A Wild Vista

I’ve not had much time to write lately. Apart from anything else, I’ve been focussing on improving my CSS and PHP skills, so that I can start hammering this blog into shape.

With a WAMP stack now running on my netbook, and a repeatable process for copying my live blog contents across from the host, I can play around to my heart’s content with PHP scripts and CSS files, without worrying about wrecking the live site.

The most obvious changes over the last week are the return of a header image (more about that in a future post — all being well, the image should change automatically from day to day), and date “badges” against post excerpts on the home page, rather than plain text.

All of which has bog-all to do with the title of this post, “Dreamy winter days…”. With the mountains, UK-wide, mantled in snow and ice to an extent not seen in recent years, my thoughts have been turning to what I’m missing, particularly on the sharp, clear days that we’ve had so many of over the last week or two.

I’m not complaining. I’ve had my fair share of magical winter days on the hills, and hope to have many more. While this exquisitely beautiful but uncompromising land is out of my reach, I’m fondly remembering some of those days. Here’s one from December 1995. These were very similar conditions to those the country’s experiencing now (though even colder then, if not as prolonged).

In case you’re wondering — no, we didn’t get off the hill before it went dark! (Always carry a decent torch peeps!)

Descending Carn Liath (Meagaidh, Laggan), Scottish Highlands.

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