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Meant to add this pic of Loch Ruthven to previous tweet… Stunning evening, and only got caught in one snow shower! twitter.com/BL6John/status…
— John Davidson (@BL6John) May 4, 2012
I managed to sneak in a nice bike ride last night, which reminded me (again) just what a fantastic part of the world I live in. Within 25 minutes of leaving home I was approaching Dores looking down over the length of Loch Ness on a beautiful clear evening.
People travel here from all across the world to see this sight, and it’s well worth it, but it’s right here on our doorstep!
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Alex (left) and Jonathan on the approach to Sgurr Toll Lochain on the summit ridge of the snow-capped Bac an Eich.
I had my first real experience of hill running today, when I was taken up Bac an Eich in Strathconon by a couple of guys from the Highland Hill Runners. It’s a hill I’ve had my eye on for some time so it was great to get the chance to go up there, and on such a fantastic day.
The picture really shows off the shape of the hill well. We were at the summit within an hour-and-a-half of setting off and back home by lunch time – not my usual day on the hill!
Continue reading ‘Hill running – Bac an Eich’
I had booked a week off over the Easter holidays intending to do some decorating in the house, but when you live in a place like the Highlands it’s difficult not to be tempted outside…
Here’s a taster of what I got up to when I should have been painting (which I am now having to catch up with!):
Cycling up Glen Tilt to climb Carn a' Chalamain from Blair Atholl
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John at the end of the 2012 Inverness Half Marathon. Picture: Callum Mackay, SPP
I finished today’s half marathon in 1 hour, 43 minutes and 46 seconds. It was a tough one, I must admit, but if you ease off in the training it’s gonna hurt, I guess! Actually really pleased to come in significantly under 1:45, which is what I was aiming for. Now where’s the red wine..?
John Davidson's Guide to Walking and Cycling in Inverness and the Highlands
I'm a journalist in Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland who specialises in the great outdoors - including walking, cycling and mountaineering. I write a regular Active Outdoors feature for the Inverness Courier as well as contributing to other publications, including leading hillwalking magazine TGO.
