Great time up north with my cuz Colin from Canada. We did the Forcan Ridge in great weather then saw some wonderful parts of Applecross and its environs, including a wee thatched cottage in Lobains which was occupied up until 1995 or thereabouts by an elderly gent.
It is a truly beautiful part of the country, worth visiting on many occasions. Hopefully this wee video gives a feel for its splendour - visit it, as the communities up there need your time and money to survive :)
Out Active | If it's easy, it's not worth doing!
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Monday, 11 July 2011
Torridon Mountain Biking
Great few days MTBing in Scotland's greatest trails with Bill and Andy, from Go-Where Scotland.
Simply epic days in the hills - and a few spills...no names, but not me or Andy :)
Simply epic days in the hills - and a few spills...no names, but not me or Andy :)
Simply Epic Mountain Biking in Torridon from C Coid on Vimeo.
Friday, 8 July 2011
Some Road Biking and Climbing on the Argyle Peninsula and the Cobbler
Great days with Peter, Mark and Bill in the Argyle area and the Cobbler. Great fun day again
Four Amigos
Sunset over Loch Fyne
Simply Epic do road tour and climbing on Argyle Peninsula from C Coid on Vimeo.
Nice wee video of our exploitsThursday, 7 July 2011
Wakeboarding in Loch Fyne
Great fun wakeboarding with Peter, Bill and Mark. Great technique all round!!!
Simply Epic do Wake Boarding in Loch Fyne from C Coid on
Vimeo.
Monday, 27 June 2011
Neilston Quarry - climbing with Valerie
Nice evening so headed to NQ with Valerie, my beautiful daughter, and Mark the offio photographer for a spot of climbing and abseil.
Val was unimpressed I left the lids and quickdraws behind...doh...but always one to improvise, she got Mark's lid and we made draws from the slings.
Nice climbing on dry warm rock was good fun for Val's first trip on rock for some time. She really enjoyed it tho and wants more :)
That was music to Dad's ears.
Val was unimpressed I left the lids and quickdraws behind...doh...but always one to improvise, she got Mark's lid and we made draws from the slings.
Nice climbing on dry warm rock was good fun for Val's first trip on rock for some time. She really enjoyed it tho and wants more :)
That was music to Dad's ears.
Neilston Quarry with Valerie from C Coid on Vimeo.
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Loch Ard and Lewis - Downhill superstar in the making
Good night out with Milgavie Youth Cafe followed by a day out with Can You Experience at Loch Lomond.
Great time and Lewis, downhill WC racer at Fort William recently, was on tow to show off his considerable skills on the bike. Super skills at the stairs and the kids stood in awe.
All in a great day and what a bike carrier Can You have...Bill and I looked at it with envy!! :)
Great time and Lewis, downhill WC racer at Fort William recently, was on tow to show off his considerable skills on the bike. Super skills at the stairs and the kids stood in awe.
All in a great day and what a bike carrier Can You have...Bill and I looked at it with envy!! :)
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Cobbler - in the cold
Summer should be for climbing in shorts, bitten by midges and nice warm rock to shake off winter chills.
On the other hand, this is Scotland...so a late planned trip up the Cobbler on 16 June saw us on the rock at 830 pm. Windmills with the arms to get blood back in the fingers did not harbinge summer thrills.
Frozen fingers and more at the first belay was not expected and Mark, fast approaching with every piece of clothing on, compounded my thoughts of an early bail.
Mark pulled over the lip on p2 and we set up the abseil, avoiding the crux final pitch in probable rain and deeper cold...JUNE...SUMMER...ur havin' larff!
Interestingly our tat from last year was still in place; so we cut it out, put new stuff in and off I went. A slip on the way down shifted the tat over a sharp edge and cut the sheath on it...aaargh - altho it was fine, it was backed up and so never in danger :)) Mark did a quick repair on it and down he came for a sprint back to the car in 46 mins from the bealach; that's fast!!
Should have shared ur crisps earlier!! :))
Great night out; good exercise, nav and two top pitches made it worth the 2 days of gardening revenge Fiona punished me with :)
She's a star for letting me go tho :)))))
On the other hand, this is Scotland...so a late planned trip up the Cobbler on 16 June saw us on the rock at 830 pm. Windmills with the arms to get blood back in the fingers did not harbinge summer thrills.
Frozen fingers and more at the first belay was not expected and Mark, fast approaching with every piece of clothing on, compounded my thoughts of an early bail.
Mark pulled over the lip on p2 and we set up the abseil, avoiding the crux final pitch in probable rain and deeper cold...JUNE...SUMMER...ur havin' larff!
Interestingly our tat from last year was still in place; so we cut it out, put new stuff in and off I went. A slip on the way down shifted the tat over a sharp edge and cut the sheath on it...aaargh - altho it was fine, it was backed up and so never in danger :)) Mark did a quick repair on it and down he came for a sprint back to the car in 46 mins from the bealach; that's fast!!
Great night out; good exercise, nav and two top pitches made it worth the 2 days of gardening revenge Fiona punished me with :)
She's a star for letting me go tho :)))))
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