Colin Cowie started the weekend with an impromptu swim in Loch Affric, before kayaking westwards.  He records “paddled in Friday, was blint [sic] by sun in eyes”. The small waterfall between the loch and the cottage curtailed further progress upstream.  Others walked or cycled in, followed a little later by Ben, Wendy and Jake in the 4×4. The weather on Saturday was good and a lot of folk had their eyes on Mam Sodhail.  Despite Spring making progress in the valley, Winter was still very much in control higher up and so the summit proved a challenging goal.  Debbie Raymont scouted out the corries.  Ben and Wendy ascended via Alt…

It’s official, book club is in Zoom for 23rd of March (2 weeks tomorrow – binge read time!). From inspiration from Heavy, we’ve picked Gwen Moffat’s, Space Below My Feet. If, like me, you’d like to learn a bit more about Gwen, then there’s also Heavy’s blog post and a short film called Operation Moffat. https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/03/operation_moffat-73002 Also a wee side note, Radio 4’s Woman Hours recently featured a discussion from two female authors (Helen Mort and Amy McCulloch) on their happy places – mountains, and their new books.It starts at 36 mins and worth a listen. Thank you to Joe Glennie for sending it to me.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0014xx9 At the end…