Mark Vogan
My last hill walking visit to Glen Coe was back in June 2017 to take on the infamous Aonach Eagach ridge. Thankfully this time it wasn’t quite as challenging or hair raising but nevertheless, my next target in this stunning area was Glen Coe’s highest peaks. Tucked in and looming behind the iconic three sisters […]
Exactly a week after my 23 mile, 3-munro marathon. I’m back at the Achlean car park in Glen Feshie to finish off the group on the southern edge of the Cairngorm massif. Day/date: Sunday 17 June, 2018 Drive: 2 hours 20 mins Weather: Fair 20C at bottom, light breeze, cloudy 7C on summit Start point: […]
It’s been nearly 2 years (Sept 2016) since I last walked in the Cairngorms. Having completed most of the major munros east of Aviemore, there are a group of four in the southern end of the range I wanted to complete. I love the vast open space and isolation of the Cairngorms. This trip took […]
Christopher C. Burt · July 13, 2018, 12:40 PM EDT The first five months of 2018 were the fourth warmest in global records going back to 1880, according to NOAA. Along the way, a number of extreme heat events have occurred already this year. In recent weeks across the Northern Hemisphere, these records have included […]
After 3 previous visits, I have well and truly falling in love with Torridon in Wester Ross. It’s a special place for escaping and fully taking in nature’s beauty at it’s best. My first ever visit to the region was back on 18 June, 2016 when my good friend, Petr and I took on the […]
In the midst of one of Scotland’s driest, warmest May’s one record, the weather, mountain and setting couldn’t have been better for taking in my 40th munro. Date: Thursday 24 May, 2018 Weather: Clear, sunny, high 22C Start point: Glen Lochy car park Drive: 1 hour 50 mins Walk: 6.25 miles At an elevation of […]
After a month of continental style weather, change is on it’s way! Our 3, 4 even nearly 5 weeks of rain free days are well and truly numbered. For some, downpours and minor flooding has already occurred but for many the grass continues to brown and crops, plants wilt having not seen rain in over […]
It’s been a weird open to July 2018 for the Last Frontier with Utqiagvik on the Arctic coast receiving it’s biggest July snow since 1963. According to the NWS at Utqiagvik (former known as Barrow) 2 inches of snow fell thanks to the passage of a cold front associated with a storm over the Arctic Ocean. This […]
It’s been an extraordinary summer so far with 16 consecutive days in which somewhere in the UK has hit 28C or higher and 5 consecutive days above 30C. Scotland typically enjoys a heatwave for no more than 10 days and often sees an end to heatwaves before England as high pressure is typically replaced by […]
The setup was perfect with strong upper ridging and offshore flow for maximum heating throughout the LA Basin last week. At UCLA in the Westwood district of Los Angeles it hit 111 degrees surpassing it’s previous all-time record of 109 set back in September 1939. Downtown LA topped 108 degrees, failing to reach the all-time […]
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