun on a freezing cold day.
In contrast to today, the May day bank holiday it’s the hottest day of the year so far and I’m stuck [...]

Another lapland photo

This is me, (I never realised how big my nose looks in profile) tobogganing in Saariselka. We booked this as ‘downhill sliding’ and I expected to be going in huge infatables but it turned out to be ordinary sledges. This was absolutely fine as the run you slide down is 1.2 km long and a [...]

Lapland is great!

Originally uploaded by nodwah

I’m back from Lapland and exhausted after 15 hours and 3 plane journeys and my bags are missing but so what – I’ve been to the arctic circle! It was sooooooo great.
This is a pic I took while on a husky sled (obviously) and I have to say that wasn’t great – [...]

I’m off to Lapland WooHoo!

My workplace has given me the chance to go to the European Virology Conference, this year being held in Saariselka, Finnish Lapland. How mad is that?
I was offered the chance a while back and -hyperventilting- said yeah yeah yeah, but while my dad was ill it looked like I might have to cancel and give [...]

The grey man of Ben Macdui

February half term holiday, so we went for a country walk north of Glasgow to the Queen’s view and The Whangie  http://www.scottishsport.co.uk/walking/whangie.htm
The Whangie is a rocky canyon which was created by the Devil smacking his tail down during a coven, or maybe it’s a geological feature caused by glaciation. Either way it’s a nice easy [...]