tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post1399189720916156680..comments2024-03-27T00:02:28.418+00:00Comments on Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Drymen.Gartmore.Port Of Menteith.Kippen Muir.Balfron Station.blueskyscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-83934012634779374922012-01-29T02:52:24.182+00:002012-01-29T02:52:24.182+00:00A great read - must look up Roberto, sounds a real...A great read - must look up Roberto, sounds a really interesting guy.<br /><br />About the furthest I've ever cycled is 30 miles and that's probably my limit - I'm a terrible cyclist. More often than not, I get off up hills anyway - and, being a coward by nature, have also been known to get off to go down them too!<br /><br />That's a belting view of Ben Lomond isn't it? :-)<br /><br />Great to see so many geese flying in formation - almost like writing in the sky...<br />Carol.Carolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-37169395836776847492012-01-28T12:41:45.724+00:002012-01-28T12:41:45.724+00:00On soloing El Cap and Half Dome....How anyone can ...On soloing El Cap and Half Dome....How anyone can cope mentally at the grade and height climbing without a rope is beyond me. The guy,s got bottle beyond reason.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-20379495205018452442012-01-27T19:58:54.960+00:002012-01-27T19:58:54.960+00:00Aaargghhh....just watched that guy fingerlocking u...Aaargghhh....just watched that guy fingerlocking up moonlight buttress!fatdogwalkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894891956037110152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-15448843349307216412012-01-27T19:52:14.129+00:002012-01-27T19:52:14.129+00:00Ta Bob...off to check it out :) .Ta Bob...off to check it out :) .fatdogwalkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894891956037110152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-59299160116476685192012-01-26T18:01:58.708+00:002012-01-26T18:01:58.708+00:00That,s how I felt Ken.Only other time I,ve seen so...That,s how I felt Ken.Only other time I,ve seen so many birds above me was under the Bass Rock or Ailsa Craig.<br />If you are looking for interesting things on the internet Ken I,ve just watched National Geographic online(archive section,last 12 months)The front cover,pictures and video of solo climbers in Yosemite is incredible but hard to watch in places.Its so mindbendingly extreme its like looking at a different species.Warning....Even if you rock climb Your mind will be blown wide open folks.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-81809599004899585592012-01-24T22:58:34.560+00:002012-01-24T22:58:34.560+00:00Great stuff Bob - another area for me to explore p...Great stuff Bob - another area for me to explore properly and not too far from home. I've driven through that part of the world countless times for both work and pleasure but oddly never stopped.<br /><br />On the subject of geese the most spectacular sight I ever had of them was their arrival from the north a couple of autumns ago. My desk in the office looked out towards the Ochils and on a very dull and grey day wave upon wave of them piled across the hills heading southwards. It was an amazing sight - like watching an old b&w film of WW2 with thousands of aircraft in the sky.fatdogwalkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894891956037110152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-54763607627337531852012-01-23T16:50:16.647+00:002012-01-23T16:50:16.647+00:00Hi Jim.
I,m almost at the stage when I can walk in...Hi Jim.<br />I,m almost at the stage when I can walk into a bothy.Hills might take a week or two yet with the extra force required to get up and down steep inclines.<br />Mark Twain,the american writer has a cracking quote about cycling<br />"Get a bike.You will not regret it if you live!" Sums it up well.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-15425797445258726392012-01-23T12:18:33.776+00:002012-01-23T12:18:33.776+00:00A brilliant post Bob.I love to be away from the tr...A brilliant post Bob.I love to be away from the traffic as multitudes of geese pass overhead. There's many a townie or city dweller never had the experience.<br />A few years ago I spent a week with a friend in a cabin at Portnellan Lodges under Ben More, and we had a day touring this area. The highlight of that day was visiting Rob Roy's grave at Balqhidder, but we somehow missed Gartmore.We must have passed it because we had lunch in Balfron. As a schoolkid of about 10, our class read the story of Don Roberto and his adventures in Argentina. At the time that was as good as having Cowboys and Indians at school.<br />Your bike memories remind me of a time as a youngster when two of us racing down a brae both failed to navigate a bend and ended up intae a drystane dyke.One bike written off...mine, and a broken nose...Billy's and he got a skelpin as well. <br />I'll go along with you on Bill Bryson too, you can't go wrong there.<br />Hope the recovery is going well.<br />JimThe Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.com