Pre-Marital Bliss

Wedding of the year tomorrow, I think I'm supposed to be writing my speech or arranging flowers or something, but I managed to obtain permission to sneak off to Polldubh for a couple of sneaky routes.

Big bro mark eyeing up the HVS' on SW buttress

Mark doing Tear HS*** On SW buttress

Mark on the best bit of Pine Wall (HS)

Topping out on Pine Wall

Enjoying belaying in the early spring sun

--Matt

Orienteering Again!

We were planning a day out on the hills today but at the last minute had too many jobs to do so opted instead for another short walk around the orienteering courses at Auchterawe. Our friend Helen (www.caketops.co.uk) decided to join us, and of course we couldn't manage the navigation without good old Dylan.

We decided to give Helen the challange of navigating the way round, after a few pointers she picked it all up quickly and we were soon zooming round the course. Halfway round we became a little confused as we couldn't find the checkpoint we'd navigated our way to, despite being about 99.9% sure we were in the right place. A few moments later we found the post lying on the ground semi-buried in undergrowth and snow - no wonder we had almost missed it! With the drama over we carried on to the end of the course, stopping for the inevitable stick-throwing exercises for Dylan as we walked along the river.

Now that Helen is fully experienced and qualified at navigating our plan is to tackle the next orienteering course - physically and technically challenging, and for experienced orienteers only, according to the course information leaflet! Matt has already set us the challenge of doing it 5 minutes faster than the information suggests so I guess we had better get training Helen....!

Jen x

Working like a dog...

Its been a busy old time up here recently - isn't it always?

We've been ripping down walls, moving doorways and generally "doing it ourselves" and now we have a nice new bathroom to show for our (and our helpers) troubles....



--Matt