tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post2340483065438517763..comments2024-03-27T00:02:28.418+00:00Comments on Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Hill House.Glen Fruin.Three Lochs Way.blueskyscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-91208331791540078202011-12-06T18:03:13.994+00:002011-12-06T18:03:13.994+00:00Exactly.Well said.Exactly.Well said.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-74499645147167999412011-12-01T12:22:17.030+00:002011-12-01T12:22:17.030+00:00Bob
You're not going to Bute House to get a t...Bob<br /><br />You're not going to Bute House to get a tourism award from Alex Salmond, are you?!!Hunternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-89987402369642617232011-11-29T23:38:32.676+00:002011-11-29T23:38:32.676+00:00Cheers Hunter.
It,s a smashing area when the sun s...Cheers Hunter.<br />It,s a smashing area when the sun stays out.Next post is back over your way though.Half the rainfall--twice the sunshine :)blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-43328820966059530092011-11-29T20:53:42.932+00:002011-11-29T20:53:42.932+00:00Hi Bob, what a great trip and evoked so many happy...Hi Bob, what a great trip and evoked so many happy memories for me! Spent my younger years growing up on the shores of the Gareloch at Shandon and lived there til the age of 19! Know and love the area and had loads of adventures and escapades there. So lovely to see those photos of all those places I know and love so well, especially the Gareloch and Glen Fruin. Glad to see you had a good day as the one thing I dont miss is the climate - lots of rainfall usually. Left the area a long time ago but although I have left the area it has never left me!! Absolutely loving the blog Bob and this trip has, for me personally, been an absolute delight for me to read. Keep up the good work!Hunternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-19423409315918394792011-11-26T16:23:12.156+00:002011-11-26T16:23:12.156+00:00Cheers Andy.
Most folk from down south on holiday ...Cheers Andy.<br />Most folk from down south on holiday always seem to head for the west coast mountains and get a soaking usually but the area east of Edinburgh is worth a visit with spectacular seacliffs,huge stacks, rugged islands and its good for families.Mind you you,ve got Gogarth,Great Ormes head,the Rhyl Sun Centre and the LLeyn Peninsula on your doorstep so the world,s your onion :)<br />bob.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-24455553383152942872011-11-25T09:31:14.335+00:002011-11-25T09:31:14.335+00:00Hi Bob. Just come across your blog for the first t...Hi Bob. Just come across your blog for the first time. Really enjoyed this article about a part of Scotland I don't know all that well. Always great to get some background the scenery which you've captured really well in the photos<br />Cheers<br />AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-15143430491728624572011-11-24T14:56:37.304+00:002011-11-24T14:56:37.304+00:00Hi Pete.
Yeah,Everyones different.Even when I was ...Hi Pete.<br />Yeah,Everyones different.Even when I was younger I was never interested in long distance events just for the sake of them.Apart from lack of climbing skills to solo at speed along the Skye ridge say I didn,t really see the point doing things like that in a oner when you could have a dozen great days out instead.Same with the Three Peaks race which I turned down a couple of times when the offer was there. <br />Back packing abroad was different because it was the only way to see different mountain ranges properly in a short holiday period.<br />If you haven,t been over that way its a really scenic half day drive over the upper(new) Glen Fruin road or Glen Douglas then round the Roseneath Penisula,coming back via the coast road at Helensburgh.<br />I know you like the far north west but its still fairly wild where your dad worked.Cowal In Particular is as rough and empty as anywhere else in Scotland.<br />bob.<br />Ps. Still Game is being repeated on BBC 1 every monday 10.35pm at the moment.Bit rude but very funny.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-4732375130038643702011-11-22T17:53:02.108+00:002011-11-22T17:53:02.108+00:00'Its not about how far it is but how interesti...'Its not about how far it is but how interesting I can make it for myself'. That's not a bad maxim for those of us in our middle years!<br /><br />Those 'hills' look like silos - is that what they are Bob? In the '50s my dad was stationed in Glasgow, seconded to the 51st Highland Division. He was in the Signals and fitted out the communications for the nuclear bunkers in these parts. I've often wondered where they are since i moved here from the south.<br /><br />40 miles sounds like a lot to me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-71925261734459208412011-11-21T17:40:20.081+00:002011-11-21T17:40:20.081+00:00Cheers Jim
Maybe that explains why the signs are t...Cheers Jim<br />Maybe that explains why the signs are there.Also why that runner did it so fast.Thats an incredible time.<br />We had a girl in our club years ago who ran the West Highland Way in mid winter with snow on the ground in two days.Some folk just enjoy pushing themselfs to the limit.<br />Luckily I,m not one of them :)<br />About 40 miles is my limit now on a bike. I like to explore places and get off to wander about if I see something interesting.Then it can go down to 10 miles :)<br />For me its not about how far it is but how interesting I can make it for myself.<br />bob.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-7105256442137664172011-11-20T20:14:22.235+00:002011-11-20T20:14:22.235+00:00A great post as usual Bob.Some great views and it ...A great post as usual Bob.Some great views and it looks like you also found some good weather.<br />Have you got an engine on that bike of yours ?You certainly cover some distance.<br />The signs remind me of a trip to the Brecon Beacons back in the 60's.<br />Camped at Sennybridge we were training with live ammo at targets strategically placed.Miles away looking like little dots and off at an angle was a flock of sheep.<br />This particular marksman thought he'd try them out for distance and would you believe it,they were in range.<br />It cost him 56 days in jankers and compensation to the farmer.(No,it wasn't me)The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.com