Outinthehills

Outinthehills, 6 days ago to animals

First overnight of the year, a 2 day trip with Moray, from the remote Corrour Station on the West Highland line. We camped in Glen Labhair, below Ben Alder.

• Waiting for the train at Tulloch.
• Morning at the tent.
• My side of the tent vs Moray's side of the tent.
• Loch Ossian comes into view.

#DogsOfMastodon #HikingWithDogs #Kelpie #Scotland #Highlands #LochOssian #Corrour

A shallow rive running through a glen, grass and heather. Moray the dog is stood in front of my small tent.
The interior of my small tent. My sleeping bag (with me in it) is crammed to the left hand side, while Moray the dog is lying with his legs extended taking up about two thirds of the tent.
Morsy the dog wearing his panniers, stood looking at the view. We are on a brown grassy and heathery slope, looking towards a loch with trees in the distance. Hills at the back.

Snoweider, 9 days ago to random

Patagonia have made an anti-consumer film called The Shitthropocene. Looking forward to watching it (it's 46 mins long). I find it fascinating that a company that needs profits is challenging the capitalist status quo. They have an impressive environmental record, but their model does rely on people buying new stuff sometimes.*

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4TsndZxysts

*Note we are all eco-hypocrites at one time or another. We just have to keep trying and not give up.

Outinthehills, 12 days ago to random

Anyone any idea what these wooden pegs are for?

We're at about 970m near the summit of A'Mharconaich in the Drumochter Munros in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. It's a wide, fairly level, summit area. The ground is gravelly, with sparse vegetation. The clumps of vegetation by the side of the path look as though they may have been manually added to try and reduce erosion, but I couldn't work out how the pegs were involved.

#Cairngorms #Regeneration #Rewilding

Moray the dog walking along a gravelly hill, to either side of the path are clumps of vegetation, and a lot of short wooden pegs in the ground. Further from the path there is more vegetation cover.

Outinthehills, 13 days ago to Scotland

Day out with Moray yesterday, 2 Munros at Drumochter, Geal-chàrn and A'Mharconaich, with a mixed day of weather.

12 years ago Geal-chàrn was Moray's first ever Munro, today was probably his 4th time up here.

#Cairngorms National Park, #Scotland.

#Munros #Drumochter #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Selfie, me sat and Moray the dog stood, at a summit cairn on a hillside covered with rocks. Sunny but cold, I'm wearing sunglasses and a woolly hat.
I'm sat down, my trouser legs and boots, and Moray the dog sat next to me. On a grassy hillside, a few patches of snow on the hill in the distance.
A long grassy/stony ridge descending and curving to the right, towards a valley with few trees other than small plantations. A few remaining snow patches where the cornice has been. Moray the dog looking at the view.

simonvarwell, 19 days ago to random Esperanto

Ah the joys of Sunday train travel. I’m in West Yorkshire (photos later) heading home today, and there are two obstacles. One was solvable - a lift to an adjacent station to start my journey there - and the other is my York to Inverness LNER train terminating in Edinburgh due to repair schedules. There are replacement buses, but it loses me three hours’ work time (and also surely means the Monday morning LNER service to London will also be a bus as far as Edinburgh).

partim, 25 days ago to random

Forests aren’t noisy, birds are noisy.

Outinthehills, 27 days ago to Scotland

First time we've been to the prehistoric ring cairn at Delfour, with Moray this morning. There's a central pile of stones, then two concentric rings of rocks. There's also one tall standing stone remaining from the stone circle that used to surround it.
#Cairngorms National Park, #Scotland

#Delfour #Dalraddy #Prehistoric #StoneCircle #RingCairn
#DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #HikingWithDogs

Moray the dog sat in front of a circular area of stones and rocks on grass. A few houses in the distance with a hill beyond. Blue sky with clouds.
A prehistoric ring cairn - a central pile of stones, then two concentric rings of stones and boulders. There is one tall standing stone beyond the circle. A forest in the near distance and a hill on the left. Blue sky with clouds.
Another view of the ring cairn, with a single standing stone at the front. Buildings and a forest in the middle distance, then low hills. Blue sky with clouds.

RickiTarr, 27 days ago to random

When you read Librarian Erotica and think it's real life:

NormanDunbar, 29 days ago to random

Best read in a Scottish accent!!!

I went into a bakers and asked "Is that a doughnut or a meringue?" The baker replied "No, you're right enough, it's a doughnut"! 😉

Outinthehills, 1 month ago to Tesco

Well done Tesco Mobile. Contact details are dark blue writing on a dark blue background. How the **** did this get past any testing?
#Tesco #TescoMobile

Outinthehills, 1 month ago to random

Parcel posted in Preston yesterday at 4pm. Delivered before noon today in the "remote" Highlands of Scotland. ✅

Same cost as if it was being sent to Cornwall or anywhere else in the UK.

No "UK mainland excluding most of Scotland" terms and conditions.

No ridiculous "Highland surcharge".

No cr*ppy courier leaving it in someone else's porch or garden.

Use it or lose it.
#UniversalServiceObligation
#RoyalMail

And in other news I now have a new SIM card 😀

Outinthehills, 2 months ago to animals

It's Moray's birthday today, so we had an easy hill walk.
He is 13*. We have a teenager 😲
Happy Birthday you amazing pup.

• And his 12th gotcha day.

#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #Cairngorms

My trouser legs and boots, and Moray the dog sat next to me looking at me. We're sat on a grassy hill, with some trees in the misty distance.
Looking over my boots at Moray the dog who is rolling on the ground. We're on a heathery hill, with a few trees just visible over the slope. Another hill in the misty distance.

partim, 2 months ago to random

“Change here for the bus and the ferry to England.” This announcement gets me every time.

Welcome to this early spring trip. In celebration of the Channel tunnel’s 30th anniversary, I shall be taking the boat tonight, because it was fifty euros cheaper and is way more fun.

Outinthehills, 2 months ago to animals

Another of our favourite local walks with Moray today. Through Craigellachie (the National Nature Reserve), up to Craigellachie (the hill), then down to the Burma Road and back via the old old A9 Perth to Inverness road.

#Craigellachie #Aviemore, #Cairngorms National Park Scotland. #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Looking down from a heathery and rocky hilltop, at a town in the valley, more hills beyond. Blue sky with wispy clouds. Moray the dog is stood on a rocky slab at the front.
A lochan between heathery hills, some grasses growing in the water. A fence running alongside then dipping into the water. Moray the dog sat looking at the lochan. Blue sky and blue lochan.
An old road heading into the distance, grass growing over it, but a cats-eye in the foreground. Trees on both sides. Moray the dog stood looking back at me.

Outinthehills, 2 months ago to manchester

Visit to #CastlefieldViaduct #NationalTrust site in #Manchester. A section of disused line given over to wildness and a bit of planting. A great local resource, and really hope funding is found to continue beyond September, and to extend the garden.

But I can remember when there were trains, freight going to the Great Northern Warehouse.

#RailwayHistory #Trains

A view through iron girders of a brick viaduct with several buildings, and a canal with a narrow boat. Some high rise buildings in the distance.
Looking along a path with rough grassy sides, following the route of a former railway along an iron girder viaduct. A few people in the distance.
An iron girder viaduct crossing over a brick viaduct with a road going under both. A grassy area on the right with ruins of the old Roman fort. Some high rise buildings in the distance.

Outinthehills, 2 months ago to genealogy

Another sad story from the family tree. Edward Fitzpatrick, a cousin of my great grandmother Martha Ann Fitzpatrick, was a painter who worked at Bolton railway station. He was crossing the tracks after work in a blizzard and was killed by a train. 19th December 1909.
Buried in Waste Cemetery Salford.

#Genealogy #FamilyTree #FamilyHistory

Headstone with inscriptions for several Fitzpatricks, including: Also Edward Fitzpatrick, the beloved husband of Margaret Fitzpatrick, and son of the above, who was accidentally killed Dec 19th 1909, aged 49 years. Death has called you from my side, God will protect and be your guide.

simonvarwell, 3 months ago to random Esperanto

Some Gaelic speakers like taking horses to visit their seals, and some don’t.

Ah well, each to their ròn.

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to TeslaMotors

Exclusive: #Musk brain implant company violated US hazardous material transport rules -documents

“They also found improper packaging of hazardous waste, including the flammable liquid Xylene. Xylene can cause headaches, dizziness, confusion, loss of muscle coordination and even death”
https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-brain-implant-company-violated-us-hazardous-material-transport-rules-2024-01-26/

andrewducker, 3 months ago to random

Link Post: Nicola Sturgeon shares my opinion of Boris Johnson https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nicola-sturgeon-boris-johnson-clown-b2484663.html

Outinthehills, 3 months ago to edinburgh

The word "Professional" doing a lot of lifting here.

#Edinburgh

Pic thx to Broughton Spurtle @theSpurtle

Outinthehills, 3 months ago to Trains

One thing I miss from the other place is the thriving UK rail and trains community. Does anyone know any good accounts to follow on here? I've tried all these hashtags -
#RailMastodon #TrainMastodon #Rail #Trains #LNER #Scotrail

• but they don't have any traction (sorry 🙄)

And would be nice if the train companies had a social media presence here, that's the main reason I have to keep my tw*tterx account.

Outinthehills, 3 months ago to animals

First hill walk of the year, Geal-charn Mòr 824m, our local Corbett*.

Everyone else's pics from above the inversion have sunshine and blue skies. We climbed above the freezing fog of the inversion to find ... damp fog. But it's always a decent walk, even without the spectacular views of the bigger Cairngorms hills.

*Corbetts - the Scottish hills between 2500 and 3000ft, in old money.

#Cairngorms #Corbetts #GealCharnMor #ScotWinter #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Selfie, myself andf Moray the dog at a snow covered summit cairn. It is foggy and cold, I look happy, Moray does not.
Moray the dog with ice frosting his whiskers and fur round his ears and eyes. He is stood by a cairn, there is snow on the ground. His bandana has the words BRAW DUG.
Heading down a gravel track towards a foggy glen. A couple of mature pine trees at the side of the track. The track is partially covered with ice and snow.

Outinthehills, 4 months ago to random

Happy Old Year's Day, Happy Hogmanay, and Happy New Year when it comes.

Some earlier ones:

1. 2016, Ryvoan.
2. 1981, Ben Alder from Culra.
3. 1977 Coire an Lochain, although Hogmanay itself was at the Shelter Stone.
4. 1978, Lairig Ghru, trying (& failing) to get to Corrour from the Sinclair Hut.

#Cairngorms (except #BenAlder) #ScotWinter #Bothies #LairigGhru #Ryvoan #Culra #Corrour #SinclairHut #ShelterStone #NorthernCorries #Hogmanay #HappyNewYear

Two people at a cold summit cairn. Snow covered ground and blue sky with clouds.
A group of small tents in the snow with some rocks showing through. A few people stood around wrapped up against the cold. Dull day.
Black & white pic, two people wrapped up against the cold, one sat one stood, with large rucksacks, looking at the view. Snowy, with crags visible in the mist in the distance.

Outinthehills, 4 months ago to animals

Snowy golf course walk today. Wish I'd taken the proper camera.
Never really noticed the distant hills in pic 4 before. Covered in snow they look worth a visit. Had to use www.udeuschle.de to find out where they were, they're the #Cromdale Hills, so think we'll be heading there at some point now.

#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #Cairngorms #WhiteChristmas

Moray the dog stood on a snow covered golf course, looking towards distant snowy hills. Patches of trees with snowy branches in the middle ground.
Sunshine shining through trees on the left, causing lines of sunshine and shadow on the snowy ground in most of the pic.
Looking over snow covered heather and then trees, to some distant hills covered in snow. There looks to be several summits with easy looking ridges.