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climbing

Death Scream, Bad Ice and Flexible Plans

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Paul, Jamie and Alastair gearing up for Ben NevisA bit of imagination was required to enjoy Friday's walk in the Mamores. Without the wind and rain battering into your face, and without the low cloud obscuring the (probably excellent) views, these narrow ridges would have been a great day out. We parked the hired Skoda (don't be put off, this was a classy...

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hill racing

Carnethy Five

16:06
Looking up at Carnethy Hill from the startValentines Day Hill RacingTook part in the Carnethy 5 hill race (results, photos and more photos) on Saturday with 499 other runners. The race is loosely connected to the Battle of Roslin in 1303. The start was quite a thing with bagpipes, flags, swords being swung about and a proper starting gun. Then there was a...

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Hubbard Baby Has 24 Fingers and Toes!

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And this little piggie...er...wait a minute.A baby called Kamani Hubbard could make a fantastic pianist because he has just been born with 6 fully functioning fingers on each hand. Polydactylism affects around 1 in 500 babies. ...

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cycling

Birthday Bicycling

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Don't mind if I doWe headed up to Pitlochry to celebrate Magda's birthday with a weekend of B&B, bikes, curry, champagne, strawberries, pubs and card games.We took the train up to Pitlochry on the friday night, stayed in a B&B and, after a big breakfast fry-up, pedaled off around Loch Tummel.The outward leg to Foss was rather undulating. One or two long uphill...

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