Month: <span>July 2018</span>

WHW – Sallochy to Inverarnan (16 miles)

It had rained overnight so I had to pack up a wet tent (this was a common occurrence). This day’s section of the guidebook started from Rowardennan which is 2.5 …


WHW – Drymen to Sallochy (11.5 miles)

After camping I’d had a pretty good night’s sleep. It looked like it was going to be sunny so I set off reasonably early in case it got particularly hot …


Sunday Pudding

This week, after a hiatus while I was hiking, I made chocolate profiteroles. Another dessert that I would like to try again to make it better. The recipe I was …


West Highland Way – Milngavie to Drymen (12 miles)

Before starting the West Highland Way (WHW) I spent the night in Glasgow so that I could start early the next day from Milngavie. I notice that the Chip Shop …


Preparing for the West Highland Way

So now that the World Cup is over (sadly my prediction of England beating Japan in the final turned out to be a little off the mark) I can now …


Sunday Pudding

This week I made Lemon Polenta Cake from this Nigella recipe. I actually used Masa Harina Blanca rather then polenta. They are effectively the same thing. It turned out …


Opinion: Three Views of Education

I would argue that there are three commonly held views about the purpose of Higher Education and that they are in conflict with one another.

The three commonly held view …


Sunday Pudding

This week I made Strawberry Pavlova from a Mary Berry recipe. It was very popular.


Chapel Stile to Windermere

The journey to Consiton to Chapel Stile was quite straight forward. The weather wasn’t quite as hot and it was only 10 miles (compared to 15 miles the day before). …