A mix of emotions in the Northern Corries
WITH Christmas holidays offering some time that hung a little limp I stopped working at lunchtime and took myself off for a wee afternoon...
Tom Weir - the reluctant television rtar
“TELEVISION can be very difficult,” Tom Weir once told me. “It’s a very shallow medium.” I knew exactly what he meant. Television is very...
Remembering Tom Weir - unveiling of the statue
Rhona Weir with a presentation size statue given to her by the sculptor, Sean Hedges-Quinn I was absolutely thrilled to get a phone call...
International Mountain Day
HERE'S my wee contribution to International Mountain Day. Although my roots are tied firmly to the mountains and hills of Scotland I have...
Across the Great Moss to Beinn Bhrotain
The Devil's Point from Monadh Mor MONADH Mor and Beinn Bhrotain rise on the south-east periphery of the atmospheric Moine Mhor. This...
Northness and a vision of Shetland
The ragged coast of Eshaness FOR some years I’ve been fascinated by the concept of ‘northness’, a sense of place that’s defined by...