Trossachs, Three Lochs. August 2014
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary On a lovely warm summer’s day, I went with the Wednesday Wanderers http://www.bearsdenandmilngavieramblers.org.uk/ for a walk in the Trossachs. The Trossachs straddle the boundary between the Highlands and the Lowlands in Scotland to the north of Glasgow, east of Loch Lomond and west of Callander. The Trossachs Pass begins at the […]
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Friday, August 8, 2014 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Ailsa Craig July 2014
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary I am trying to go round most of the Scottish Islands and Ailsa Craig is one that I have been trying to visit for some years but one way and another I have never made it. There is only one small boat to the island leaving from Girvan which carries […]
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Friday, July 18, 2014 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Languedoc, Minerve and Villeneuvette June 2014
. Helen Rose Outdoors On my most recent visit to the Languedoc in France, the weather was very wet and every day we looked at the weather forecast to find the driest places to visit. We visited Villeneuvette and Minerve, both very interesting places historically in the region and located in very pretty countryside. Although […]
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
West Highland Way. Rowardennan to Inverarnan. May 2014.
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary. I am trying to fill in the gaps in completing the West Highland Way. The West Highland Way was Scotland’s first long distance route and remains by far the most popular. Stretching for 96 miles from Milngavie on the edge of Glasgow to Fort William at the foot of Ben […]
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Sunday, May 11, 2014 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Lake District, Derwentwater. April 2014
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary. I visited the Lake District for a long weekend in the Spring. We were based in Derwentwater, two miles outside Keswick. Keswick is the gateway to the English Lake District. The trip was organised by the walking club, Glasgow HF Outdoors Club and as usual was well organised with good walks […]
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Friday, May 9, 2014 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
The Whangie March 2014
Helen Rose Outdoors Diary In early Spring I went with the Wednesday Wanderers, a branch of Bearsden and Milngavie Ramblers to the Whangie. The website is at www.bearsdenandmilngavieramblers.org.uk/ The Whangie is a well known landmark near Carbeth just outside Glasgow not far from the Glengoyne Malt Whisky Distillery. It is usually accessed from Queens View […]
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Culross February 2014
Helen Rose Outdoors The Glasgow HF Outdoor Club www.glasgowhf.co.uk arranged a Saturday linear walk to Culross from Kincardine. These are villages in Fife, a county in the East of Scotland, north of Edinburgh. Kincardine to Culross is part of the Fife coastal path. However, our walk did not follow the coastal path but headed inland. […]
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Sunday, March 23, 2014 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Hogmanay in the Cairngorms January 2014
Helen Rose Outdoors Diary. Hogmanay is the New Year’s Even and Ne’er Day celebrations in Scotland. We have dinner on 31 December evening and then a drink at midnight at the ‘Bells’ followed by a party. This year, a group of us went to Cairngorm Lodge to celebrate with some walking of course! The Cairngorms […]
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Chatelherault, Hamilton. December 2013
Helen Rose Outdoors Diary One of the advantages of not hill walking regularly is that I am discovering places near Glasgow that I can visit to have walks. My Wednesday Wanderers walking group are a lovely bunch of people who go out every second Wednesday on a planned walk starting with coffee and ending with […]
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Saturday, December 21, 2013 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Languedoc, France October 2013
Helen Rose Hill Diary I am fortunate to have family with a house in the Languedoc in a vineyard area with wine production and I visit them regularly there. With jaunts around the countryside I am seeing parts of the area to give me a flavour of the history of the area and how it […]
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Faroe Islands September 2013
Helen Rose Hill DiaryThis is the last blog on my three part High Arctic Odyssey. The Faroe Islands lie to the north of Scotland and a day and a half by ship from Svalbard. The visit was only a half day as we were sailing that evening for the Orkney Islands and back to Leith. […]
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Saturday, August 24, 2013 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Svalbard August 2013
Helen Rose Hill Diary Having left the North Cape in Norway, the ship sailed northwest to Svalbard. Svalbard is an archipelago and Longyearben is the main settlement on the largest island Spitzbergen. It is only 800 miles from the North Pole and at latitude of 79 degrees and on a level with North Greenland. There […]
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Northern Norway July 2013
Helen Rose Hill DiaryThis summer I went on a cruise to the High Arctic and this will be the first of three blogs on this unusual and exciting trip. I like cruises as everyday you wake up somewhere new without the hassle of packing and unpacking! The cabin is home for two weeks. Fortunately I […]
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Friday, August 23, 2013 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Coll May 2013
Helen Rose Hill Diary The Isle of Coll is a small hebridean island some four miles west of Mull. It is approximately 13 miles long and 4miles at it’s widest. It has a population of around 200 all-year residents and more in the summer. It is a holiday destination for many seeking peace and quiet […]
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Friday, May 24, 2013 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Dumyat April 2013
Helen Rose Hill Diary Dumyat is the rocky little cub of the Ochils, far lower than the main range but packed with character. It has a superb position on the fringe of the range overlooking Stirling and the Central Belt; the views are superb in all directions. We started from the Square in the pretty […]
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Kerrera,Seil Island and Easdale March 2013
Helen Rose Hill Diary I am trying to visit most of the islands around Scotland as they are all so different in character. During the winter I managed to visit three islands over a weekend based in Oban on the west coast of Scotland and about three hours travel from Glasgow. The weekend was cold […]
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Budapest February 2013
Helen Rose Hill Diary Budapest has long been on my list of European cities to visit. This winter, I spent a long weekend there and had the good fortune to stay at the Gellert Hotel. The Gellert is one of the oldest, traditional spa hotels and is located overlooking the River Danube on the Buda […]
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
