The Great Outdoors

Trip to Scotland

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We’re back from Scotland. It is a beautiful place. A lot like New Zealand but with whisky.

More to come soon on some of the lovely walking we did while there but we did get a pretty spectacular day for climbing Ben Nevis (~1300m and still manages to be the UK’s tallest peak).

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  • Banana bread. Soaked the sultanas in blackberry whisky for extra oomph! Brought in for my kick ass colleagues at the @leafandground food hall. Ultimate flattery was the customer who saw it and wanted to buy it! Paired well with a flat white (thank you L&G cafe divas!).
  • Still my favourite move for making coffee in the wild. The one cup #v60 happens to fit perfectly into the #titanium “Titan” kettle from @msr_gear, and the @cuillinbrewery mug acquired on the #skyetrail last July happens to be somewhat insulated keeping my brew hotter for longer. A little bulky but quite light weight #wildcoffee system. And a happy making ritual wherever I happen to be! ☕️ #coffee #wales #nantsyddion #titanium #bothy #bothyculture #bothystories #bothylife #bothybible #bothythreads #bothynights #mountainbothyassociation #bothybagging #mountainbothy #mountainhut
  • Mid-Wales landscapes, taken around Nant-y-Moch reservoir. Incredibly beautiful and with very few people. Plenty of remote farm tracks make bikepacking a tempting prospect. I will be back! #midwales #wales #wildcamping #wildcampinguk
  • Makings of an exquisite bothy breakfast. Scored some blue legbar eggs and heritage tomatoes from @leafandground, along with an exquisite sourdough baguette from @saltbakehouse (which we mostly tanked the night prior with some melty Camembert kept warm with the wood burner). The whiskey bottle is a candle holder - truth! #bothy #bothystories #wales #midwales #cambrianmountains #nantsyddion #bothylife #breakfast #bothybreakfast #legbareggs #baguette #wilderness #wildernessculture #wildernesshut #bothythreads
  • Enjoying an eye opening escape to mid Wales. I had no idea its potential for wild and remote experiences. How did I miss it? On the plus side I now have a new relatively close (3ish hours) place to explore. This was last night on the way up Plynlimon Fawr (you can just about make out our tent down by the lake). We didn’t get all the way to the summit as the sun was setting fast and the snow was slow going, but it’s not all about getting to the highest place. I just loved pitching up then having an energising walk in the snow up to this insane view!

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