I’ve searched through the archives for many years, and in this 1943 shot above, taken over occupied France from a high altitude Spitfire XI you can plainly can see it there, it’s sleek rounded shape clearly visible under the black mesh fabric of it’s temporary field housing. Unknown at the time, its smooth surface was combining with it’s [...]
Posted on December 18th, 2009 by PTC*
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A lot of the kit on the Grey Corries overnighter was the same as the recent Beinn Narnain trip, but there was old, new, and purple too. Seen above is the Montane Lite-Speed jacket, a fine wind divertor indeed. The unexpected advantage with this was the huge chest pocket, it swallowed my padded gloves (Haglöfs Helix: [...]
Posted on December 17th, 2009 by PTC*
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Yes, yes, it’s that bloody man again. But, looking behind him, it looks like the old days, snow covered ridges tumbling into the distance. Will this last? Has winter laid its golden egg already? I hope not, I could bear the inconvenience of this slippery surface for while yet. Maybe ’til April?
Posted on December 16th, 2009 by PTC*
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It was all planned. I was fed up pushing my luck with deadlines for Trail Routes, no matter what I did something would either make me late with words and photies or I’d end up having to change the route or some bloody thing and look stupid. So I’ve been glued to the weather forecast [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2009 by PTC*
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Some things are very hard to review, not because they don’t work, they don’t fit or I haven’t used it and I’m just lying. No, it’s the photies. I refuse to use stock photies because it’s lazy and looks rubbish. So, after a year I’ve finally got up the courage, managed to keep my face straight, [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2009 by PTC*
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Posted on December 14th, 2009 by PTC*
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I looked at the file and it was huge, like a mixing bowl full to the top of Weetabix with the gaps filled with yogurt. Or maybe carrot sticks. My bare feet were getting a little cold, although my tea was nice and hot. I ventured that such a situation could lead to a debilitating [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by PTC*
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Yes, I shall speak more of this.
Posted on December 13th, 2009 by PTC*
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It would be too easy to put my head back under the duvet. I could put this now empty coffee mug in the basin, switch off the lights and sleep for a few more hours in blissful ignorance. I’m used to running late after all, but a sunset at something like 1530 where I’m going [...]
Posted on December 12th, 2009 by PTC*
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The sun sets across from the window again. It’s nearly as far left as it’s going to go. I love the feel of December. Whatever the global weather situation, the last couple of years it’s really felt like the year has been drawing to an end at this time of year, the energy was all [...]
Posted on December 11th, 2009 by PTC*
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The Central Belt of Scotland is well known for its heart-attack inducing cuisine. The frying, the salt, the refined sugar, the horror… Many are happy with this harem-scarem lifestyle of denial, I prefer an all things in moderation approach, but there seems to be a movement towards public support of the former view, and rarely have [...]
Posted on December 10th, 2009 by PTC*
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I’ve opened the last wee envelope on the laptop and there’s stacks of stuff I haven’t seen for ages on here. Disturbingly I’m very young in a lot of it. It’s all scans too, so more ropey than normal, but it’s nice to see once again where I’ve been and why growing old isn’t better or [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by PTC*
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Life on the laptop continues, and tonight I found some thumbnails of our wedding photies. One wonderful comment we got was “That’s a nice painting you’re in front of”. Idiot. We were married at the Kings House at Glen Coe. Well, outside of it in the sunshine actually, and as it was the first of [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by PTC*
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