Gus & Baxter

Inverness trip, Monday

Baxter in the foreground, Gus behind & Ben Wyvis in the background. From the path up Ben Wyvis, just north of Garve.

View from the path showing the autumn colours.

2 tired boys snuggled up at the end of the day.

Sunday walk

Across Shieldaig bay to Gairloch

Baosbheinne & the Torridons peeping out from the clouds

Flowerdale hills from Shieldaig bay

Sunday walk

A late catterpillar

Black backed gull

Rainbow over Gairloch

Sunday walk from Opinan

Gus & Baxter enjoy the windy conditions near Carr point

Gus posing,

Baxter's far too busy to stop for a photo!

NATO exercises

Naval (Canadian?) boat out on the loch this morning.

Again later, leaving the loch to cross the Minch.

Loch Ness Marathon

Today Andy went to Inverness with fellow runner Martin to do the Loch Ness Marathon, it was a early 5am start to get to the sports stadium in time for the transport to the start. 30 plus buses carried the runner to the end of Loch Ness along some very narrow country roads, the locals mush have wondered what was going on!

Lovely day, still and sunny but a cold start, a fairly undulating course with a long hill between 17 & 19 Miles. The last 4 miles are along both sides of the river Ness. Andy did a time of 3.45 (nearly did 3.30 but slowed in the last 4 miles to a run & walk), Martin did 4.38.

Post race food thanks to the sponsor's Baxter's of soup fame.

Pics of a tired Martin and the sunny finish area.