Warm week again as summer continues; End July 2013
Only a couple of the threatened heavy showers reached Skye this week so a lot of happy climbers. Humidity and heat were a feature so a lot of slimmed down climbers too:) There were some cracking days...
View ArticleBusy few weeks. 21 September
Apologies for not blogging so far this month; plenty going on but very little reliable broadband still! There’s been a mixed bag of weather and a late surge from the midgies but the majority of...
View ArticleT-shirt weather for Cuillin cragging, 28th April
Dry rock and a warm breeze is too good to ignore so Paul & I dropped work plans and headed off to An Stac in search of some adventure. What’s in that shadowy corner? A steep curving fault line just...
View ArticleFull day out; Coire Lagan & Temerity, 2nd May
In Pinn abseil With our wonderful weather due to break over the weekend I was keen to get another Cuillin rock route done. Francis is right in the groove just now so we agreed to meet up once I’d...
View ArticleChildsplay on the Pinn and raising awareness of a very good cause.
With so much work going on this summer regulars will have noticed that blogging has dropped in the priorities. One important one I should have done at the time was with the Young family who, in...
View ArticleNovember delights.
No sign of winter yet but its been another glorious week of late autumnal weather. Mike & I were treated to a feast of light effects, warm sunshine and plenty of dry rock on a round of Coire na...
View ArticleSeptember and something of an Indian Summer.
I did get comments after my last post that I mentioned the poor summer but the photos didn’t reflect it so here’s a couple of shots from the start of September showiing folk having fun despite the...
View ArticleAwesome Autumn Adventure; November 4th
Special light, incredible colours and magical mists can all be a feature of autumn outings and today had all of them. Martin is just back from the Kingdom of Bhutan and it was amazing to hear him say...
View ArticleSkye Winter Festival 2016. 14-27th January
The first week of the Skye Winter Climbing Festival was very productive with keeness, weather and conditions allowing great climbing every day. The weather for the second week wasn’t the best but Skye...
View ArticleAlpine rock climbing. 14th April
Warm rock in the fingers with snow-reflected sun seeming to double the heat; we could have been on the south face of the Midi. No Japanese tourists clapping our efforts here though, just a couple of...
View ArticlePinn Joy 7th September
My Bangor Uni mate Julian with wife Bizzie and friends Ian, Gary and Chris hit lucky on the first day of their week with the first dry day on the Pinn all week. Early drizzle lifted in spectacular...
View ArticleThe man who met Norman Collie
Skye-born Munro-bagger’s link with Cuillin history. In May this year our Skye Guide Malcom Airey guided 79 year old Alasdair MacPherson, along with his daughter Fiona, on an ascent of the Inaccessible...
View ArticleStunning day for the first Pinn of the year. 18th February
The stunning weather today belied the serious nature of the snow conditions. Rock hard on the rise out of Coire na Banachdaich became a wee bit slushy on the descent to the foot of the Pinn and then...
View ArticleIn Pinn legislation part of Glen Brittle upgrades
The Black Cuillin landlords have announced that permits will be issued for teams making ascents of the Inaccessible Pinnacle this summer. Traffic jams are commonplace on most fine days A spokesman...
View ArticleWinter continues. Updates 10th April
Busy period but here are some shots from the last week or so- [See image gallery at skyeguides.co.uk]
View ArticlePinn snatched just in time; 10th May.
The stunning sunset last night was followed up with a beautiful dawn too. Picture Lou Reynolds Rain was forecast for the afternoon so we set off for the Pinn at 8am. Roger’s gang are a fit bunch and no...
View ArticleBroadband Problems May June 2013
Moody In Pinn, photo by Cameron Quick update while BB is running; hopefully long enough to let me upload. Apologies to anyone missing a blog about their days out or updates on Skye weather. Investing...
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