East Cairn Hill

Max and Colin went walking in the Pentlands. A long muddy route from Little Vantage to the Cauldstane Slap and up to the summit of East Cairn Hill. A total of 4 hours walk.

Kayak Trip

To celebrate Max's eleventh birthday we went on a Kayak trip from Kingussie to Loch Insh a journey of around 7 miles. It was hard work with a strong head wind the whole way. Max paddled very well for the whole 4 hour journey.

Blairgowrie and East Lomond

Stopped off on the drive back from the hills for a nice riverside walk and Blairgowrie and a walk up East Lomond.

Munro Bagging

Had my first munro bagging expedition and managed to get round 9 on a wet and windy day. Set out at 7.25 am to do Carn Aosda, Carn a Gheoidh and the Carnwell. Very heavy rain and visibility down to less than 100 m. Main focus was on careful navigation so the going was slow. The sky cleared as I approached the Cairnwell. Arrived back at the car by 10.35 and had a short break, change of gear and shoes.

Set off again at 11.15 and tackled Craig Leacach, Glas Maol, Cairn of Claise, Tom Buidhe and Tolmount in fairly good weather. Made quite fast progress on the boggy ground. The weather changed for the worse on the last peak, Carn an Tuic when the wind speed rose considerably and the rain changed to hail. Difficult descent off the last hill and then back to the car by 5.25 pm.

In pretty good shape after 10 hours out on the hills so feel confident I can manage more - maybe another 5 for a total of 14.

SOL3 - Greenock

A long drive out to Greenock for a wet day's orienteering in the hills above the Clyde Valley. Hannah came 7 out of 12. Max was slowest of the finishers on his course and Colin came second last despite a pretty good run.

Jog around (and up) Arthurs Seat

Fabulous weather on Saturday. Ran around Holyrood Park and enjoyed the views.

Edinburgh City Cup 2

Fabulous weather on a sunny Wednesday evening. Paragliders were floating in from the hilltops to land by the start. Snowboarders on the ski slopes. Hot and hilly orienteering. Colin came a sound 8 of 26.

Good bye McDougal Moose

Left McDougal in a cache near the Braid. Hannah very sad. His parents are coming across from America to find him soon.

South Morningside 6 James Gillespie 0

Hannah made her competitive football debut against a crack SM team. Despite brave efforts in the pouring rain the girls lost.

Great Edinburgh Run

Max and Hannah ran at the Great Edinburgh Mini and Junior Runs on Saturday morning. Hannah got round the 1.4 km course in just under 10 minutes and Max completed 2.4 km in just under 12 minutes.

Castlelaw

We rounded off a busy weekend with a junior hill run at Castlelaw in the Pentlands. The longest junior run ever was tough going but some great views.