http://www.beallich.com/rss.asp Beallich | We are a health and activity provider based in the highlands of Scotland May included a couple of ascents of Ben Nevis one using the normal path up with a party of 7. We had a dry day but unfortunately it was a bit cloudy on top. Whilst descending we spotted a Golden Eagle http://www.beallich.com/blog/carn-mor-dearg-arete-to-ben-nevis http://www.beallich.com/blog.asp?blogid=8 I did say I would write my blog every fortnight. Well that hasn't quite happened. Small matters of snow, ash and arrival of Rohaise (No.2 child) have conquered that wish. However I will try to do bett http://www.beallich.com/blog/yoga-re-starts-ben-nevis-ascents-alpes-maritimes http://www.beallich.com/blog.asp?blogid=7 This is a great time of year. It is Spring-like lower down but there is still snow up top and it is wintry. I saw my first oystercatcher of the year in the back field last Saturday. The lapwings and http://www.beallich.com/blog/spring-on-its-way-in-the-cairngorms-national-park http://www.beallich.com/blog.asp?blogid=6 I know it is over a week ago since we had our biggest snow-fall, on 24th/25th February, for the year and the biggest for about 30 years, but I have been busy with the small matters of 1. digging http://www.beallich.com/blog/biggest-snow-dump-yet-24-february-2010 http://www.beallich.com/blog.asp?blogid=5 Well it has been some winter so far.Yesterday I had a lovely ski tour up on the Cromdales, cold, windless and sunny. No lift queues just deer, mountain hares, reindeer, grouse and rabbits as my co-mou http://www.beallich.com/blog/ski-mountaineering-snowshoeing-snowy-stuff http://www.beallich.com/blog.asp?blogid=4 Andy and I decided it would be a good idea to check out the snow conditions on the hill yesterday, as it was the first snowfall for a couple of weeks. So we nipped up to the El Alamein hut (not a plac http://www.beallich.com/blog/cairngorms-snow-is-here http://www.beallich.com/blog.asp?blogid=3 Welcome to our first proper blog. In November we headed off to Nepal and had a great time trekking in the Annapurna foothills near Pokhora. It is an ideal location for a family trek or for those http://www.beallich.com/blog/nepaltripandscottishwintermountaineering http://www.beallich.com/blog.asp?blogid=2 This, our new blog, went live on the website today. This is the first of hopefully many new articles. I'll be blogging about what we've been up to recently, things we're planning in the future, lots http://www.beallich.com/blog/new-blog http://www.beallich.com/blog.asp?blogid=1