2010 - A year in pictures

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A summary of the year in photos, roughly in chronological order. There are a few photos from each month.

Jan 2010

Ski tour down at Dalmeny estate. With Mark and Jane

Jan 2010

Early ski tour near Braemar. Only people with red were allowed.

Jan 2010

Night in with the neighbours

Feb 2010

The Aonach Eagach (ridge) with Craig. This bit was quite exposed

Feb 2010

Kathryn visits to see the snowdrops .

Mar 2010

Ardgour house, on the Ardnamurchen peninsula. The ski club booked the whole house. we climbed the peak behind.

Apr 2010

Easter walk up a Corbet near Achnashellach

Apr 2010

Outside our cottage at Achnashellach (near the railway station)

May 2010

Cycle ride in East Lothian. We later took in the sights of Torness nuclear power station.

May 2010

Lakes weekend with Kay and Al. looking down onto Wasdale.

May 2010

Roger, and his very tight shorts, comes to stay. Here we are on top of the munro Ben Lui.

June 2010

Climbing with David on Tophet Wall in the Lake District. A "classic" climb

June 2010

Climbing in the Ecrins NP in Southern France. That's my yellow helmut you can see. We are abseilling off.

Jul 2010

The Aguille Grisses route on the Italian side of Mt Blanc. We tried and failed to climb Mt Blanc and had to try again from the French side.

Aug 2010

Testing out the latest in computer hardware technology (from the early 60's). This was inside a "secret" nuclear bunker from the cold war days. see www.secretbunker.co.uk

It was clear that authorities had no real hope of the UK surviving any nuclear attack.

Sept 2010

On Bidean Nam Bian (Glencoe) looking west

Oct 2010

The "bivvy rock" with climbing buddies after a windy night in the Cairngorms.

In the morning our gear was scattered across half the Highlands.

Oct 2010

Linda and friend on Fiona's hen night (they are drinking cocktails, not cups of tea!)

Oct 2010

Rooftop at our riad in Marrakesh. There was much lazing around.

Same dress. Different continent.

Oct 2010

Rooftop sunset from our riad in Marrakesh

Oct 2010

Linda summitting on a peak in the Atlas mountains (Morroco).

I forget the name but it was 3290 metres. The day started off with a "let's go for a stroll".

Oct 2010

Another bozey night out with the neighbours

Nov 2010

The view from Broad Howe, in the Lakes. A frosty morning.

Dec 2010

"The block" up at Strathbogie .

A flying visit to see the folks and to reconnect with Australia... and to fret at the Melbourne house prices.

Dec 2010

Long weekend in Leiden (Netherlends) famous, amongst other things, for the leiden jar (interesting only if you are an electrical engineer).

That's Linda on the other bridge. I wanted to see if I could walk over the frozen canal but Linda wouldn't let me.

Dec 2010 Winter snow ... from our living room window

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