Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Edinburgh.
December 2024 In the autumn, the Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club organised a walk in Edinburgh travelling on the Citylink coach from Glasgow. As the group were all over 60, we had concession cards giving free bus travel in Scotland. When we left Glasgow, it was sunny but as we approached Edinburgh there was a […]
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Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks in Glasgow
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary – St Andrews from Kingsbarns
November 2024 The Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club arranged a coach to allow a linear walk from Kingsbarns to St. Andrews on the Fife Coastal Path. Kingsbarns is a village and parish in Scotland near the eastern coast of Fife in an area known as the East Neuk, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southeast of St Andrews and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north of Crail. […]
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Kippford.
October 2024 Kippford is an unusually narrow village in the South West of Scotland on the shore of the estuary of the River Urr on the Solway coast. It is popular with yachtsmen. This was our base for a circular walk with the Bearsden and Milngavie Ramblers A coach had been arranged for the return […]
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Lismore. September 2024
Helen Rose Outdoors Lismore is an Inner Hebridean island near Oban. The island is approximately 10 miles long by 1 mile wide. The island was called the ‘Great Garden’ because it is relatively low lying, and very green and fertile compared with the mountains of Mull, and on the mainland. It is surrounded by the waters […]
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Friday, August 30, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: 20th Visit to New York
August, 2024 Recently I visited New York on my 20th time there over the last 50 years! There is so much new to see there and so many things to do, regular visits to friends are a great way to catch up and they have always new suggestions oabout places to go. The High Line […]
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Arran Revisited
The HF Glasgow Outdoor Club arranged a weekend in my favourite Island of Arran. I have been going there annually for over twenty years and it is always enjoyable. The island is situated off the Ayrshire coast about an hour’s drive from Glasgow to the ferry over to Brodick which takes less than an hour. […]
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Oban Islands. June 2024
Helen Rose Outdoors I have previously written about the Islands near Oban but it was 11 years ago and a revisit provides more information and photos. The Glasgow HF Outdoor Club arranged a weekend in Oban over the Easter holiday. and it gave the opportunity to revisit Seil Island, Easdale and Kerrera so I knew […]
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Monday, May 27, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Donegal, St Patrick’s Day
Journey to Ireland Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club suggested a social weekend to Donegal for St Patrick’s Day in March on a bus trip organised by Caledonian Travel. Twelve of us decided to go on the weekend travelling on Friday and returning on Monday. It is a fairly long journey involving about three hours by […]
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose, Outdoor Diary: Glen Nevis
April, 2024 Corran The HF club arranged the annual winter weekend based at Corran Bunkhouse The Bunkhouse is misnamed as most of the rooms have ensuite and towels are supplied. It is just like a B&B but you make your own breakfast. The walks on offer by the club are both high and low level. […]
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Monday, April 1, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks in Glasgow
John Muir Way. Part 1.
John Muir John Muir is well known as the Father of America’s National Parks. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park. His example has served as an inspiration for the preservation of many other Wilderness areas. He was born in Dunbar on the east coast of Scotland on April 21, […]
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Friday, March 8, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Water of Leith Part 2.
February 2024 Water of Leith The Water of Leith is Edinburgh’s main river. It runs for 22 miles (35 km) from the Pentland Hills where it flows past Port Leith, into the Firth of Forth. The Water of Leith Walkway is about 14 miles long running from Balerno to Leith. I previously did the first […]
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary, Hampshire
January 2024. Hampshire In the autumn I visited friends in Hampshire. Hampshire is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. It […]
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Friday, December 29, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose: Outdoor Diary – Langholm.
December, 2023 The Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club ran a bus from Glasgow to Langholm for a day walk. The contact for the club is Roshni at roshni.e@talktalk.net Langholm is also known colloquially as the Muckle Toon. It’s a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland near the border with England. Langholm lies between four […]
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Thursday, November 30, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: West Island Way Completed
West Island Way – November, 2023 Island of Bute I had previously done most of the West Island Way in Bute staying over a weekend I had the opportunity to complete the Way as a day walk with the Glasgow Ramblers The Isle of Bute, Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bòdach, known as Bute is […]
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Monday, October 30, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: East Neuk, Fife
October 2023 Fife Coastal Path In the past I have had many trips to Fife. Recently the Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club ran a bus to Fife to do linear walks on the Fife Coastal Path. The Club can be contacted by email The Fife Coastal Path stretches from North Queensferry, in the south of […]
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Monday, October 2, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary, Moray Coast and Cullen.
September 2023 In the summer, a group was booked for the Moray Coastal Trail based in Cullen. The Moray Coastal Trail in Gaelic Moireibh or Moireabh lies in the north-east of Scotland, with a coastline on the Moray Firth. The National Geographic named the area as one of the top twenty coastlines in the world! […]
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Thursday, August 31, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Ayr. Dunure Walk and Horse Races
August, 2023 This blog is in two parts and the connection is Ayr, a coastal resort in the South West of Scotland. The first part is a visit to the Ayr Horse Races and the second part is a walk from Dunure to Ayr. Ayr Horse Races I have never been to a horse race […]
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Sunday, July 30, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary, Whitby.
July 2023 Helen Rose Outdoors. I had arranged to go to Whitby for a weekend walking three years ago but unfortunately it was cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. However, the Bearsden and Milngavie Ramblers arranged a weekend there this Spring and I was lucky enough to have a place on the trip.Whitby is […]
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Friday, June 30, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Helen Rose Outdoors Diary: New York Again.
June 2023 Brooklyn I was recently in New York visiting friends in Brooklyn in New York City. I always find the size of New York overwhelming with the five boroughs and a population of over 8.8 million. There is a distance to travel on the subway to go anywhere and it is often disrupted by […]
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Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose Outdoors Diary: Kinlochleven.
May 2023 Corran It was the annual winter trip by the Glasgow HF Outdoor Club to Corran north of Glencoe on the way to Fort William. It is a very comfortable bunkhouse and does not have any bunks but all comfortable beds in small rooms. There are two well fitted out warm kichens and of […]
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Sunday, April 23, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Dumbarton Rock and Castle
April 2023 On a beautiful clear winter day I went with the Glasgow Health Culture Club to walk to Dumbarton Rock from Dalmuir. We took the train from Glasgow to Dalmuir on the western outskirts. The walk began as we joined the Forth and Clyde Canal on the towpath where we were constantly avoiding cyclists […]
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Friday, March 31, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Neilston to Darnley
March, 2023 Neilston On a winter walk I went with Glasgow Ramblers from Neilston to Darnley. From Glasgow City Centre we took the train to Neilston, which is in the south west of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Neilston is mentioned in documents from the 12th century, when the feudal lord Robert de Croc, endowed a […]
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Dram Walk
Dram Walk, February 2023 As the first walk of the New Year, Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club put on a walk in Mugdock Park where we stop for drams to celebrate the New Year. The contact for the club is Roshni.. The club is Glasgow’s Oldest Rambling Club and was founded in September 1902. They […]
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Inverkip
January, 2023 Inverkip Village Inverkip is a village in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central lowlands of Scotland about 30 miles west of Glasgow at the Firth of Clyde. It takes its name from the River Kip and is served by Inverkip Railway Station. In 1170 Baldwin de Bigres, Sheriff of Lanark, […]
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Saturday, December 31, 2022 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary: Kincraig
December, 2022 Aviemore Recently I visited Aviemore with walking friends to stay in Kincraig to celebrate 25 years of the group being formed. Aviemore is a town in the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands. It’s known for its close proximity to the secluded lochs, ancient forest, mountain trails and ski runs of the […]
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Raasay
Raasay – November, 2022 Raasay is an island off the coast of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides in North West Scotland. Skye is connected to the mainland by a bridge and travel to Raasay is by a short ferry journey from Sconser on Skye. There is a new ferry called the MV […]
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Monday, October 31, 2022 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary: Norway
Norway, Olden and Alesund – October, 2022 Recently I was on a cruise to Norway. This was my fifth visit to Norway and I have visited most of Norway from south to north and out to Svalbard. All the visits have been fascinating but this time I specifically wanted to visit Ålesund for the famous […]
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Friday, September 30, 2022 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary – Arran
September, 2022 The Isle of Arran is one of the most southerly Scottish islands and sits in the Firth of Clyde between Ayrshire and the Kintyre peninsula. Arran is 19 miles long by 10 miles wide but has a remarkable diversity of landscapes and seascapes. The west coast of Arran has spectacular bays and coastline […]
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Royal Deeside and Balmoral
Royal Deeside I spent some time in Royal Deeside and Ballater recently with some friends. It’s about 5 hours by bus from Glasgow via Aberdeen and is located in Aberdeenshire in the north east of Scotland. Royal Deeside follows the River Dee in to the heart of the Grampian Mountains. It’s a fine-looking area that […]
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Thursday, July 28, 2022 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose’s Ourdoor Diary: English Lakes, Coniston
July, 2022 Coniston The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests and mountains (or fells), and its associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets and also with Beatrix Potter. The Bearsden and Milngavie […]
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Thursday, June 30, 2022 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
