tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post182051932590491464..comments2024-03-27T00:02:28.418+00:00Comments on Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Pentlands.Scald Law.East Kip.West Kip.blueskyscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-10437764534370699242013-02-13T14:28:14.274+00:002013-02-13T14:28:14.274+00:00Bob
agree with you there - Dalkeith Park definite...Bob<br /><br />agree with you there - Dalkeith Park definitely a 'hidden gem'. Also, forgot to mention I saw a kingfisher when in Templeton Woods which was a delight for this time of year!<br /><br />HunterHunternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-34560287872106921152013-02-11T13:52:35.025+00:002013-02-11T13:52:35.025+00:00Hi Hunter.
Explored both those parks a few years a...Hi Hunter.<br />Explored both those parks a few years ago. Great for wildlife. Dalkeith park is big and sprawling enough to get really lost in which I soon did during a summer bike tour. Only been there once but was very impressed with its layout and history.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-54817760698486313182013-02-10T23:19:13.565+00:002013-02-10T23:19:13.565+00:00Bob
Maybe you could work for Alec Salmond promoti...Bob<br /><br />Maybe you could work for Alec Salmond promoting goood health and fitness for mature citizens?? You must be one of the fittest!<br /><br />Love the photos from Glenshee - the snow there looks nice and pristine. Was up in Templeton woods in Dundee last Saturday and saw red squirrels, woodpeckers, roe deer, jays and buzzards so the wildlife is warming up for spring.<br /><br />took walk around Dalkeith country park (500 acres) yesterday-<br /> spotted deer and a buzzard flew right past my face by about 2 inches! was sitting behind a tree and it never saw me as it flew past! an amazing experience!<br /><br />Still enjoying your blog and all the photos - keep up the good work!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />HunterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-26408181656202830372013-02-08T10:22:05.756+00:002013-02-08T10:22:05.756+00:00Hi Hunter.
Hope you are still getting out and abo...Hi Hunter. <br />Hope you are still getting out and about. Might be the right pub but I wouldn't know as being a day shot from Glasgow I'm never in the Edinburgh pubs these days. I only usually visit pubs if its a multi day trip somewhere to get a break from the tent.<br />Pub alcohol is a luxury item I cant afford these days. Petrol and food or drink...A no brainer.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-16979430284155557812013-02-06T18:42:11.045+00:002013-02-06T18:42:11.045+00:00Hi Bob
Been a while - have done these hills many ...Hi Bob<br /><br />Been a while - have done these hills many times in all seasons, its hard to believe sometimes you are right next to Edinburgh when down in the glens! Good to hear you are not going to pubs and saving your strength for the hills!<br /><br />Could the pub Carol mentions be called the Flotterstone Inn? Its SE just off the Biggar road?<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />HunterHunternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-44460146517790813652013-01-26T00:11:24.261+00:002013-01-26T00:11:24.261+00:00I'd agree with that Neil. Nice shape to them f...I'd agree with that Neil. Nice shape to them from every direction.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-26755631155656724992013-01-26T00:09:45.723+00:002013-01-26T00:09:45.723+00:00Hello Jim,
Checked Cold Specks out. Hope they do w...Hello Jim,<br />Checked Cold Specks out. Hope they do well. Very hard to make any money in that area now though as free file sharing has ripped a hole in any profits and even the festival circuit is contracting. blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-40959928390395703442013-01-24T19:31:27.405+00:002013-01-24T19:31:27.405+00:00These used to be my home hills when I stayed in Ba...These used to be my home hills when I stayed in Balerno. I think that the round of the Kips and Scald Law is the best in the Pentlands. Bit busy in summer, though just right for this time of year. Must go back sometime.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521811229603749067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-19065505286920146832013-01-24T12:54:32.299+00:002013-01-24T12:54:32.299+00:00Looked up at these hills many times from the A702 ...Looked up at these hills many times from the A702 Bob. The highest I've been was a car trip up to the Hillend Ski centre. Looking at these pictures makes me wish I'd never gone into exile in England. Not really though, the only regrets I have is that time and tide are against me.(Amy McDonald is singing 'This Pretty Face' on the radio)<br />Love the Cat Power. My youngest daughter's partner is a multi-instrumentalist with an up and coming young female called Al Spx who goes under the name of Cold Specks. See what you think. <br /> The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-76432961207833372182013-01-24T10:10:47.025+00:002013-01-24T10:10:47.025+00:00Hi Carol.
Pubs and hotels are a luxury Item I rare...Hi Carol.<br />Pubs and hotels are a luxury Item I rarely indulge in now. Need all my money for petrol at £60 quid a tank. Alex is trying to finish his Corbett's this year so he's not interested in anything else. Well, except new bagging list ticks.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-12058800471025810292013-01-23T21:48:16.790+00:002013-01-23T21:48:16.790+00:00I'm surprised Alex didn't want to do those...I'm surprised Alex didn't want to do those again - I did them once when I was at a summer school week at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University and loved them - made a new (Glaswegian friend too who I'm still buddies with now). I liked the Kips best. <br /><br />We did them from a pub towards the SE corner of the hills - can't remember what it was called but I more or less ate them out of puddings! ;-)<br />Carol.Carolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com