October 2009

Macs Adventure Guides Excel on Ben Nevis

28 October 2009

Anyone out and about last Saturday may have noticed that the weather was absolutely atrocious. So well done to Ian, who led a tenacious group to the summit of Ben Nevis. Hi Neil, Have completed the survey… just wanted to say Ian was absolutely fantastic. I think any other guide might have turned back given [...]

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Kath does the Camino!

27 October 2009

After sleepless nights about what to pack in our 10k hand luggage allowance, my sister Holly and I set off on our journey to Northern Spain to walk the last section of the Camino.  Not really knowing what to expect we were like excited children joking about how awful we were going to look in [...]

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Time to stop Ben Nevis Charity Challenges

21 October 2009

It’s time to stop large scale charity challenges on Ben Nevis before we ruin this precious resource. The Telegraph reports on the damage caused by Ben Nevis Charity Challenges: Among the environmental problems reported have been hillsides and verges scarred by hikers, streams polluted with human waste and residents’ sleep disturbed by vehicles at night. [...]

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There Is Hope! Mountain Equipment CS Excels

14 October 2009

Outstanding customer service from Mountain Equipment has given me new hope. I can only compliment them on their outstanding customer service and hold out hope that putting the customer first is not dead. Over the past few months I have had a series of extremely poor customer service experiences, most notably with BT Business Broadband, [...]

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Glentress just gets better and better!

13 October 2009

Mountain biking at Glentress just continues to get better and better. I was lucky enough to teach an introduction to mountain biking course at Glen tress last weekend. I’ll be honest and admit that it is a while since I was down at Glentress as Andy and Keith now run most of our MTB courses. [...]

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