Well, what a difference a day makes. After awful yesterday we woke to this today. and yes, that is blue sky. I went out for a walk today along Loch Etive. This requires a drive down Glen Etive first but it is a lovely drive with great scenery and wild life. I parked at the…
Today I give you some ART. Shed and Bicycle. 10 March 2014
None of us were surprised that we woke to low cloud, wind and rain; this is Scotland and it is only March, what should we expect? As I’ve been wet and/or cold on mountains throughout the United Kingdom, various places in Europe and in North Africa I no longer feel the need to do it…
Two days travelling followed by a very convivial dinner guarantees a good night’s sleep. The weather forecast had not been good so I was disappointed but not surprised to wake up to this It was every bit as awful as it looked; cold, wet and windy. Rest of the week should be better. 09 March…
Well, my day got off to a good start with an excellent breakfast at Cranston’s in Penrith. This was after a good night’s sleep and an early exit from Patterdale. Cruising gently northward on the motorway I noticed a green Renault Kangoo racing up behind me and saw it was my friends Pete and Sue,…
As you head north west along the A82 just west of Bridge of Orchy the road swings round on itself and just before Rannoch Moor dramatically opens out you will see the Rannoch Boulder. It’s on the left as you go up the last bit of hill. It’s a big chunk of rock that has…
I try to get to Scotland most years as the walking is wonderful even if the weather can be difficult. I often go to Skye which is always a treat but it is sometimes good to do some winter walking, hopefully with snow and ice in good condition. This year I am meeting up with…
On my way to Scotland so I am breaking my journey with an overnight stop at our club’s cottage at Patterdale in the Lake District. On the way I took the Kirkstone Pass between Windermere and Patterdale. Descending from the pass towards Brothers Water I stopped to enjoy the view and took this. 07 March…
Came across this. It is almost surreal, a tree had barbed wire wrapped round it and over the years has grown and grown so that now the wire is in the tree itself. Sad really that no one saw what was going on and cleared the wire but the tree seems to be doing OK.…
It is The Independent Bath Literary Festival time, mind you there’s always some festival or other going on in Bath. Last night I went to see the legendary Count Arthur Strong which is always a treat and tonight Mrs Sixwheeler and I are going to see the cookery writer Claudia Roden who has long been…
The Sixwheeler Chronicles 