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As incredibly frustrating as it is that Covid-19 i

As incredibly frustrating as it is that Covid-19 is forcing the UK indoors and into isolation just as the weather starts to get better, I’ll of course be following all of the government and @scottishmountainrescue advice, staying indoors unless absolutely necessary, and not climbing any more hills! As such I won’t have much in the way of new adventures to post for a while, and might be a little quiet.
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I’ve never been quarantined before, and I’m sure many of you haven’t either. Being able to talk to friends and family on the phone is helpful, as is being quarantined with your favourite person (@_mermaid), but this year I’ve made a concerted effort to read, something I don’t normally have time for, so I’m planning spending some of my ‘isolation’ finishing The Amber Spyglass, before reading The Secret Commonwealth. If you’ve not read Philip Pullman’s masterpiece ‘His Dark Materials’, or the prequel (from his new trilogy ‘The Book of Dust’), I can HIGHLY recommend them. And if you tried the BBC’s TV adaptation and didn’t like it, don’t worry, neither did I! 🙊😅
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@_mermaid and I hiked up into the Hidden Valley to

@_mermaid and I hiked up into the Hidden Valley today, armed with nothing but a @baynesfamilybakers chicken mayo and lettuce sandwich (this is not an ad, I just think they deserve a shout-out) and the spirit of adventure.
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This raised valley is ancient, formed initially by volcanic activity and later carved by glaciation, it’s surrounded by Glencoe’s visceral, enigmatic peaks and hosts boulders the size of houses, remnants of the last ice age deposited here at least in part for our climbing pleasure.
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Historically-speaking the Hidden Valley is famous as the place that cattle stolen by clan Macdonald would be hidden. I’d always believed this story, but having now undertaken the hike I find it incredibly hard to understand *how* - the razor sharp cliff edges as you ascend are the least of your problems.. the scree, ice and rushing water, added to the gradient, would have required a Herculean effort from the cattle drovers to safely bring a herd here. Kudos to them.
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If you can visit, do. It’s amazing. A natural amphitheatre and a place of true, bewildering beauty.
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This photo was taken by @_mermaid, who is wonderful 🥰
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This girl. Revelling in her successes; holding her

This girl. Revelling in her successes; holding her hand through the ups and downs (hills, but also life in general). I used to think beautiful places were best enjoyed alone, but I was so wrong. I was ignorant, I hadn’t explored them with my soulmate. Meeting Beth and sharing this beautiful big world with her is the solution to every problem there’s ever been, and on days like today, when she’s riding a huge wave of personnel success, the world is an even sweeter place to live/love.
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🌊 The crash of the waves . When I hear ‘Dorno

🌊 The crash of the waves
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When I hear ‘Dornoch’ it’s the beach that comes first to my mind, not the golf course or Madonna’s wedding venue. The miles of golden sand here are really special. The dunes, the colour of the water and especially the soft golden sand make it ones of my favourite parts of Scotland’s east coast.
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I’ll never fully understand how it is that the moon dictates our tides. I can imagine it, I can look at diagrams, but it only makes sense only one beach at a time. Taking into account all of the beaches, rivers, tributaries, anywhere where the water can be stretched, I can’t help but think that tides are one of the most incredible natural phenomenons, not least because the fact we even have a moon (or one as big as it is, compared to the size of our planet) to control the tides was purely an accident - an impact Earth had with a planet the size of Mars very early in our creation.
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Originally known as Castle Gloom, this medieval fo

Originally known as Castle Gloom, this medieval fortress, situated high above the town of Dollar, is surrounded by magnificent hills and protected by narrow gorges. Its views offer a truly stunning vantage point and from here, in days of old, you can imagine a clan chief or lord looking out over their dominion, safe behind their defences.
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