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My macabre interest

Posted by Eddie & filed under Books, Military/Aircraft, Mountains & hills, February 26 2007.

I go walking a lot in various parts of Scotland, especially the more mountainous and hilly bits, and I have a secret about this that that I don’t tell many people; I’m fascinated by aircraft crash wreckage that you find surprisingly often in these sorts of places. I’ve written in detail about this here.

Ben Starav

Posted by Eddie & filed under Military/Aircraft, Mountains & hills, Travel, February 21 2007.

Yesterday I climbed to the summit of Ben Starav, in Glen Etive, at 1078m (photographs here). The walk starts at sea level and goes straight up to the summit via a 3km rocky ridge, so is a relatively hard slog. I’d tried to get to the top of this mountain two years ago, in January… Read more »