Cairngorms and Geal Charn Mor, Feb'09

The weather forecast was for clear cold conditions, so we took the Friday off and headed up into the Cairngorms. We skied, hiked and ran. Busy on the ski runs. Incredibly cold - the lochs were completely frozen over, but the clear skies gave us some terrific views. Lots of mountain hares bounder over Geal Charn Mor's summit plateau, teasing our dog. Some photos on my Flickr page .

Iron Lodge Corbetts, Feb'09

A very hard slog over the 3 Corbetts above Iron Lodge near Dornie - at one point it took me nearly half an hour to cover 600m along the crest of Sguman Coinntich cause of the deep snow and ice crust. Superb views, especially considering the weather back down in Edinburgh ! More photos on my Flickr page

Loch Tay Corbetts, Feb'09

A crisp day spent running up the Corbetts south of Loch Tay from Ardeonaig. 1700m of climbing and 26km running on lots of ice. Cold but sunny ! Some more photos here

Carnethy, Pentlands, Jan'09

Carnethy, 30 Jan 10

A wee walk with my cus, her partner Ang and Keith into the Pentlands today with our dogs. Superb icy conditions ! Photos from my iPhone (hence not great quality) on my Flickr page.

Stob Fear-tomhais - Balquhidder, Jan'09

Fine corbett, just me and the dog. Lots of snow and ice. Met up with mum and her two border collies for the walk out. Loch Voil still more or less completely frozen over.

Loch an Eilein, Jan'09

The weather didn't really encourage a hillwalk today, so a fine daunder was enjoyed on the slushy tracks around beautiful Loch an Eilein. Some lovely views taken in !

Skiing at Hillend, Jan'09

We live right next to a ski-slope, so getting up early, we aimed up for a morning's ski in perfect conditions. Just, the crowds came quicker than expected and it got so busy. Excellent fun - and Keith skied with our dog Jake. Video clip shows me trying out my new 'Action Cam'.