TravBuddy.com: Stevie_Wes's Ben Nevis (or) 'How an Englishman staggered up a hill and stumbled back down again.' travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/36098 Having tested my hiking muscles on some gentle Lake District fells I took the opportunity to go with a bunch of friends to the Scottish Highland climb to the highest point in Britain! en-us Fri, 30 May 2008 07:50:24 PST 'The Return Home' and other things. http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/36098/The-Return-Home-other-things-4 Fri, 30 May 2008 07:50:24 PST 'The Return Home' and other things. Fort William, Scotland, May 30, 2008

It’s the final day in Fort William.  I wake later than usual.  Somebody has let elephants practice break-dancing on my bones in the…

]]> Ben Nevis : 'The Climb' http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/36098/Ben-Nevis-The-Climb-3 Thu, 29 May 2008 06:18:40 PST Ben Nevis : 'The Climb' Fort William, Scotland, May 29, 2008

‘Beep-beep-pirrrreep… Beep-beep-pirrrreep..’ the alarm vibrates beneath my pillow. “Mooooan!” :(   Time to get-up-and-go.  Whew…

]]> The Isle of Skye : a day with my friend Jean. http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/36098/Isle-Skye-day-friend-Jean-2 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:56:51 PST The Isle of Skye : a day with my friend Jean. Fort William, Scotland, May 28, 2008

"Phew!", I struck lucky.  My first Youth Hostel experience for about a decade, 8 tired men in one enclosed space and NO snoring.  Result.&n…

]]> 'Welcome to the Highlands' / Fort William http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/36098/Welcome-Highlands-Fort-William-1 Tue, 27 May 2008 07:00:27 PST 'Welcome to the Highlands' / Fort William Fort William, Scotland, May 27, 2008

Time to step things up a bit I think!  A couple of months have passed since my trip around the Lake District, a journey that was immensely; inte…

]]> MacBackpackers Hostel http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/36098/Welcome-Highlands-Fort-William-1 Tue, 27 May 2008 01:49:26 PST MacBackpackers Hostel Fort William, Scotland, May 27, 2008

My first time in a hostel for nearly a decade. An experiment ahead of the near constant need I will have for youth hostels in the coming couple of y…

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