by Ben | Nov 14, 2025 | Great Glen Way Backwards, Scottish Winter Adventure
It’s funny how the smallest of things can have the biggest impact. Certainly to our minds anyway. When I was at university I had a friend. I can’t even remember his name now. Which makes this worse. He was really clever, now that I do remember – certainly more...
by Ben | Nov 13, 2025 | Great Glen Way Backwards, Scottish Winter Adventure
I’ve had to deal with a lot of different smells on this trip. Most of them are not great. I think the worst, so far, was back on North Uist where my left hand a wrist smelt like sheep poo for most of a day. It didn’t matter what I did, washing multiple times, I could...
by Ben | Nov 11, 2025 | Great Glen Way Backwards, Scottish Winter Adventure
It’s funny how things turn out. How certain events can shape your future, and normally not in a way you expect. I’m not sure I believe in fate although some of the things that have happened to me do make me wonder. But, having a science background, I sort of know that...
by Ben | Nov 10, 2025 | Hebridean Way, Scottish Winter Adventure
I had to look up the literal translation of eau de toilette. It basically means ‘water of the toilet’, or ‘toilet water’. I wanted to check if my joke worked. And it sort of does. I don’t think anyone would buy sock water. Not if it was made from my socks anyway....
by Ben | Nov 9, 2025 | Hebridean Way, Scottish Winter Adventure
I was nearing the end of my walking day – which, by the way is preferable to a working day – and I saw on the map that the path went one way around a hill, and the road went around the other. Now, I’ve been caught out a number of times by the ‘paths’ that...
by Ben | Nov 8, 2025 | Hebridean Way, Scottish Winter Adventure
I’m not sure when it happened exactly, but I do know it was around the time that I’d been defeated by another boggy path. This one had shown so much promise as well. It was really well made, very solid under foot, incredible views. It was like a special corridor...
