• Abacus Mountain Guides: The Changing Face of Winter: Climate, Climbing and the Path Forward
    Walking off Ben Nevis in early January For those of us who live for horribly early starts, hail biting our faces and the sound of a well-placed ice tool, the Scottish Highlands are more than just a playground. They are a barometer for the health of our planet. This winter has been a nice reminder…
  • Its Mo's Blog: I’ll Just Look That Up…..
    Like many, I’m a shocking scroller. Procrastination is ever present and can be totally absorbing. I convince myself I’m soaking up facts, wonderful creative ideas, enlarging my field of understanding - whilst in reality, I’m only putting off chores which get in the way of adventures and creative…
  • Marc Calhoun: Thirty Years of Adventures in Search of the Past: Skye & The Small Isles
  • Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles: Saldula & Spirogyra
    A couple of oddments: In the ditch by the main road in Inverarish, Raasay there is a a lot of filamentous green algae. There may be others too, but the bulk is a Spirogyra. There are, however, a number of species and one needs reproductive structures (which it does not seem to have) to derive […]
  • Its Mo's Blog: Squalls and the Squidgy Tube of Life
    As we wait for Spring to be kind to us, it’s easy to forget that she has been kind in moments - which have got lost in the driving rain, the grey clag, the sleet, the dog walks huddled up against the wet wind - the drama of starting a walk in the dry and watching it close in all around you, knowing…