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 |
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Jan 2010 | Early ski tour near Braemar. Only people with red were allowed. |
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Jan 2010 | Night in with the neighbours |
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Feb 2010 | The Aonach Eagach (ridge) with Craig. This bit was quite exposed |
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Feb 2010 | Kathryn visits to see the snowdrops . |
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Mar 2010 | Ardgour house, on the Ardnamurchen peninsula. The ski club booked the whole house. we climbed the peak behind. |
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Apr 2010 |
Easter walk up a Corbet near Achnashellach |
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Apr 2010 |
Outside our cottage at Achnashellach (near the railway station) |
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May 2010 |
Cycle ride in East Lothian. We later took in the sights of Torness nuclear power station. |
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May 2010 | Lakes weekend with Kay and Al. looking down onto Wasdale. |
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May 2010 | Roger, and his very tight shorts, comes to stay. Here we are on top of the munro Ben Lui. |
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June 2010 | Climbing with David on Tophet Wall in the Lake District. A "classic" climb |
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June 2010 | Climbing in the Ecrins NP in Southern France. That's my yellow helmut you can see. We are abseilling off. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sept 2010 |
On Bidean Nam Bian (Glencoe) looking west |
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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. |
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Oct 2010 | Linda and friend on Fiona's hen night (they are drinking cocktails, not cups of tea!) |
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Oct 2010 | Rooftop at our riad in Marrakesh. There was much lazing around. Same dress. Different continent. |
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Oct 2010 | Rooftop sunset from our riad in Marrakesh |
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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". |
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Oct 2010 | Another bozey night out with the neighbours |
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Nov 2010 | The view from Broad Howe, in the Lakes. A frosty morning. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Dec 2010 | Winter snow ... from our living room window |