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Saturday 31 August 2013

Last Minute Summer Adventures

Our season at Ru'a Fiola is nearly at an end already! It hasn't been the easiest of seasons but as usual it has flown by in a flash and we are starting to plan the next chapter. At the moment, France and northern Scotland seem to be on the cards and then... winter is coming! (NERD ALERT). Ali is house hunting and I am job hunting. The plan is, and this is a new development, to spend some time in schools this winter getting some classroom experience with the potential idea of doing my teacher training next year. Very exciting times! I never thought I'd say this, but I need a new educational challenge and the idea of staying in one place all year round is maybe sort of rather appealing... But in the mean time we will be in Fort William so anyone with any Scottish plans this winter should drop by.

Anyway, here are a few photos from the last couple of months. I have mostly been a little unwell and wimpy so life is not as strenuous as usual but we have still have some lovely course breaks and even a week off for gaining ML days.


4 days of yomping covering some beautiful ground in the Cairngorms.



Matt and Miles coming to join me for my second day in the Cairngorms.

Very fancy new headpieces for my yomping companions ("Han-Made Hats" - place your orders!)
Home for the nights - Fords of Avon refuge

Goldeneye, one of Ru'a Fiola's boats, out in ominous weather

A fine figure of a man

On the beach of Belnahua

Fin with Fladda's lighthouse in the background

Tean on Belnahua "Ghost Island"

Busy waters round north point of Ru'a Fiola

We now have only two courses left on the island so the next blog will hopefully be after a mountainous trip up north and a sunny bolt-clipping trip way down south. Bring it all on!