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From Openwater swimming at Dosthill Quarry
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From Lowe Alpine Midge Marathon (LAMM) 2012
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From Bagging my First Munro
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From CC Gairloch Jubilee Meet
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From A figure of eight
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From Summer Gargoyle Madness
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From I love NW Scotland
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From Fear of Friction
Year: 2012
Swimming at the Bosworth Trust Water Park over the past month has been great, but I was eager to swim somewhere with clearer water and fewer ducks (and duck smells)! So, this morning I tested out the very convenient Dosthill Quarry, just on the outskirts of Tamworth. The quarry is a diving venue (http://www.divedozzi.com/), but …
The 2012 LAMM: beautiful scenery, hard work, terrible midges, and my first ever Munro summit...
Thanks to the extra holiday the four day jubilee weekend made for a perfect opportunity to head a little further afield than a normal bank holiday weekend allows.
This weekend we found ourselves back in Agen Allwedd, the same cave that we visited with Clive just a fortnight ago. Our reason for visiting Aggy previously was to join Clive on a trip around the Grand Circle to celebrate 40 years since his breakthrough trip. This weekend, the scenario was quite similar…
This past week has been a little blast of summer – long may it continue, here’s to wishing anyhow!…
I headed off to Reiff, just North of Ullapool, at the weekend to go climbing with the Ladies Scottish Climbing Club.
I was lucky enough to have last Wednesday off work so I decided to head out and make the most of the sunshine. Who do you call when you need a mid week partner – a lazy PHD student is usually a good bet!
We had an invitation for a Queens Garden Party, courtesy of being previously President of the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers.
