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Winter Sport - tastic in the Outdoor Capital

Tuesday, February 10, 2009



The Highlands of Scotland are the place to be right now - recent snow falls, low temperatures and blue skies and sunshine mean that if you like winter sports then you are in luck. I am not in luck - laid low with a knee injury but friends and colleagues are reporting back that the ski-ing was fantastic this weekend. Friends were also winter climbing in Glencoe over the weekend. They reported Stob Coire Nan Lochan to be busy in Saturday but conditions good on both Ordinary Route and Dorsal Arete, on Sunday they polished off Crowberry Gully - although thin in places it was in condition. For more info on winter climbing conditions go to the Abacus Mountaineering website.

It is not just fun for those into climbing and ski-ing, another friend enjoyed some easy walking in Leanachan Forest and said it was a winter wonderland with snow underfoot and not icy at all.

I had to content myself with taking pics ofthe amazing views.

Anna

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Snow in all the right places

Tuesday, February 03, 2009


While the rest of the UK grapples with bitter temperatures and lots of snow, we have snow where it should be - on the hills. It has been a bit windy and last week we had some rain but the forecast for Sunday 1st Feb was good so I headed up to Glencoe Mountain ski area. It was my first time on skis this year, and the snow was quite hard so my first run was definately a bit wobbly but I soon remembered what edges were for and got the hang of things again. The evil plateau poma was a bit erratic but if you kept away from that lift and from the Flypaper run area which was shut because it was too icy, lots of the runs gave good ski-ing. It seems that conditions are pretty similiar at Nevis Range.

A friend was climbing yesterday at Aonach Mor and said conditions were good but windy and cold.

Anna

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Political big hitters hit the Outdoor Capital

Monday, February 02, 2009

Fort William life took a less travelled road last week when it hosted a political discussion: some of the UK's politicos hit the Nevis Centre last week for BBC's Question Time . Jo Swinson Lib Dem MP, David Gove Conservative MP, Nicola Sturgeon Deputy Leader of the SNP and MSP and writer and broadcaster Hardeep Singh Koli came up to the Fort. It is always interesting to see politicians close up and to see a pro like David Dimbleby keep them in line.

Michael Gove's column in The Scotsman sums up how Hardeep Singh Koli captured the mood when he pleaded for politicians to work together to get us all out of the financial mess we are in.

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