Winter climbing conditions – how much information is too much?
British winter climbing is in a strange place at the moment. We like to get away to the hills as an escape from “real life,” and yet the…
Month: February 2014
The Atholl Expedition Goodreads giveaway
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Avalanche
Avalanche. What does the word mean to you? Before I moved to Glencoe in the autumn of 2008, avalanches were not something I spared more than passing thought…
#TheAthollExpedition Twitter competition – we have a winner!
A week ago, I started a Twitter competition to give my readers the chance of winning a signed copy of my new novel, The Atholl Expedition. The competition…
George Mallory on Ben Nevis … in 1906!
George Mallory is arguably Britain’s most famous mountaineer. Known for his early attempts on Everest in the 1920s (and his subsequent disappearance on the mountain in 1924),…
Win a signed copy of #TheAthollExpedition on Twitter
I have a few copies of The Atholl Expedition going spare and thought I would run a competition to give one away to a worthy reader! The competition will…
Featured in the Scottish Sunday Mail today
Exciting news! Today an article was published in the Scottish Sunday Mail about the Abraham brothers, pioneers of British rock climbing who were active in the 1890s and…
Planning for success – five years of Glencoe Mountaineer
Sometimes authors ask me how I managed to snag a relatively large and extremely loyal readership for my books so quickly. Most indies coast along for their first…
The Atholl Expedition in paperback – now taking orders
It’s finally here! I have been posting pre-orders for signed copies of The Atholl Expedition this week. The first box of twenty copies arrived a few days ago and…
The Mounth Passes by Neil Ramsay and Nate Pedersen: book review
The Mounth Passes: A Heritage Guide to the Old Ways through the Grampian Mountains by Neil Ramsay and Nate Pedersen (Kindle) This slim ebook came to my attention…