Scotland

Here is a selection of the slides shown at the talk on Walking in Winter at the WAI meet held on March 24th last.

Walking in snow-bound Ireland. A point of view from a Scottish member of MountainViews.ie.

Here is a bunch of opinions on safety in winter. Winter walking is immensely fun and mostly safe. The three Scottish deaths so far this winter have been of experienced people in extreme places, so avoid extreme places. Winter skills are best picked up from people who know. Skilled friends are great and there's lots of good courses available in Scotland. However most of us learn by our mistakes so heres a few pointers.

The attached file contains a summary of the presentation given by Anne Morrissey at the recent WAI winter meets event on the Scottish Munros. The event was attended by a selection of Munro Baggers and potential Munro Baggers, where experiences were shared and some advice on how to get started provided. A lively discussion followed the presentation.  Further details can be found at :

Following the very successful Table Quiz, which raised over €800 for Mountain Rescue Ireland, the Walkers Association of Ireland is hosting two more winter meets in March. The first of these is on March 5^th and is hosted by the Irish Ramblers Club, when Anne Morrissey will be talking about Munro “bagging” in Scotland. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions to learn how to get there, where to stay, when to go and much more. 

Scotland

weedavie, the author of this article is from Scotland but has much experience of walking in Ireland.

Irishmen and women awake! Your birthright’s being trampled on and the hills are free no more! Ah, so there we go then, a scenario from any time in the 18th century. I’m a foreign agitator with the loosest idea of the facts trying to get a native rebellion under way. Well the French used you and let you down and so did the Spanish. Now it’s the Scots, but, hey, I’ll be with you in spirit.

While we're sure that generally access is better organised in the UK than here, it's not all plain sailing.

http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/01/20/landowner-heap...

Manners, He Said

I’ve been meaning to have a word about manners on the hills.