
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Beinn Ghlas to Ben Lawers

north ridge of Beinn Ghlas from Ben Lawers (1214m)
Friday, November 23, 2007
Snow

Sparkling smooth snow blanketed Ben Lawers in Tayside today. Yesterday evening I noticed that the Highlands were forcast to get a clear sunny 23rd November. I set the alarm for 6.15am, actually normal getting up time for cycling to work.
Peebles cars were plastered in ice but nothing like the summits in Tayside where in places the snow was 18 inches deep. As I struggled into my boots outside the Ben Lawers visitor centre I realised I'd left the ice axe behind but luckily had my crampons which made descending much easier. Although I hooked a point in one place and slammed knees first onto a thick sheet of ice, Not pleasant especially on my bad knee. I met a diverse range of fellow mountaineers, two guys from Carlisle one of whom assured me he did not have flu but had taken a genuine days holiday when he saw the forecast.

Thursday, November 22, 2007
Shopping

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
istockphoto.com

Submitted another three images to http://www.istockphoto.com/ this evening. Perhaps they will be more successful than my first three submission attempts! For last week's attempt I did not shoot the pictures specially which probably explains the failure.
Not sure how many goes I'll get before I'm rejected finally.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Sand & Grit
Imagine hiring a car, visiting a beach, filling it with sand and returning it to the rental firm without using the vaccum. Most of us would not do it and if we did we'd lose our deposit. Today two seemingly un-impecunious students returned a pile of Profoto flash equipment they had rented and then used in just such a scenario.
We took just £100 from their £5k deposit to pay for the cleaning needed. As they also did not have enough money in their account to pay the hire charge we also hung on to the deposit. The whole thing beggar's belief.
We took just £100 from their £5k deposit to pay for the cleaning needed. As they also did not have enough money in their account to pay the hire charge we also hung on to the deposit. The whole thing beggar's belief.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Autumn Colours




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