In this blog post I would like to share some of the best photos from last week, taken on location in Glencoe. As readers will be aware, Glencoe is a key location for my book and the first chapter takes place on the crags of Stob Coire nan Lochan. For the climb I used clothing and equipment that would have been familiar to the 19th century pioneers: rough tweed, woollen mitts, simple leather boots studded with nails, and a yard-long ice axe.
The black and white pictures are my own, but the photos of me were kindly supplied by
Christopher Sleight from BBC Radio Scotland.
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The author in Coire nan Lochan (C) Christopher Sleight |
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The Monarch of Glencoe: sunlit ridge, windswept pinnacle, and dark abyss. |
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Victorian climbing equipment (C) Christopher Sleight |
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"Atoms and frost" |
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Feathers of ice |
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A scene from a byegone age (ignore the modern rope!) (C) Christopher Sleight |
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"Peak of the Loathsome Corrie" |
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The Beinn Fhada ridge |
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The intrepid author (C) Christopher Sleight |
Don't forget,
The Only Genuine Jones is being
launched in paperback form on the 27th of February at the Clachaig Inn, Glencoe.
It is available to read as a Kindle ebook right now.
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